Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 14:55, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:19:15AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > These wired network cameras default to DHCP and failing that fall back > > to either 192.168.122.1 (or something like that IIRC...) or use an > > IPv4 link local address (169.?) which pr

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Alex Pilon
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:19:15AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > These wired network cameras default to DHCP and failing that fall back > to either 192.168.122.1 (or something like that IIRC...) or use an > IPv4 link local address (169.?) which pretends to be random > with OUI or something lik

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 09:05, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-20 07:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > > > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2017-09-20 07:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > in short, at least for this camera, i

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 07:17, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > in short, at least for this camera, i absolutely require an > > > > android or iphone with the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > in short, at least for this camera, i absolutely require an > > > android or iphone with the d-link app for the initial > > > configuration, wh

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > in short, at least for this camera, i absolutely require an > > android or iphone with the d-link app for the initial > > configuration, which is kind of a pain, unless i have this > > completely w

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-20 04:09, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > On 2017-09-19 13:19, rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > > > > > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it > > > would seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or > > >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-20 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2017-09-19 13:19, rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > > > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it > > would seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or > > smartphone, but i would like to be able to use my fedora li

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Alex Pilon
If you want to remonstrate me personally, please take this off-list, and certainly not Cc the OP who doesn't give a hoot. > I replied to Rob's message before I saw your reply. Fine. My *apologies*. I was quite hasty to reply about a pet peeve. > Given that those two were the only two that actual

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Alex Pilon
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:34:16PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > using standard open source tools (such as VLC? or maybe mplayer?) These are exactly the things I just recommended to *not* recommend. On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:37:32PM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote: > [1]: To anybody else, please d

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-19 13:37, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would > > seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i > > would like to be able to use my fedora

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On 2017-09-19 13:19, rpj...@crashcourse.ca wrote: > > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would > seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i > would like to be able to use my fedora linux laptop and pop up a browser > window (i'm assuming) a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread Alex Pilon
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would > seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i > would like to be able to use my fedora linux laptop and pop up a browser > window (i'

[OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

2017-09-19 Thread rpjday
friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i would like to be able to use my fedora linux laptop and pop up a browser window (i'm assuming) and view what the camera is seeing in real time, and it's no