IM-Services like MSN, Skype, etc. with webcam connected to router?
Hi,
I'm searching for an answer to my question in this forum since more than 2 hours but unfortunately couldn't find anything by using the words "webcam", "MSN", "Skype", "chat" in various combinations. So I finally registered to put my question right here. Here it comes... ;)
Can I use IM services like MSN, Skype, Yahoo, etc. for video conferencing when my webcam is connected to the USB port of the router? Or is videoconferencing only possible when I connect the cam straight to the USB port of the PC?
My question is not limited to the Premium version of the router as I think that also the older 500g versions support webcam connection to the router.
Thank you very much for your assistance and
Greetings from Germany! :)
Ohrenfratz
PS: Oh and one more question: Is any of the 500g versions able to be used as a bridge/repeater? Because I intend to use it not as the central router, but as an additional access point that connects to the first router via WLAN to enlarge my WLAN.
Auto-Reconnect of the USB-Port?
Oh that's a pitty... because I intend to use the USB camera as webcam for the above mentioned IM services but also as a network camera for surveillance.
So my new Idea is now to use a USB Switch box to make both possible with one camera:
http://web170.webhostaccount5.de/pic...mUSBswitch.jpg
But I have two concerns for that kind of construction:
- How does the Asus Router react if the Switch box hardly "removes" the USB device? Will it recognize correctly that the device is unplugged and on the other hand
- How does the Asus Router react if the Switch box "plugs in" the USB device back again? Will it recognize the USB device is plugged in again correctly and provide access through network?
To check this and to avoid spending money for something that doesn't work I would like to ask some 500x owner (both Premium and not Premium) with a webcam attached to the router to simply check what will happen if you hardly unplug and replug the cam.
- Will the router still work after hardly unplugging the device?
- Will the webcam work again like a network camera after replugging the device?
Thank you very, very much for your help guys!!!
Ohrenfratz