On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > 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? ^^^^^^ "camera" sorry. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================