On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in short, at least for this camera, i absolutely require an > > android or iphone with the d-link app for the initial > > configuration, which is kind of a pain, unless i have this > > completely wrong. > > This would surprise me and I'd take it back if that were the case, > but it is possible that there is no other way to configure it. given that you mentioned the lumenera cameras, how would those be any different? i looked at one here: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Lumenera-Le165CP-1-4-MP-Progressive-Scan-HAD-CCD-Network-Surveillance-Camera-/201696592058?hash=item2ef60dc0ba:g:tc8AAOSw8w1X4bCe and noticed right away the photo of the back, which shows an ethernet port, so i'm assuming that would allow me to (temporarily) connect to my in-house router and configure the camera, at which point i would want to move it elsewhere and access it via wi-fi -- is that how a router like that would work? am i even asking the right questions? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================