setting up a web cam?

[Robert A. Virzi]

Anybody got any experience or recommendations for setting up a web 
cam?  I'm not looking for anything fancy, I just want to set up a 
video cam to monitor a puppy at home while I'm away.

I've been thinking about ways to do this.  One way would seem to be 
using video chat between home and work, but I'm not sure I can do 
this because I can't be in both places at once to establish the chat 
session.

A web cam is the other option that occurred to me. Something like 
Logitech's Quickcam.  The site isn't crystal clear on how it all 
works.  My set up is a cable modem, linksys wireless router, and I 
was thinking of hooking it up to an iBook through USB.  But the 
Logitech website does not include Panther in the acceptable OSes, 
just through Jag.  And how do I get to the camera through the Linksys 
router/firewall?  It isn't like I have a static public IP address I 
can assign to the camera.

So if anyone has any experience or suggestions for how to go about 
this, I'd love to hear.  Thanks.    -Bob
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