Customer Rating:  
Summary: WIRELESS G INTERNET VIDEO CAMERA
Comment: IT'S A GOOD PRODUCT, SOMETIMES IS HARD TO USE THE PROGRAM.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Linksys WVC54GC Compact Wireless-G Internet Video Camera
Comment: I am very disappointed in this product. After 5 calls to customer service and waiting hours upon hours on hold, the camera still is inaccessable remotely, and the picture quality is horrendous. Linksys customer support has told me on several occastions that I need to "register" the camera and that the only option is to call the same number as the customer service number at some bogus extension that doesn't reach the people who can supposedly "register" this product. I plan on sending this back! I thought Linksys was a reputable name, but apparently I am quite mistaken.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not bad at all for the price
Comment: For the price, this camera works pretty darn well. My router/office is at the end of the house furthest from the front on the first floor, and I wanted a camera on the second floor up front to view my front lawn for when people come and I don't hear the bell and for the damn annoying neighbors that mess with my things (watching to see who is going to mess with my garbage cans as I write this)... and it is working GREAT! The refresh rate at 640x480 is far bettern than I had expected.
The picture looks pretty good but while I can see individual leaves on trees, I can understand why one would have a hard time recognizing someone's face unless you knew them, not the clearest/sharpest picture, but certainly good enough to see what is going on.
It is also true that as soon as it starts to get dark, and I mean just starts to, the camera becomes useless. I have also not found any other way of viewing the camera's output than through the ActiveX component (but I haven't tried too hard yet either).
However configuring the camera was very easy. You connect it using the wired network port (you can connect this camera wired or wireless, which I think is something they fail to advertise enough), you go to the 192.something.something.x site of the camera, tell it to use DHCP, change it's IP address, set up your wireless setting and WAP, and you are set. You can unplug the camera from the network and power (it retains the settings) and you are set.
I have it hanging upside down from the ceiling of my window using a magnet. Pretty light.
So if you are looking to recognize people's faces from across the street, this isn't for you. If you just want to see that there are people across the street, then it is great. I got more than I expected. Well worth the money. Guess it is all in what you expect ;)
Customer Rating:
Summary: OK for the money if you consider the limitations
Comment: As other reviewers have noted, this camera has miserable low-light performance and fairly low resolution. But if you're looking for a low-light, high-res security camera with a built-in Web server, you'd better be ready to spend more than $100.
For my purposes--daylight and porchlight monitoring of our front and back doors during vacations and being able to see who's ringing the doorbell when working in my attic office, this camera functions just fine.
I've worked with three different, low-price wireless webcams, and this is by far the easiest to use with the most features. The built-in ability to email video clips upon motion detection is fantastic compared with other cameras that either don't offer this feature at all or that handle motion detection by requiring you to subscribe to a monitoring service or to keep a PC running 24/7.
Yes, it could be smaller. Yes, the mirrored ring around the lens makes it visually obvious (try some electrician's tape to cover the silver). And no, it doesn't come with screws, but any hardware store could help you there.
Will I record my brother's wedding with the thing? No. But keep its limitations in mind and you won't be disappointed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Baaaaadddd!
Comment: Needed a wireless camera and was interested in better product than D-Link. From word of mouth, I heard that Linksys' wireless camera product was better and decided to try it out. When I received the package, I was surprised to find out that not only was there no screws to mount the camera on a wall, there were no suggestions as to what type of screws should be used for this camera. Calling Linksys Technical Support, they told me that they would have Customer Service call me. After several days and no call, I decided to call Customer Service myself for information. Instead of giving me specifications as to the screws or how to obtain the screws needed from Linksys, they blew me off. Thinking that the omission of screws was just this one package, I'd asked Amazon to resend a replacement package. Unfortunately, the replacement I received was just exactly the same as the first...no screws, no specifications.
How am I supposed to mount a camera on a wall if I don't know what type of screws to use? If there was a way to rate a product no stars, this product would definitely qualify due to lack of support.
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