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And then, after many years, eventually we were able to get Time Warner Cable Internet (and thereвЂ™s a story in its own right вЂ“ maybe for another day).ДЄt that timeВ I was no longer happy running the webcam on my main computer, both byВ the annoyance of it always having to be running in the background as well as the fact that I wanted to move the camera to a new place.ДЄs a person who has worked on computers for years I, like so many others, have accumulated a fair amount of older computers and equipment. It worked fine, but it was a bit awkward at times, to say the least.Д®ventually we used a MiFiВ and a series of routers that I hacked with DD-WRT to overcome the MiFiвЂ™s limitations on devices and range. It also accepted multiple startup profiles so that I could run the program with one profile that would have it upload at intervals while I was online, and then I could restart it with another profile that would do the auto-dial and auto-hangup too, all by itself when I was away from the computer and not using it. Webcam32 could be configured to automatically dial at an interval, FTPВ a photo and then log off. Originally I used a cheap, low resolution webcam running on my main home office computer, sharing bandwidth with my dial-up connection, running Webcam32 from SurveyorCorp (now defunct). On to the postвЂ¦ Years ago I wanted to set up a weather webcam for Jefferson County, NYВ (check out this link for the collaborative wikiВ I work on for everything Jefferson County, NY-related, mostly historical). If not then this postВ may not be for you.

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IвЂ™m going to try to go into as much general detail as possible but for some technical aspects andВ specifics IвЂ™m going to assume that you are at least a bit familiar with updating software and finding drivers, tweaking WiFi security, installing hardware, and setting up a website. This blog post is going to be about repurposing older computer equipment for setting up a webcam system, with emphasis on the hardware and software aspect of the computer. AndВ you can maybe do some things with an old computer that you may not be able to do with an IP camera.

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There are a lot of good quality IP cameras out there (as well as a lot of el cheapo not-so-good quality ones) that work well.Д«ut if you donвЂ™t mind a largerВ physical footprint and a lack of portability вЂ“ admittedly two important reasons about why people buy small portable IP cameras вЂ“ using old computers and equipment that you might have lying around or may be able to acquire for next to nothing can be a great option.

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