Wireless Camera for Baby Monitoring?

cwinterb asks: "A friend of mine and his wife are expecting their first born. My friend is a commercial airline pilot flying all over Europe and frequently spends two or three nights away from home. He already has ADSL (256Kbps up/512 down) and 802.11b in the house, via a Draytek Vigor 2600We (draytek.co.uk). What he wants is a wireless webcam, with a built in server, so that as long as he can get web access he can see his wife and child. Streaming video would be nice but bandwidth and cost rule it out. A good quality static image that updates a few times a minute would be ideal. Audio is not required. A camera that works well in fairly low light conditions would also be a bonus."

"Privacy is obviously important. The camera should not have to be on all the time, his wife should just be able to switch it on and point, maybe with the camera on a mini-tripod. Username/password protected access to the server would be good, but SSL is overkill. One option is to use the VPN facility on the router. He already has a domain registered so we ought to be able to sort out access via an easy to remember URL and a dynamic DNS service (static IPs cost extra on most UK residential ADSL services).

What cost effective, secure and simple solutions have other Slashdot readers deployed?"

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[Kj0n]

Being the proud father of a nearly three month old daughter, I'd like to add the following:

When you need electronic devices to monitor your child, you're simply too far away: when your child needs you, you will hear it, even when you're at the other side of the house. When you want to see your child, sit next to it instead of watching a webcam.

What about your wife? She now needs a caring husband instead of someone in the basement messing around with cameras and web servers.