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Customer Reviews of D-Link DCS-2100+ Wireless Internet Camera, 802.11b, 22Mbps, Built-in Microphone

I RETURNED IT!! ALL FEATURES DO NOT WORK!
I purchased this camera based on the salesman recommendation. He said that I can easily use this camera and view the images from a different computer. <
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>I inserted the CD Rom into the drive and it didn't recognize my camera. I've even download the newest installaton program from D-Link's web site and my camera was still not recognized. <
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>Finally, after connecing the ethernet cable to the camera, it recognized the camera. <
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>There is a lot of technical configuring that you have to do with your router. Ironically, I had the same DLink Router that was pictured on the box and in the instructions. (The full instructions can be downloaded as a PDF file off the DLink web site. <
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>After about 2 hours of trying to run the installation program, I was able to get an image on my screen, but still never able to use the camera wirelessly. The picture quality was horrible. It looked like a black and white camera. <
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>I tried calling DLink tech support, and I was on hold for over a half hour when I just decided to hang up. <
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>I asked my friend to attempt to ping the IP address that you have to get from your router and she was not able to view my image. <
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>1) Older installation software/drivers included <
>2) Full manual must be downloaded from DLINK <
>3) Poor picture quality <
>4) No tech support <
>5) Unable to view the image remotely. <
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>Save your money and if you really need a surveillance system, pay a professional! <
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Features Sound Good but...
I bought this camera to test it as a security camera for a store I own. The camera sounds good if you look at all the features it has but when I hooked it up I found the software to be pretty bad. I'm a software engineer so maybe I expect too much but when you open the software and it takes up the full screen without a minimize button, i consider that pretty bad. Not to mention the software is not very intuitive at all and pretty difficult to work with. <
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>I also found that the picture quality was pretty poor as well. I have not worked with too many cameras but I have seen low price webcams with better pictures quality than this. And when you factor in the price, then it really is not worth it. <
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Buggy and Difficult Installation but DLink Got It Working
I would give this product a three star rating. The DCS 2100+ started out worse than a plague of locusts. To be fair, I am reporting the final result. A Senior Level Technician at DLink figured out the problem and with download of the latest update to the application software (IP Surveillance) the DCS 2100+ works as does the IP Surveillance software (It now allows minimalization of the screen. I still haven't conquered the surveillance mode completely and email alerts still don't work, nor have I figured out how to add my Linksys camera to the sureveillance software, but I am optimistic. <
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>Overall, this product has great promise. However, installation is not for the faint hearted. It may be the nature of the infancy of home networking or just the birth pangs of a relatively new product. I will add a few more DLink cameras to the mix when I am more comfortable with the remote monitoring functions.