From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 9 16:05:57 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0C5616A420 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:05:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simonychang@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A7E43D53 for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:05:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from simonychang@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i6so331076wra for ; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:05:55 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=l5H9IfWgTYnvQVzJMcCN/1TI3sIxOglIuOhP0C9Xf25/AwMbbTTd0ptUH6hVaYb5JDVpf8LojPRmgINrAIcvFoix7/czOHPBHkFPnmyKdM5SByMw6f7yPDyAqmYh49L7hX1nraLpvFDbbqtW/AWFqR8qHmGOe4XiXpgioZkSrUM= Received: by 10.54.103.8 with SMTP id a8mr1634269wrc; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 08:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.105.18 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 08:05:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8efc42630602090805k12d133b9haa18ac95c7a38b82@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 11:05:54 -0500 From: Simon Chang To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <8efc42630601311249o7e03d4chbec88aa5fed9854a@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:05:57 -0000 Ted, First of all, I am a fan of your FreeBSD and the Corporate Networking Guide. You have done an excellent job writing that book and I often refer to it for suggestions on specific topics. Regarding self-contained webcams, I realize that these gizmos are out there. But so far none of them have the two criteria I am looking for: 1) Wireless connectivity (802.11g preferred), and 2) VPN / IPsec capable. The reason is that I want to be able to move the camera at a moment's notice, and I don't want the images of my bedroom / study / backyard to be broadcast in the clear. However, I have not seen any webcam that has those two capabilities, so that's why I am trying to get them to work with Free and OpenBSD. SC On 2/1/06, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > The reason there's little interest in this is that webcams are > rapidly becoming completely self-contained. Lots of them today > have an ethernet port, and integrated webserver in the camera. > The need for a PC to be involved here for anything other than > running a web browser to display output is pretty questionable. > > When network address translation first came out the only way you > could get it was to used a modded open source UNIX on a PC with > 2 nics. Then Cisco came out with it so you could use their routers > to get it. Then linksys came out with cheap routers that had > it. Nowadays, only the diehards are running FreeBSD nat routers > with 2 nics in them. The same thing is happening with webcams. > > Ted > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Simon Chang > >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:49 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD > > > > > >Howdy, > > > >I happen to have been doing quite a bit of research in this area. > >What I wanted to do was to set up a *nix box with a webcam and a > >wireless NIC, so that I can mount the headless machine in the bedroom > >to keep an eye on our seven-month-old baby. (Link between the *nix > >box and the home private network will be encrypted using IPsec VPN.) > > > >What I have found so far are the following: > > > >1) The apps that I have found do not work with a wide variety of more > >recent makes of webcams. If you do a Google search on "FreeBSD > >webcam" or "OpenBSD webcam", you actually see some tools that > >purportedly work with QuickCam Express or QuickCam B/W (or Color), and > >a handful of other models. > > > >2) Logitech, the maker of QuickCam, used to make available technical > >specs and docs for the developers to write drivers with. > >Unfortunately, the company does not do that anymore, and anyone who > >wants to make a QuickCam-series work has to either reverse-engineer > >it, use available drivers and hope for the best, or run it under > >Windows. > > > >3) By contrast, NetBSD and some Linux distros (so far I've heard > >promising things about Fedora Core 4 and I think Gentoo) have more > >development work going on for webcams. If FreeBSD doesn't work for > >you, try some of the other *nixes. > > > >HTH, > > > >SC > > > >- Hide quoted text - > > > > > >On 1/29/06, Xn Nooby wrote: > >> I bought a fancy Quickcam (face-tracking), though I have no > >idea how to make > >> it work with FreeBSD. I installed qcamview, but when I run > >it as root, it > >> says "Not found Quickcam, or Permission denied". > >> > >> Anyone know anything about Quickcams on FreeBSD? I don't > >expect it to work, > >> but it would be cool if it did. There seems to be very > >little information > >> on the net about qcamview. > >> > >> I'd be happy to just snapshots with it. I'm using FreeBSD > >6.0 and Fluxbox. > >> The cam is USB 2.0. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/240 - Release > >Date: 1/25/2006 > > >