Linksys Wireless Internet Camera with Audio

I returned this unit after several days of fiddling. I got it to work on my wireless network, no problem. The monitor software was easy to use and could be expanded with more cameras. Unfortunately, the picture quality was never very good. I boosted the settings to maximum and still felt the quality was not what it should be. I just couldn't keep it with such a high price and the low picture quality. I suggest you select a different camera.

This was the second Linksys wireless camera I have tried and it will be my last. I decided to try the best Linksys had to offer thinking it would work better that the less expensive model. I was wrong. The main problem I have is the speed in which the web server in the camera rendered the video. It is so slow that at times my browser times out. I have checked and verified the wireless network speed is up tp par and I tried to access the camera both from the internet and directly from the my network side (192.168.1.XXX) and it continues to be slow. I even tried to use the lowest resolution setting with no success.

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.

I've reviewed this camera before* (I guess Amazon is making me review my recent purchase). I said good & bad things last time - those still hold. But, having used it for months, I have more criticisms. I use the "Kiwi Syslog Daemon" with both cameras. Unfortunately, the cameras do not audit who logged in/out (or when). If you think about infrastructure security, this is a HUGE mark against this product. Also, the camera does very poorly (ie. everything is black) in low light - even under full moonlight on snow, everything is black. Given these criticisms and my others from the previous review, I'm going to shop around. Presently, for the price, I don't see a better camera for my usage needs, however. *Last time I said it (1)allowed me to assign an alternative HTTP port so I've configured my router to see all my surveilance eqpt remotely (2)allowed me to FTP upload time-lapse images every 30min as an audit mechanism (3)microphone, pan & tilt work great (4)wired connection works great (5)color is ok in BRIGHT light (6)zoom isn't optical so it really doesn't zoom (7)motion detection doesn't detect motion and the light level changes have to be drastic to trigger the motion detection - ie. that function works lousy (8)would like to have 1/8" output for external audio to do 2-way audio for front door (9)would like input contacts that would trigger a motion detection event (10)would like output contacts that would indicate an programmable event (11)MUCH room for improvement on this product

The motion detection doesn't work well at all.
Other than that, it isn't a bad wireless camera.
The audio isn't very good either and you can not take pictures of someone sitting next to a lamp.