EasyN FS-613A-M136 Wireless WiFi Pan/Tilt IP Camera Two-Way Audio, Email FTP Motion Alert, Remote Mobile View, DDNS, UPNP, 64 Channel Software, Windows & Mac Compatible

This camera states that it is for Mac and PC, but the application to actually assign an IP address only works in Windows, and poorly at that. The user interface is badly translated into multiple languages. I've used it in English Spanish and German, and I bet they translated the badly translated English to the other languages. Aesthetics aside, the user interface is robust in the features that it does provide. The camera will send you e-mail pictures when it senses motion, but you may want to put it about 12 feet back otherwise you'll see pictures and blurred images, That is to say you'll know someone came in the door for example, but they will be a blur unless you put some distance between the camera and the area you want to monitor. During live motion, performance is almost real-time on an uncongested wireless 802.11N network on 802.11 G, performance is passable when the network is uncongested.I can't find any way to record video on my Mac, and I'm not comfortable with buggy web interface Recording in Windows, which still wouldn't be Mac. I can't really endorse this product for Mac users at all unless they're very technical and have a Windows machine handy. I wouldn't recommend it for Windows users either although they at least would have recording functionality.If the manufacturer would release low-level information about the product, it could have a potential called following because of the reasons to come. If one could alter the firmware, or at the very least have a specification to build a different interface application this camera might be great for Hobby robotics.Those shortcomings aside this camera does have its strengths, the price point being the major one. South of 100 bucks, you're not going to be making your next Hollywood production on an IP cam. Nonetheless more expensive models will send you a video clip, or pictures. This camera however provides low-level input output for alarm system integration, in my case this would be useful for an Arduino robot that takes the high signal from this camera to detect motion, and sends a high signal to trigger an e-mail with pictures if some other sensor has deemed it necessary. I have yet to put this use to practical application, but I do intend to try it out and let you guys know. The web interface lets you select between active high and active low. I do intend to test and let you guys know how it works setting off an interrupt on and Arduino.For now, I'll give it three stars––I like some of the features of this camera, and I like the price, but I don't like it as much as I would if the menus were translated into better English (or proper Spanish or proper German for that matter)

This is my first IPCam. I researched everything on Amazon. Foscam was rated highly, and so was the EasyN for $20 less. I've only used if for a week, but so far I am very pleased. My wife raises chickens, so we wanted to be able to check on them out in the coop to make sure the foxes weren't guarding the henhouse! We can quickly check the status of water, food, and temperature. The wireless distance is about 100 feet. I changed the antenna to a +3dBi gain 8". And I have a +9 dBi on the router. These are available from Amazon and not too expensive. The camera worked with the original short antennaThe IR lights are great for about 5-8 meters, and they are basically invisible. A slight red glow of the LEDs can be seen. The image quality is good at 640x480 max. Color is decent in daylight and of course B&W with night vision IR's. Mechanically tracks quickly and accurately. The tracking speed is adjustable and up to to 15 preset locations can be programmed for one-click moving to a location. Setup was pretty straight forward:1) Use supplied CD or download from EasyN, the camera finder and viewer software.2) I first connected camera to router and laptop to router by cables.3) Configured the camera. It self assigned the IP address and saved it as static so its always the same. I did not select DHCP option. Once setup and viewed in the cabled mode, I removed the cable and logged in again with wireless. Worked right away.4) There are a number of options in the admin setup pages after you login using http://192.168.xxx.xxx:port, or whatever your internal network IP's are. Netmask is typically 255.255.255.0 - must match your network. Most setup options can be left unchanged. Note the IP and port number assigned. That's what you will use to login using your web-browser. Don't need the http://, just the IP:port# (81 default)5) Internet Explorer and Firefox both work as IPCam viewers and motion control. The IE software version however, has a couple of extra options: Listen, Talk (add speakers to cam port), and Record.6) Setup Android App. Its actually a decent app. Runs on your internal network. You can also connect anywhere using DDNS. A configuration comes with the software. And you can use any DDNS provider, such as DynDNS.orgI don't know of any cons, really. I noticed a connection loss occasionally after not viewing for several hours (Firefox). Just a refresh of the browser tab seems to bring it back. My wife uses IE and says it never did that for her.I'll update this review if there are any changes in performance or capabilities.

The item does not work anymore due to changes in our network. However, it was useful for many years but is now outdated. Technology development flys!

Never worked. DOA.

Easy is in the name and it is very easy to use.