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Introduction

As broadband communication gets more and more popular, transferring video and audio through networks has become a major issue. The ICA-101 family provides an advanced Internet Camera solution, supporting wired or wireless Ethernet networking. The ICA-101/ICA-101W can be placed wherever there is a wired/wireless LAN or an available xDSL/Cable modem connection, and the ICA-101 family also supports DDNS. Even when your gateway does not support DDNS, it can still co-operate with the ICA- 101 family and provide live images to Internet users.

The ICA-101 family uses advanced MPEG-4 video compression technology. An advanced microcomputer is integrated into this camera to digitize live video, and then compress the video stream using MPEG-4. The high compression capabilities of MPEG-4 reduce network bandwidth requirements to amazingly low levels. With their Plug-N-Watch capability, a network administrator or system operator can seamlessly complete network deployment in just minutes!

ICA-101/ICA-101W Features

Simple to use

Plug-N-Watch capability to simplify system integration in an existing network environment

Suitable for home, business, or public facilities

The ICA-101 family can be deployed in many different situations and reduce the cost of human resources, offering flexibility, affordability, and reliability for surveillance of manufacturing and other facilities.

Remote Monitoring and Management.

ICA-101 series can fully integrate with your network. By the conveniences of world wide Internet, you can do the monitoring anywhere. Via add-on utility, network administrators can decide whether individuals or the whole team may access ICA-101 series. Multi-user password protection support offers more flexibility while managing ICA-101 series.

Multiple platform support

Supports TCP/IP networking, SMTP e-mail, HTTP, PPPoE and other Internet related protocols. The ICA-101 family can be applied and utilized in a mixed operating system network environment.

Easy configuration

The network administrator can configure and manage ICA-101 family via Windows- based utility or web interface.

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