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1) Easy set up.
2) Excellent video.
3) PTZ features at a lot of value to this unit.
4) Linksys offers Internet connective (for a price after the base period). Excellent feature, but priced too high for the home user.

The color of the image is WAY off (greens and blues display as red) and there is no way to adjust them. Don't expect to display the output on a web page without giving the caller your user name and password and then just PRAY they don't modify your setup! The image itself shows a "fish-eye" effect. Linksys has not addressed these issues in spite of the many complaints on their support forum. Nor will they provide any documentation on how to program the camera for a web site. My $50 Logitech web cam does a far better job.

For the money the camera is OK, but setup is a nightmare. Needs better instructions....

I've had another wireless webcam (a very basic fixed camera from D-Link) before this one. I'm pretty impressed at the quality of this camera as I'm not a Linksys fan by any stretch.

Highs:
- the pan/tilt functionality works pretty well. You can program fixed positions to jump to automaticallys
- decent low-light functionality. This camera is above my son's bed. The picture is pretty well illuminated even when the room is dark. I'm going to buy an IR Illuminator to see if this camera may even work at night.
- the picture quality is pretty good. Much better than the fixed focus lense on my old camera.

Low:
- you must have a username and password to access the video. That means you can't easily incorporate video into a personal website.
- To view video in Firefox you can put together a online img tag in HTML but you need a much longer custom page in IE.

Update: I've had this camera over a month now and I think it works great. I've setup an infrared illuminator and can now see my infant sleeping even in the dark, which is great when you aren't sure if you should help him at night.

I needed a camera to record what goes on in my house and my Sony HandyCam wasn't going to make the mustard. It does not detect motion. You all know where I am going here.

See, I have 4 cats (don't ask why), and I wanted to find out who was doing what in the living room. And of course, have some fun.

I have been debating over the thought of purchasing a wireless camera for over a year now and was looking at the Linksys Wireless-G Internet Video Camera and the Linksys WVC54GC Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera but Santa never provided one for me.

I was a little worried because of the negative reviews on Amazon about the G PTZ. Seems there are more negative than positives and I didn't want to get myself into purchasing something that I was going to spend a bunch of time trying to make work and having my girlfiend looking at me silly for, e.g. (If you saw the negatives, you know it didn't work, why did you buy it?). I really do love her alot!!!!

Well, I went out and purchased this product, it arrived today, and I have it up and running right now.

I am very Impressed!!!!

FYI - I own a Linksys WRT54G wireless router and a Linksys NSLU2 network storage adapter with 2 Maxtor external 250gb drives.

I saw a few reviews that said configuration of the camera was a nightmare (my words) and I was very concerned about purchasing the product. I had the camera up and running in less than 10 minutes. Without the Linksys software.

When I plugged the unit into the back of the router, it got assigned a DHCP address. I went into IE, plugged the IP address of the camera and off I went to give it a static IP address. I disconnected it from the router, put it into another room (this is where I got concerned, because I saw a reveiw that the antenna is flaky), and presto....it was up and running without a problem!!!

What is even cooler, is there is a front panel display on the unit that will display what IP address it is set to. It will show DHCP or Fixed.

If you do not like something bulky, this may not be the camera for you. But it fits just right in the middle of all my nick nacks. My son saw me messing around with the computer and the camera and was looking around the living room to figure out where it was at. It really can go unnoticed with the color of the unit and profile.

I just need to figure out how to get the motion detection working...that will be at a latter date but all in all....

Cool Camera...

Nice job Linksys!

I gave it 4 stars because I do not have something to compare it too at its remarkable price. Where I work, they spent thousands of dollars on similiar products but you have to run it on separte severs and special cameras. I thought that was my only option. The video quality of this product is "better", but the software and documentation could be a little bit more indept.

If you are looking for video quality, like my Sony HandyCam, forget it. It just does not make it. Although, for goofing off, or just monitoring things, it does a really nice job.

Thanks Amazon for having a really great internet site that allows users like me to review products before we purchase them. You know how much I've spent on your site!

And Thanks Linksys for providing the world with great products. But can you give the world a update on the NSLU2?