Question 1

Does a computer need to stay on in order for this to work?

Accepted Answer

No. but  your wireless router must be 'on'. It will pick up the signal from the camera and send it to the cloud. Ours is on 24/7, focused on our hen house. From home or the Android phone or the iPad or a computer at work, we watch the hen house, checking to see if any night prowlers are in there. The camera has alerted us to possums and skunks. I hope this helps. Also, the day/night vision works very well.
Only once did we lose the picture. That was when a hen flew up and sat on the ac extension cord and unplugged it from the wall outlet! Ha! Guess she wanted privacy!

Question 2

Can I have more than 1 camera operating at the same time in the house?

Accepted Answer

Yes.  I have six of them, some using Ethernet where I have it and others wireless N.  Expect about 1% utilization of a 1 Gbps network for each camera.  Out of the box you will need to update the D-Link firmware and be current on Java on your PC.   Email and FTP (to a USB hard drive on Linksys router) motion detection works well.  You can screen out areas to ignore.  Good camera for the price, would buy again.

Question 3

If I have a 4 ch home security camera system in my home with outside cameras and want to add one of these wireless cameras inside,  can it be hooked up for recording?

Or
 Can the inside wireless camera be set to record to my security system dvr?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what type of DVR. If your DVR can function like an FTP, and you have decent networking knowledge, you can get this done. You cannot rely on Dlink support, they are useless at best. But there is a lot of information on line that will help guide you to get this done.

Question 4

If placed inside a window looking out, do the IR illuminators create a glare on the window the camera is looking out of?  Does this impact still/video quality?  Planing to mount inside a window near front door to see who has come to the door, but want motion detection night mode to work well, too.

Accepted Answer

I have not used the 933L placed inside a window looking out. I have attempted to use other IR Nite Vision cameras and it doesn't  work due to the glare from the IR lamps. You would be better off with an outdoor camera. If you do need an indoor camera the 933L is a good choice, nice color, sharp picture and works great with my android phone.

Question 5

Could you setup this camera without access to your router? I would like to place it in my shop where we have shared internet connection, so access to the router is not available. I can connect other devices via secured WiFi.

Accepted Answer

Last I knew (aug 2013) you needed to directly wire to the router for the initial setup before you could use it wirelessly. The units do not perform all to well through a wireless extender either. Otherwise they are great lil security cameras for indoors.

Question 6

Can I use this just on my WLAN without an internet connection?

Accepted Answer

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: You will need software that can view network camera feeds, and make sure this camera is compatible with said software. For my mac, I am using EvoCam to manage a mix of different network cameras.

Question 7

Can this be used with a Mac?

Accepted Answer

I use web base to open the D-Link cloud camera remotely in Mac over mydlink website. you have to register your device first and in iphone and other smartphone they have an app.

Question 8

Hello, I am interested in this camera, but I have a few questions.

- Is this camera weatherproof for outdoor use?
- Where does this camera record to? 
- Does it cost extra for cloud space or does the camera have a Memory card that will serve as recording memory?
- Am I able to retrieve recorded footage?

Accepted Answer

- Is this camera weatherproof for outdoor use?
ANSWER: No this camera is not rated for outdoor use. 
- Where does this camera record to? 
- Does it cost extra for cloud space or does the camera have a Memory card that will serve as recording memory?
- Am I able to retrieve recorded footage?
ANSWER: The camera does not record, but streams to your app in real-time.  But you can take snapshots and alerts
No memory card slot available

Question 9

HOW CAN YOU RECORD THE FOOTAGE OF THE CAMERA? OR IS THAT POSIBLE?

Accepted Answer

You download and install the D-Link DViewCam software from support.dlink[dot]com/ProductInfo.aspx?m=DCS-933L With that software you can record and playback video.

Question 10

Is it compatible with the Samsung 55" smart TV when using Skype?

Accepted Answer

Should be but read the Samsung manual.  They should specifically give you instructions if you can use a camera.

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