D-Link Wireless G Internet Camera Review

I've been using two DCS-5300G for the past two years. They have issues but there is nothing else out there that does what this camera can do. If there is, please someone tell me about it. I'm not sure what everyone keeps referring to as "lock up" as neither of mine have done that. Mine have been on-line for 2 years straight. Well, except for when the microwave is running.

Pros-
- All in one IP cam. It is easily configured to work wired or wireless over 802.11x network. Literally plug and play unless you want to use advanced features.
- decent picture
- very configurable. fps, resolution
- everything works pretty well in terms of setup, adjustments, and user interface
- what i like the best that i can't find elsewhere is this: I use this primarily for motion detection. It's setup so that anytime something moves in the area i set up for, it snaps a before, during, and after picture. Then emails me the pictures. You can move up to 3 windows around to isolate where you want to monitor the motion.
- you can either use the software it comes with if you want to leave a PC running 24/7, or just use the camera only with IE browser to see and configure everything.
- you can also easily setup a Dynamic DNS setting and port forwarding to access the camera over internet. So you can be in China and monitor L.A.

Cons-
- lens hard to focus right
- microwave oven kills the link
- D-link support really sucks
- only works with IE, and not Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc
- the scheduling system is very complicated, not a good gui
- runs hot, I didn't think it would be reliable, but both have been on for 2 years with no breakdowns.

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