camera/wireless solution recommendation

[bodorange]

I've just managed to get ZM up and running and very impressed. Thank you Phil!
ATM I am using a crappy video-over-wireless cmos camera I got on ebay. I'd now like to use this for an indoor scene and then use an axis network camera for the outdoor view. I intend to use the new cam indoors, pointing outside to an area that is subject to simultaneous bright light and dark shadow. I'm undecided between the 206W and a 2100. Is there much difference in the performance of the 206W's CMOS versus 2100's CCD in this respect?
Also, what if I want to go wireless with a 2100? I currently have a WAP set in AP mode. What is the appropriate type wireless device to hook up to the 2100? Do I just get a cheap AP and run it in bridge mode?

Many thanks for any advice.

Dean

[asko]

I've just managed to get ZM up and running and very impressed. Thank you Phil!
ATM I am using a crappy video-over-wireless cmos camera I got on ebay. I'd now like to use this for an indoor scene and then use an axis network camera for the outdoor view. I intend to use the new cam indoors, pointing outside to an area that is subject to simultaneous bright light and dark shadow. I'm undecided between the 206W and a 2100. Is there much difference in the performance of the 206W's CMOS versus 2100's CCD in this respect?
Also, what if I want to go wireless with a 2100? I currently have a WAP set in AP mode. What is the appropriate type wireless device to hook up to the 2100? Do I just get a cheap AP and run it in bridge mode?

Many thanks for any advice.

Dean

Hi,

I tried out 206W and 210 and 206W didn't perform very well in dark conditions. 210 was noticeably better! I think 2100 is too.

But when there is enough light, 206W shows a quite good picture too. Btw, using a wifi cam gives quite a lot of bandwidth, I managed to blow up one D-Link AP and another Linksys AP keeped hanging regularly

[bodorange]

Hi,

I tried out 206W and 210 and 206W didn't perform very well in dark conditions. 210 was noticeably better! I think 2100 is too.

But when there is enough light, 206W shows a quite good picture too. Btw, using a wifi cam gives quite a lot of bandwidth, I managed to blow up one D-Link AP and another Linksys AP keeped hanging regularly

cheers asko,
I think I'll go for a ccd based cam then. The 210 is a little pricey for me so it looks like the 2100. I have already have a DWL-900AP+ WAP and will link the cam to the wireless network using one of the cheaper extenders (DWL-800AP+). There are quite a few on ebay right now. Hopefully nothing will blow on me
Thanks for the help.

[bodorange]

For anyone who might be interested. Having just bought one of these, a DWL-800AP+, it doesn't work as a wireless client as I'd hoped. For this you need a DWL-810+ which is more expensive. However, it's possible to load an edited version of the DWL-810+ firmware onto the DWL-800AP+. I've just tried it and now working as a wireless client. Now all I need is an axis cam

http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cg ... ue=dwl-800

[samwyse]

What is the "crappy video-over-wireless cmos camera" you got from eBay? I'm looking to buy something this week for my first home security application, and I'm looking at the Linksys Wireless-B Internet Video Camera 802.11b and the VCenter NC1000W. Whatever I get needs to be able to function at night, although I can set up some illumination of the scene.