[Tfug] webcam recommendations

Matt Jacob m at mattjacob.com
Wed Jul 2 14:59:19 MST 2008


George Cohn wrote:
> I have one of the Panasonic BB-HCM511A webcams that requires nothing at 
> all except a network connection.

Holy crap, that looks awesome. I can think of so many things I'd want to 
do with one (or ten) of those, but the $400 price tag is a little steep.

Is PoE pretty reliable? Does it require special hardware (e.g. 
router/switch) to draw power from, or does it work with all networking gear?

Matt




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