Linksys WVC11B Wireless Cameras

[Lotsa Cabo]

On Aug 29, 2004, at 5:58 AM, David L Norris wrote:

> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 22:05 -0400, Lotsa Cabo wrote:
>> The model number: WVC11B
>> A link to the product's page:
>> http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=38&prid=566
>
> Well, the camera is running Linux (RidgeRun, dsplinux.net) and you can
> download the source code for the camera's OS from
> http://www.linksys.com/support/gpl.asp
>
> You can scan the camera for running services from your Fedora Core
> system with nmap:
>   nmap 192.168.1.115
>
>
> I don't have such a camera but I looked around in the camera's source
> code from the Linksys website.
>
>
> /etc/services on the camera suggests that it uses RTSP protocol (Real
> Player, Windows Media Player, Quicktime?) as the streaming
> service.  /etc/inetd.conf suggests that it uses a MPEG-4/H.263 CODEC 
> via
> RTSP.  So you should be able to use Xine or Mplayer from rpm.livna.org
> (or Real Player from real.com) to view the video from the camera.
>
> Try running "mplayer rtsp://192.168.1.115/" substituting the proper IP
> for the camera.  If that doesn't work then you may need to know an 
> exact
> URL.  (hint: try viewing the HTML on the web page and see if it shows
> the URL the ActiveX control is accessing.)
>
>
> It looks like the camera uses cron to schedule capturing still images 
> or
> short videos which it places in an anonymous directory on a built-in 
> FTP
> server or emails somewhere.  (ftp://192.168.1.115/)
>
> I think you can also login via telnet under the username "user" with no
> password.  (telnet 192.168.1.115)
>
> -- 
>  David Norris
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>   ICQ - 412039
> -- 


Da... umm... well.... how do I say this?  I know...

Holy crap!

Thanx, David.  Don't think I would have ever thought of doing any of 
this.

R/S
Ryan

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