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wifi camera to monitor car in realtime against vandalism
The place I park in office is about 200-300m from where I seat:
I can't see the car as blocked by walls.
My car is parked along the street which can get vandalised (scratched, etc):
I wanted to be able to view my car from my office PC/laptop (or at least from
my iphone) remotely : the street is a straight one & if I sit in the car, I could see
if someone is approaching (even >100m away).
Anyone has any solution to this? I don't want a recorded video as it's too late
& the vandal would have taken place. I wanted a camera/device which will make
it like I'm viewing from within the car (but I'm viewing from my office seat).
Feel free to show me any eBay/Amazon links of the items you recommend.
Not something more than US$300 ideally.
I have an iPhone 4 and an iPhone 6: perhaps one of them can be mounted in
the car (with a low-cost 4G data plan of US$20/month for 20GB data)? If it's
something that don't need any data plan, will be better but I'm Ok to get one
I can't see the car as blocked by walls.
My car is parked along the street which can get vandalised (scratched, etc):
I wanted to be able to view my car from my office PC/laptop (or at least from
my iphone) remotely : the street is a straight one & if I sit in the car, I could see
if someone is approaching (even >100m away).
Anyone has any solution to this? I don't want a recorded video as it's too late
& the vandal would have taken place. I wanted a camera/device which will make
it like I'm viewing from within the car (but I'm viewing from my office seat).
Feel free to show me any eBay/Amazon links of the items you recommend.
Not something more than US$300 ideally.
I have an iPhone 4 and an iPhone 6: perhaps one of them can be mounted in
the car (with a low-cost 4G data plan of US$20/month for 20GB data)? If it's
something that don't need any data plan, will be better but I'm Ok to get one
ASKER
Btw, my office free Wifi can't be reached to the carpark: somehow just immediately
outside the compound of my office, this free Wifi is undetectable by phone. Looks
like the Wifi camera needs to be an access point by itself or support 4G SIM card
outside the compound of my office, this free Wifi is undetectable by phone. Looks
like the Wifi camera needs to be an access point by itself or support 4G SIM card
ASKER
Come to think of it, my Oppo Android phone could share out a Hotspot without any SIM card in it & several devices could connect to it within 15m but it's only 15m. If only there's a USB-powered device (say a Wifi router or AP) that could share its service for 300m, this solve my issue: just one of those small Tenvis (USB or self-powered) camera & my phone/PC from office could connect to it as well.
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Can indicate specific products from Amazon & eBay to address my needs?
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As I'm sitting about 50m away, I "Will you rush out to intercpet them".
What's the app that $5 app that Aaron mentioned?
What's the app that $5 app that Aaron mentioned?
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I just recall my office has free wireless service which I must login to a captive login page.
So I could use my phone or PC to connect to this free Wifi service to view the camera).
So any IP camera that is USB-powered will work, just that I need something
a) easy to set up (I had difficulty setting up the Tenvis one years ago)
b) small (not bulky so that could mount in car without taking much space)
c) it's USB powered (or has it's own power that could last at least 9 hours)