Hawking Wireless G Network Camera

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 3.8 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000HCJ91C
• Item model number: HNC290G
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #32,238 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 8, 2006

Product Description

Product Description

The Hawking Net-Vision HNC290G Wireless-G Network Camera is a high performance stand-alone camera that enables remote monitoring, surveillance, or viewing of live video from both within your local area network (LAN) and from outside the network via the Internet. Unlike "web cameras", which require an attached PC for operation, the HNC290G connects directly to the network and has its own IP address, thereby allowing users to access the video from anywhere on the network, as well as from anywhere in the world via the web. The HNC290G supports both the 802.11b/g wireless standard and the 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet standard, and can stream high-quality live video at up to 30 frames per second. The camera features a Quick Setup Wizard utility with automatic router configuration and web address (URL) setup, which allows users to easily install and view their cameras from remote locations via the Internet. Also included with the camera are security features such as built-in motion detection, as well as a management and control software application for playback, recording, and more. The versatile HNC290G offers a broad array of applications and can be used to monitor your home, office, and other critical locations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I see plus's and minus's. I LOVE it, and I HATE it., May 27, 2007

By	M. Streck "AMSDAD" (Iowa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Let's face it, we are all interested in this unit because it's unique and inexpensive. You don't need a PC, and it has wireless network access. (Except for the power cord.) I've owned this unit for about 6 months, and it has it's up and downs. When it works, it's GREAT. It can send images over the internet either by jpg or video feed. The motion detection sent emails, and the image quality was decent. I could also contact the camera over the internet, and capture either video or still images on demand. How cool is that!!! For a little over a hundred, I could monitor a second home without needing to buy a PC or an expensive security system!!!! At times the signal would get week, like more than 30 feet away from the network, the image would get more choppy, or only work on one of two lower resolution settings. But, these settings could all be adjusted remotely - over the internet. However, in the last few months, the unit has gotten really buggy. The unit is set up remotely now for me to monitor activity at my second home. When the camera locks up, I can try to reboot it remotely. But if that doesn't work, I'm SOL. If it were more reliable, I'd buy three more. Great idea - 5 stars; Reasonable cost - 5 stars; Reliable - 3 Stars; Tech Support - 2 stars; Image quality - 3 stars. Even with the headaches involved, I'm actually thinking of buying a second unit - almost as a back-up to the first. I really wish they would come out with a second generation unit that has the kinks worked out. But at this point, I haven't seen anything in this price range that is even close to the same level of functionality. If you are interested in a fun toy, that needs some tinkering now and then, go for it. If you need solid state reliability, I wouldn't recommend it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work as advertised, May 1, 2007

By	lakelevel "lake" (Saint Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

The good: Good image quality in many lighting conditions. Wireless worked well with WEP.

The bad: Email on motion detection sends one email then locks up till power reset. DDNS setup did not work, just gave error messages. I had to set up my own, which is not so hard but I wasted a lot of time trying to make it work. The camera viewer program does not record on motion as advertised. Phone tech support is useless and email support is slow and unhelpful and now they seem to have given up on me.

If they come through I'll revise my opinion but for now I cannot recomend this product for anything but real time web viewing. The motion detection does not seem to work as advertised

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Experience, April 22, 2007

By	Richard D. Blunt "RickB" (Annandale, VA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this camera to tell which of our cats is engaging in "bad" behavior. After five hours, including 1.5 hours with Hawking's outsourced, overseas Tech Support, I could not get one image. The quick set up did not work. The semi-automated set up did not work. The manual set up did not work. Tech support had me changing the IP addrresses of both my wireless router and the camera several times without explaining why. Had to change ports (80 & 5000) did not work.. I returned it the next day for a refund.