Rating: 
Summary: Unsuitable for almost any Webcam task.
Review: Don't buy this product. It is not ready for sale, and does not perform even the basic functions of a web-cam.1. Uselessly narrow range of acceptable lighting conditions. I am pointing it out of a window to monitor our construction site across the road. The image is usually completely over- exposed. Even over-riding the 'automatic exposure' I can not adjust it to properly expose a normally bright outdoor scene. On the other hand, it has almost no low-light sensitivity. On a dark day with heavy overcast sky we can get a reasonable detailed picture, but most of the day the image is a useless washed out white and all night it is a dark black square. 2. The SoloLink DDNS remote access service does not work.
You have to pay for it before you can find out if it will work!
Even after following Linksys's instructions on opening a port on my Linksys firewall and 'successfully' registering the camera, it is unable to communicate. 3. Unstable. System hangs/crashes every few days.
Requires a cold-boot of the camera to restore LAN browsing. Save your time and money and give this unit a pass.
Rating:
Summary: Returning the Web Camera
Review: Normally I do not write reviews. But this time I am making an exception to keep someone from making the same mistake I made. I purchased the product on 1/31...hooked it up and it worked although the picture was somewhat grainy. I had to wait till 2/02 to sign up for the SoloLink internet service and did that for the 19.95 annual fee. So far I kind of liked it. Then I could not get the service to pull the web page...after 2 hours on the phone with a very nice lady it came down to that my cable modem to my Sat. Dish provided its own IP address so therefore unless I get the Sat company to allow the LinkSys router to provide the IP address I could not use the product. Needless to say I did not do this and just let the camera sit on the shelf operating. Today 5 days later the camera broke. I am returning it and went to cancel the SoloLink service and guess what no refund! So wait the 90 days before you sign up and make sure you are satisfied. What a terrible business ethic. Shame on you Cisco Systems.
Rating:
Summary: Useless product
Review: I have worked with several types of networked
cameras, the panasonic versions are cheaper and
better, though they too have shortcomings, you
can overcome. The Linksys, a name I love and have used much
of their networking equipment, has some problems. The biggest problem for me is that though the
marketing info says the camera comes with a web
server, that is a deceitful statement. You cannot
view this camera with any browser, you have to have
special software plugin through IE. There is no way to access a jpg or bmp or gif or any
image file ... this is unforgivable. This is a blatant
attempt to force the users to have to subscribe to
their Internet service. It is thievery as far as I
can see. The image quality is not good, and needs light, but
it would have been acceptable to me if I could view
it, or access if from the internet on any browser. The wireless worked well, and was easy to set up, but
this baby is going back tomorrow morning, and I have
to say, Linksys knows better, so this is a sign to me
that Cisco and Linksys are just out to suck your
wallet dry. The new cheapie on the network block is going to be
Hawking Tech, and I am wondering if they will come
out with a network camera anytime soon. I will now have to buy another Panasonic - NON-wireless
network camera to monitor my front door. I expect
better, and if Linksys would come out with a firmware
upgrade that would fix these shortcomings, them I would
gladly keep this white elephant, for over $200.00. Sorry, I give it a 1/10, would say 0, but it will work
for some people.
Rating:
Summary: Poor Image Quality, HW/SW Unstable, Networking Issues
Review: Am on my second unit. CCD camera sensor died on first one within a week of indoor use. Second unit has problems as well - locks up/has to be restarted constantly. Seems to be overheating, because if I power cycle the unit all the lights are on - must wait about 10-15 minutes to get it back and operational. Am unable to view cam image from my local LAN when cam resides across a Linksys wireless ethernet bridge. Other devices across that bridge are fine, so it seems a problem with the unit. I had hoped to use several of these across the bridge but obviously this isn't going to be possible. Image quality is terrible. Grainy, and out of focus, even at highest quality settings. Software limitations prevent you from easily embedding your camera window inside a custom webpage, and even then it seems you might only be able to do it from IE (the cam stream is delivered to a custom ActiveX control). Spotty documentation, which is typical of Linksys products.
Rating: 
Summary: not bad at all
Review: I bought this cam from compusa and have really liked it, if the room is not well lit it is a little dark and grainy but in the right light this cam looks great and the speed is really really good. I would like to see linksys make it move or even a fish eye lens on it. Being able to control the brightness from the office while the cam is at home is a really neat feature. I see big things comming from this in the future, and for $20 a year I think it is a real bargin. I am using the v2.10, maybe the others were using the older versions. Worth a try if you ask me.
Rating: 
Summary: Soup cam. Spare yourself the pain, wait a year
Review: I really wanted to like this camera. Make sure your store accepts returns.
Router- Excellent
Camera-Awful
Router Software - Pretty good
Camera Software -Barley any features The picture is like looking thru a glass of soup. Indoors is dark and murky most detail is lost. Pointing outside, all is a white wash. It was not meant for outside anyway. Must use Internet Explorer to view from internet. Uses an Active X control. Not Java. The software is very limited. You can only do a couple of things - email or record a video. Does not store or send snapshots. I did not bother testing motion detect. as it can't see much anyway. You can make a couple of color adjustments and motion sensetivity adjustments. The networking works fine, but you have to reboot the camera after changing settings- instructions did not say this- hours of frustration. Wait a year for this technology to become usable.
Rating:
Summary: She's going back...
Review: Linksys got a few things right like the wireless connection and the support for DNS. However, the camera itself is weak. The lense is the size of a pin head so need I say more about lighting problems. I expected a lot more from a camera that was almost $200. I'm sending it back for a refund. Dissapointed enough to write a review!
Rating:
Summary: Not a great choice
Review: I bought this camera to view activities in a datacenter. While the packaging specified compatibility with various Windows platforms it did not make it clear that the image can ONLY BE VIEWED FROM WINDOWS PLATFORMS USING IE. So, the center managers Solaris box could not view the image and my MacOS X workstation could not view the image. When I viewed the image from a Win2000 box the quality was horrible, very grainy even in a well lit area. I have ended up connecting an Apple iSight to one of the rackmounted XServes in the center and using getting a much higher quality image for considerably less money. I really expected better of Linksys. One star is being kind.
Rating:
Summary: Fun&cheap, but better products are out there for serious use
Review: I just bought this, but sent it back. It is easy to install but it has very bad image quality and instable operation. I have to restart the camera every second day or so as it seems to hang. The support people at Linksys (after 45 minutes on hold!) said that his was a known problem, but that there will be a free of charge update coming out. Yeah right. Not suitable for remote montitoring or security, in other words, but fun to carry around in the house and play with.
Instead I bought a AXIS 205 camera which at the same price has better image quality, twice the resolution and is STABLE. No wireless yet though...
Rating: 
Summary: Nobody's sweetheart.
Review: I really tried to like this webcam, but it's just too finicky. For instance, everytime my ISP flickers and I wind up with a new IP address, the camera has to be restarted. I'm sure there's a work-around, but I cannot stomach the thought of even 1 more minute on the phone with the Linksys support folks this year (they're nice enough though).
The image quality is not great, and the focus ring is a joke. There is of course no automatic iris adjustment, so while it's set to record comings and goings through the front door, there's an amazing sunburst effect on the recording anytime anyone opens the door. Also, it needs full ambient light to see anything, so I basically need to leave the foyer lights on 24-7 to make it useful.
I had planned on using 3 of these to monitor all the entryways, but I think it's just not practical.
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