Hi there,
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Originally Posted by future_computer
What I want to do is this:
1. At home I turn on my notebook which has a webcam, the webcam is overseeing my home's living hall. It is connected to internet.
2. In my office, my PC is also connected to internet. Can I link my PC to my notebook and be able to see what is going on at home through the webcam?
Can linux/windows do this?
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yes and no. ;-)
Of course you can set that up using either system - because Linux or Windows has very little to do with what you want.
First question is: What kind is your webcam? Is it one with its own network connection and an integrated web and/or streaming server, as they're becoming popular? In that case, you wouldn't even have to leave your notebook turned on. - Or is it one of those simple, plain camera-only units that usually connect to USB? Then you need a program that continuously gets data from the cam and acts as a server to the outside. VLC could do that, for example.
Another important question: How are you connected to the internet at home? A DSL (or something similar) with a little broadband router that could possibly provide an internet connection for more than one device? Then you'd have to configure that router to accept requests targeted at the webcam thing and forward them to the computer operating the cam (or to the cam itself, if it's directly on the network).
And finally: How can you "find" your home internet node from out in the wild? Does your ISP give you a fixed IP address? With many providers, the IP is dynamic and changes daily. So to locate your home node, you'd require some kind of dyndns service. Or you write down your current home IP address in the morning before you go to the office, and hope this address won't change during the day.
So you see, there's a number of prerequisites to get straight before we can go into the details.
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