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Hence the very first thing I did was change the admin password. That is the default admin setting for this IP-Camera.

Clicking on the line for the plugin lead one into the process for installing the plugin.Īfter the plugin installation process was complete, I then entered the IP-Camera setup using “admin“ as user name and as the password. In winXP in the manufacturer's installation application, I then double-clicked on the line with the IP-address, and that launched Firefox with a internet access window and a line above indicating that a plugin was needed.

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In truth I did not need that to see the IP-camera's IP address, as the application “Fing“ on my home Android devices gives me a list of all IP-devices and I could see the camera there obtaining an IP-address from my home router. That launches a small window which gives the IP-Camera's IP address.

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exe file inside), put that on the WinXP desktop, and ran it.

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I downloaded the Manufacturer's application for setting up the webcam (which is a ZIP file with an. Once I did that the winXP could see the camera on the same home LAN. To enable this on WinXP in a Virtual Box session (under openSUSE-13.1) I had to change the network settings from the nominal “NAT“ settings that I use, to instead “Bridged Adapter“. Its very important that one's PC and the Foscam FI9831W IP-Camera are on the same LAN, so that the IP-Camera can be easily seen by Firefox browser running the manufacturer's plugin. With the support of some superb user 'setup guidance' videos on Youtube, and per the provided Foscam manual, I setup the IP-Camera using WinXP running inside an openSUSE-13.1 VirtualBox session. When first starting, I plugged the IP-Camera power adapter in, and also plugged in a wired Ethernet connection to the IP-Camera.

setup with manufacturer supplied software/plugin under MS-Windows to ensure I could take advantage of manufacturer support if needed (which would simplify any return decisions).

purchase from a reputable supplier where I knew I could return it if it did not work, and.

And finally I read of a fair number of FI9831W returns by disgruntled users who either encountered hardware failures possibly due to poor quality or who simply could not get it to work due to their technical knowledge levels. I had also read of a number of users complaining how difficult it was to setup this Foscam camera. I had previously read there was limited GNU/Linux compatibility with this Foscam FI9831W.

audio in (for external microphone – as the FI981W's integrated mic is low quality).

audio out (for external speaker – as the FI9831W's integrated speaker is low quality).

two LEDs to indicate Ethernet/power status of device.

Where in the above image, from left to right, one can see With the connections on the back looking like this :

Infrared Light 5mm 11 IR LEDs, Night visibility up to 8 metresĪnd from the manufacturer's page, the webcam looks like this from the front:.

Pan/Tilt Angle Horizontal: 300° & Vertical: 120°.

Wireless Security WEP & WPA WPA2 Encryption.

Wireless Standards IEEE 802.11 b/g/n - Data Rate WIFI(IEEE802.11b/g/n).

Image Frame Rate 25fps(50Hz), 30fps(60Hz),Down adjustable.Audio Compression G.711/G.726, Audio sampling Bit rate 128kbps ~ 2.048Mbps.

Output Built-In Speaker (External Speaker Jack Available).

Mini Lumination 0.5 Lux (this equates to very good night vision).

Display Resolution 1280x960 (1.3 Megapixel).

One thing to note in general about most (all ? ) IP-Camera(s), is they have in fact computers embedded inside, which run the GNU/Linux operating system, where that GNU/Linux is not observable from the outside (its all transparent to IP-Camera users and the operating system can not be seen).

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First let me say this IP-Camera works well with my Android device (and WinXP under Virtual Box), albeit I don't yet have full native openSUSE GNU/Linux functionality. This blog entry describes some of my early openSUSE-13.1 experiences with a Foscam FI9831W IP-Camera using openSUSE-13.1.