after installing this at home can it be taken on vacation and installed in say a hotel room or a relative's house to be used as a baby monitor w/ smartphone? or does it absolutely require access to the network and changing settings etc as you would be...
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When installing you need access to the router settings.if you will be using you personal hotspot you can adjust the settings I connected using an IP camera app to vie from Dubai using the URL I setup
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Yes you can. I have done it. However, the audio isn't amazing, but for monitoring purposes, it works fine (no loud background noise). However, you will always have to have the video on at all times as well, no way to turn it off. If your device turns off, so will the monitoring. If you use it for any serious length of time (over night baby monitoring) your phone or tablet may heat up much more than is wanted.
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Using the Standard Baby Ping app, you access / see your child from home using your own wireless connection. You can download and use the Baby Ping Plus app (free app) to access the monitor from other locations (outside the home). My husband and I purchase this device for our now 5 week old and couldn't be happier with it. With no troubles we have been able to access the monitor for both within and outside the home.
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As long as you have a. Wi-Fi connection you should be OK. The problem if you are using a campground network, they are sometimes slow and don't allow for the data to stream. In theory you could use a cell phone as your own network then monitor it from another cell phone. This is a great little camera. We have one for each of our two young puppies so we can check in while at work. It's nice that in the hot summer the display also indicates the room temperature too.
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As far as I know, the only video monitors that can't be hacked into have to have a "video encryption" guarantee on them. This does not. Audio or video monitors run on local frequencies and if someone in the neighborhood has your model, they might accidentally be able to tap into the sound or image of your monitor. Honestly, I'm excellent about only turning it on when the baby naps. Otherwise it is off, so I decrease my chances of leaving an open opportunity of viewing where the baby sleeps. People who are forgetful and leave the monitor on all the time are the only ones who need to be more vigilant. Having said that, I've used this device religiously for 16 months and have never picked up the image or sound of some other baby's nursery. So I'm guessing that since I haven't picked up someone's frequency, then nobody's picked up mine because it would glitch both ways otherwise. Hope that helps.
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Not to my knowledge. I do intend to install a second internet device so that I can monitor my system when away. I am very satisfied with my system.
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the best app for this is baby cam.... i have tried others, but none are as good. yes you can use this with your regular phone service without wi-fi
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You can just plug it in and go, but there will be no security set. If you have provisioned other WAP's before this is fairly straight forward. It is capable of very sophisticated settings but will do basic office settings quite well. It takes me less than 10 minutes to set one up.
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It didn t work in China where I spent 10 days. My hotel had the ethernet cable in the room but ..nothing. Fortunately, I could use the wifi area to work with the device. I don t know if it will be the same thing in another country. Gianfranco
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I don't think you could really use it in that manner, but you could get in touch with the company to be sure. I think when it is initially activated it needs to be near the base station (or possible on it if memory serves) so if your pet was gone, that would obviously be a problem. Not sure if it can be reactivated without also being near/on the base station. It is not an On-Demand service where you just pay the fee when you need it (i.e. not like renting movies on-demand, more like cable/internet service-personally I think the best analogy is to an alarm-type monitoring service for your home, except it is your pet in this case). I don't think you could really use it in that manner, but you could get in touch with the company to be sure. I think when it is initially activated it needs to be near the base station (or possible on it if memory serves) so if your pet was gone, that would obviously be a problem. Not sure if it can be reactivated without also being near/on the base station. It is not an On-Demand service where you just pay the fee when you need it (i.e. not like renting movies on-demand, more like cable/internet service-personally I think the best analogy is to an alarm-type monitoring service for your... » Read More I don't think you could really use it in that manner, but you could get in touch with the company to be sure. I think when it is initially activated it needs to be near the base station (or possible on it if memory serves) so if your pet was gone, that would obviously be a problem. Not sure if it can be reactivated without also being near/on the base station. It is not an On-Demand service where you just pay the fee when you need it (i.e. not like renting movies on-demand, more like cable/internet service-personally I think the best analogy is to an alarm-type monitoring service for your home, except it is your pet in this case). « Show Less
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No, you don't need to wifi to make it work. But if you want to monitor from anywhere, then you need Internet connection. Remote access needs configuration, I use a free dynamic dns NO-IP.com to connect to Internet. Drawback is I have to activate service each month.
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Not sure how all this works? Can someone please tell me what I need to install this and what does it do? If i understand correctly, I have to already have internet set up in my home, then with this device, i can get wifi for up to serveral devices? so its like a wifi hotspot?
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Hi, Thank you for your interest to our product. Yes, as long as the set up is done correctly and your remote device have internet access, you will be able to see the image from your phone not being in the house. Best Regards, Irene Customer Service
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The quick answer is 'yes'. You need to establish a 'dynamic DNS' account for your home, so when you are away, you can look at your cameras via their 'dynamic DNS name' instead of your local home network IP address. You would not be able to access a hotel router, nor would your cameras be on the hotel network anyway. Think in terms of local IP when your are at home, and dynamic DNS when you are away. It does work.
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Nope. It also really interferes with WiFi, its so bad we don't even turn ours on anymore. I would not recommend it at all. I would look into other options that aren't necessarily baby monitors. There are several on the market now such as drop cam that work with a smart phone and are a much better choice (could be used as nanny cam or general home surveillance). You can't talk through this one either as with drop cam or many others and is a really nice feature to have with children.
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Yes, you can. The app isn't installed by default, but is available, and easy to install. It works great.
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Thats what we are using it for. The audio is excellent. You can also talk back to the room. You can set it up locally on your home network. I have a dyndns (free) account also so I can monitor the sitter if we're out to dinner. I'm using the Foscam Pro app on my iPhone. It's the best one i've tried.