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iCam Support / Re: iCamSource won't stay running

« on: September 29, 2010, 10:13:42 PM »

I suspect I have a modem issue. While this problem didn't seem to surface until I loaded iCamSource and begin camera streaming, I now begin to see bandwidth degredation within 5 minutes after a modem, router and computer power cycle. Upon restart, I'm immediately back to 20+Mbps but 5 minutes later, I'm down to 1.5Mbps using speedtest. This is without launching iCamSource.

I have confirmed that camera streaming is only consuming very small bandwidth but after launching iCamSource so this certainly isn't my problem. I just wonder if there's anything inherant about iCamSource that could have sent the modem down a bad path? I will make sure all software updates are installed but hoping I come up with a smoking gun here.

Replacing the modem may be the next step just to start eliminating things. Thanks.

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iCam Support / Re: iCamSource won't stay running

« on: September 28, 2010, 07:39:49 PM »

Thanks. It seemed I had motion sensitivity too high and once I lowered that, iCamSource quit crashing. Is that common. Seems pretty sensitive. Now my issue seems to be overall bandwidth degredation. When both cams are streaming, I'm only taking up 150 kb/s so not a big load. However, my speedtest on modem drops from 20Mb/s when not running iCamSource to barely 1.5Mbp/s when checking it in the evening after running it all day. After a power cycle on the modem, everything is back to normal. Anything I can do short of asking Comcast for a new modem?

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iCam Support / iCamSource won't stay running

« on: September 27, 2010, 10:55:57 AM »

How do I keep the iCamSource server software running. I thought my issue was my computer energy saver software but I now how that set for computer to never sleep. However, when I come home, I find that the iCamSource software is no longer running, i.e. icon doesn't appear in top bar next to Airport wifi symbol. Everything is working fine when I leave the house. Any ideas?