FI8908W IP camera and mac setup

[peterdewolf]

Hope someone here can help. I've seen various references here to using these cameras on a mac but I'm having no luck.
I bought it from a student who was using it on a PC so I'm assuming he's assigned it an IP address and I'm guessing the camera might need to be 'reset' to factory settings before I can configure it on Firefox.
At the moment I tried connecting it via ethernet directly to my mac and it appears on my network. The mac will allow me to assign it a manual ip address etc but although it 'appears' on my network settings I cannot get anything from the cam,era. I've been using securityspy to attempt to control it with no luck. BTW when I do connect it to my mac and assign it a manual address I cannot connect to my ADSL router or the web.
It seems some of you have got these cameras to work on Macs, would you share the secret please. I've emailed the manufacturers for Mac OSX drivers but I'm not holding my breath.

[buellwinkle]

That camera should work fine on a Mac but it may have old firmware. I can send you newer firmware but you have to confirm if it's a real Foscam as there are identical clones and this firmware only works on genuine Foscam and will brick a clone. PM me your email address and I can email it to you.

There's a recessed button on the back that will reset the cam to factory settings. This would be DHCP meaning your router will assign an IP. They include Windows software to find the camera, but you need to find it the old fashion way, by looking in your router for devices on you LAN. The you connect by using that IP address in Safari or Firefox.

[peterdewolf]

[buellwinkle]

What is the IP on your mac? 169.254.36.128. is not a valid LAN address, it has to be 192.168..... or 10..... unless you totally do not have any connection to the internet, then it doesn't matter.

How are you attaching the camera directly to a Mac, do you have a crossover ethernet cable. What router software are you running on the Mac? How are you setting the IP address on your Mac for an external device. Did you configure your Mac DHCP router software to use a single IP for a range?

What model number is your Netgear DSL Modem?

[peterdewolf]

My Mac's ip is 94.2.29.5 and it is dynamic, the paperwork with this camera says it works with dynamic ips
Netgear DG834GT, adsl router ( that's what it's described as ) and the paperwork with the camera says it works with adsl modems.

169.254.36.128. is what appears in the ethernet setting when I connect the camera directly to the laptop and allow it to self assign using dhcp, that changes of course as I detach and reattach the camera.

I'm using an ethernet cable that I know has been used for two way traffic between various macs in my studio before I got wireless so I assume it's 'crossover'.

My router is of course 192.168.0.1 and all other macs are assigned manual ips using dhcp. in network settings

When I attach the camera to the router via ethernet the router lights up green to indicate that it has a device successfully attached.

I might be misunderstanding this but I didn't understand the camera having an 'illegal' ip address and I assigned it a fixed address 192.168.0.10 on my LAN.
I don't use router software I just use a browser to configure the router

I set ip addresses for external devices ( like the camera when it's attached directly via ethernet ) in 'network settings'. Its funny network settings recognizes the device and wants to self assign an ip address so it's discoverable.

[peterdewolf]

Is it possible that my problems have anything to do with this camera having been set up previously on a PC. Should the 'reset' procedure clear any configurations which might be blocking this device on my router? I did apply the reset but it made no change, is it possible that the camera needs to be reset through browser configuration ? Just a long shot.
Peter

[peterdewolf]

Un bloodybelievable, I was on the right track all along and got sidetracked thinking this was complicated. I simply forgot to turn my router off and on again to recognize the sodding camera. It's a doddle and the camera works a treat. Sorry to have wasted your time but thanks for all you help.
peter