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Is it possible to use an IP (network) camera for video conversations when using MSN?

I know you can use USB webcams but I would like to know if you can use any network cameras which are on the local network.

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I have a Netgear Gigabit rackmounted ethernet switch. It has 2x 40mm cooling fans in the rear. They are extremely noisy!!

If I disconnect them, will that have a detrimental effect on the operation of the unit if I'm only using the unit to say 30-50% of its 'potential power', as such?

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I think you should be able to connect the on-board NIC, give it a static IP address but no default gateway and you should be able to hit that interface to send the wake on command but not interfere with the rest of the operations of the system/network.

Thanks Blisster. Someone else also suggested ...

Is there something that the onboard NIC doesn't do that you need from the cardbus adaptor?

If not, just stick with the one that does what you want.

If it's the 'gigabit' you want, it's pretty pointless unless you're LAN fully supports Gig-E end to end.

Yes, I need the 'Gigabit' thing, and yes ...

I have a Epia Mini-ITX system with on-board LAN which supports Wake-on-Lan, which works fine. However, this system has a Cardbus interface in which I use a D-Link Gigabit Ethernet PC Card (DGE-660TD), which unfortunately doesn't support Wake-on-Lan.

Can I possibly connect both Lan adapters to my ...

reader wrote: Is the camera hooked to a router or your computer?

The camera is connected to a Netgear switch. The switch is connected to a D-Link Router.

I've recently bought a Network camera to play around with. It's a D-Link DCS-900 wired ethernet type.

It came with a viewing software called IPView Lite. I have noticed that with this program, when viewing live video, the CPU usage is very high, at almost 100%. This happens when I view on any of ...