Originally Posted by JoeReal

the webcam that I have is in fact a tiny web server, and you can assign its own IP address, does not need a computer when running, tunnel it through the internet by NAT mapping to your firewall router, and you can connect to it wired or wireless. I use it to monitor my yard for pesky birds! I got tired of it. Will turn it back on and reconfigured for security system. The webcam is cheap, less than $80 after rebates.