Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work? > micro systems running linux at each USB location, all connected with ethernet. it doesn't take much. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-31-guruplug-server-standard.aspx or http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-2B-Board-2-LAN-2-MINI-PCI_3 etc etc.