# Using webcams through DSL between two computers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 6, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661 "2002-07-06T19:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661/1 "2002-07-06T19:13:40Z")

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A friend of mine who owns a small store would like to hook up a web cam both at his home and at the store so he can talk to the employees there through it and monitor the store when he isn’t there. He has a Mac at home and a few PC’s at the store, and both ends have DSL connections. Is there a way to hook up the web cams for monitoring?

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661/2 "2002-07-06T20:17:41Z")

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I don’t know of any software specifically for that, but there’s a mac client for [VNC](http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/). He could use that to take remote control of the store PC. It would allow him to use the webcam and communicate with anyone sitting at the PC. It’s free and is supposed to work well.

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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661/3 "2002-07-06T20:33:33Z")

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Most new Logitech Cams come with monitoring software.

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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661/4 "2002-07-06T22:23:22Z")

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Thanks. I’ll look into the Logitech cams.

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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-webcams-through-dsl-between-two-computers/117661/5 "2002-07-06T22:26:15Z")

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Okay, I did that… but the only Mac-compatible camera they have doesn’t have video monitoring support for the Mac. Any other companies?