On Android we used an app called Tiny DVR that had us viewing footage in minutes, though getting that footage accessible beyond your firewall could be a challenge if you're unfamiliar with the ways of dynamic IPs. D-Link also provides an iPhone app that lets you view that footage elsewhere, but if you're on other platforms you'll have to find your own. As mentioned it streams its video directly through its own little (password-protected) webpage when you're on a local network, which is a neat trick, and you can use the site to view things remotely. You may not actually need any software to use this camera. The camera has a single button, which resets it, and on the front there's one blinkety light that can blissfully be darkened. The stand rotates 360 degrees and has indentations to let you screw it to the wall if you're so inclined, though an unfortunately short power cable means you'll probably need an extension cord if you'll be poking holes in plasterboard too far up the wall. That's just like the DropCam Echo, which looks so much like this thing we'd swear they shared a womb at some point. You'll need to set the cam up over Ethernet first, but after that you're cable and carefree. Just type the IP address that's assigned to your camera into your browser and there you are, streaming live and looking pleasantly surprised.
Initial setup is painless and, thanks to an internal web server, viewing footage is easy. After we reviewed the DropCam Echo a few weeks back and found ourselves generally unimpressed, we received an e-mail from someone at D-Link saying something to the effect of: "Dude, you have to try out our thing, because our thing is totally better than their thing and costs a heck of a lot less too." We took them up on that offer and, while unfortunately D-Link's thing has a much less catchy name, DCS-930L Wireless N Camera hardly rolling off the tongue, the sub-$100 device does indeed live up to its billing - for the most part.Īs advertised, the DCS-930L supports 802.11n, meaning you can set this sucker up anywhere your router's microwaves and your home's power grid can reach.
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