Wireless consumer cameras usually transmit the video information over a 2.4Ghz frequency as an analog or digital signal - the same used by your wireless internet, cordless phone, and microwave oven - very crowded and prone to interference and errors. Wireless IP cameras use the same frequency but on your home wireless network - but still prone to interfernce and DHCP issues created after a power failure or glitch. The best answer is a hard-wired camera/DVR solution (such as the Swann units from Costco with CCD cameras w/IR illumination) that connects to your LAN or the internet using DDNS hosting. While you can use one of the cameras as a "baby-monitor" they usually don't include audio due to state/federal laws, and it may not be the best solution as you need a computer/tablet with you at all times. Most people often feel more comfortable with stand-alone wireless camera/handheld monitor with audio that they can carry from room to room with them.

no your passcode was set up by who ever set up your router so no one else would have that info. Please tell me what went wrong when you tried it? you do need to install the program on a computer that is using that wifi router. When you download and install that little program it will come up with the info that looks just like the picture on that page you got it from. Did you get that that to come up. Tell me exactly what happened and maybe I can help. It is a very small simple program so it should work. What version of windows are you using? xp? vista? 7? You need to get your lookbook somewhere that it can connect to wifi, it needs the 2 big updates, as soon as you connect to wifi it will come up saying it found updates it will do one then right after that it will do the second, those will make it work much better. don't give up!! It is just like a computer when you turn it off and on it has to boot up so yes it does take some time when going on and off it is loading the system. there is another way to get your passcode but it takes accessing the router and my guess is you do not have that password either. That is why that program is the best way to do it. Is there anyplace you know of that who ever set up your router might have written down this info? It is info that they knew would be very important to keep. Possibly on the router manual or something?

For viewing many IP cameras over the net, you do NOT have to have it upload to a remote server, because the camera itself contains a web server. Any portable device such as a phone, tablet, or laptop with a web browser most certainly CAN look into your home network and see that web server. You just have to configure your router to pass through incoming requests on an http port such as 80, 8008, 8080, or any of several other http ports less often used. Once the router is set up to allow port forwarding, you can point your portable gadget's web browser at your home IP address (and port number if it's not the default 80), and log in to the camera's web server. The camera's server pushes a series of jpeg images (motion jpeg) to your browser. Some cameras even have mpeg encoders built in, and can stream to an mpeg decoder on your device. I know this works, because I've done it with my own cameras. Many cameras even have a public view that doesn't require a login.Here's one you can see right now. Here's another. And another. And another. And yet another. There are thousands more of these cameras out there on the net, open to anyone who wants to view them. You can password-protect yours if you want to, as I did.

Beverly, with mtvhike's Lorex setup, he can't get alerts like you're looking for. But, if you had a centralized dvr or hub, you could use that (assuming it's connected to your mifi) to send alerts without connecting the cameras to the internet. Again, i don't know how well they'll work connecting to your cameras remotely from a MiFi. Look at this site, is an easy way to connect your hotspot to a home internet router and broadcast a stronger wifi signal in the house. You may need this regardless which solution you choose depending on the wifi requirements of your cameras. https://turbofuture.com/computers/Use-a-4g-Hotspot-for-Internet-in-Your-Home-Network Have you looked at satellite internet?