I travel for a living and work independently most of the time. There are occasions when I am operating controls from one place but need to see if what I am controlling is responding as I want. What I need is a wireless camera (or 2) that I can monitor with my laptop without using the internet to do it (as most of the time, internet is not available)
You also need a wireless router, such as a simple one from LinkSys or D-Link for example.
Although these routers are typically used for Internet access, you can also use them to create a local wireless network between your laptop and the camera.
Connect the laptop via a cat-5 cable to the wireless router, then configure the Zavio IP camera to connect to the router via WIFI.
You will then be able to access the camera from a web browser on your laptop. You can use Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Google Chrome.