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The system uses your home's electrical wiring rather than wireless networking which is both simple and more reliable than wireless. Wilife, is a fantastic, lo-cost web based security solution for home.
I expected these geniuses to work out some way of getting around firewall during installation or at least have documentation somewhere on what ports to open etc. After a while had it running. Note: Every time i turn off the firewall it works. On mine Norton firewall is a startup program - it blocks the camera from being discovered (i did the trusted configuration etc with the ip address of the camera etc - all geek work in spite of non existent documentation anywhere including in the knowledge center on how to get around it).
Bought it from Sam's. The customer service guy was more interested in getting my e-mail address than solving a problem and was not pleasant. But how long can you keep firewall turned off. Could not install on Vista with included (dated) software.
Ironically, wasted ton of time so far trying to circumvent - negated the benefit of easy install. I like the wilife concept - just need to wait for the next gen product perhaps. Went on their website and downloaded software. Worked fine initially until the computer was restarted.
I am on the fence about buying a replacement camera as quality is just not there. Now the outdoor camera started to disconnect ramdomly (I had to check twice a day to make sure it was streaming) until it cound not be found for good. As a summary i think it is a very good concept, great software, very good image quality but it is unfit for a surveillance system from the hardware quality perspective as well as the price the point of replacement units. I love the UI and ease of use of this product but the hardware flakyness is disappointing. First the powerline adapter failed and was graciously replaced by a very good tech support.
Very happy with this camera and the WiLife system. I put mine in the window to monitor my front door. Originally purchased the spy camera kit and added this later. It's great because you can move it anywhere you want.
It seems that they are owned by Logitech now. No hassles, and I didn't have to ship the failed power supply back to them. I have 2 add-on cameras. They shipped a new power supply to me within 1 week. Great service. One power supply failed just under 1 year from purchase. I contacted Wilife support.
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