Great thread, thank you! I just ordered a "BeSafe" to replace an older wireless Foscam that finally bit the dust. The value and image quality of this camera looks hard to beat. Again, thank you for taking the time to compare all of these cameras!
I would also list out every ip address of every device on your network. That way you won't use a duplicate address.
Type “ipconfig” at command prompt. This will give you ip address of your own machine. ...
Ping your broadcast IP address “ping 192.168.1.255” (may require -b on linux)
Now type...