Connect USB web cam directly to Ethernet

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Way off topic for a hosting forum, sorry. Is there a way to connect a USB web cam to Ethernet without a PC? I want to set up a bird cam and I'm too cheap to spring for an IP netcam or wireless cam. I want to put the camera a couple hundred feet from the PC (that's where the birds are!).

Thanks,
Tim
 
Way off topic for a hosting forum, sorry. Is there a way to connect a USB web cam to Ethernet without a PC? I want to set up a bird cam and I'm too cheap to spring for an IP netcam or wireless cam. I want to put the camera a couple hundred feet from the PC (that's where the birds are!).

Thanks,
Tim

http://sewelldirect.com/Cables-Unli...rce=froogle&utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=cse

take this and get a NEMA approved waterproof electrical box for the connector, of if you need the whole USB camera enclosed consider making a plexiglass structure with a grommet/firewall for the cat5 cable to exit
 
http://sewelldirect.com/Cables-Unli...rce=froogle&utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=cse

take this and get a NEMA approved waterproof electrical box for the connector, of if you need the whole USB camera enclosed consider making a plexiglass structure with a grommet/firewall for the cat5 cable to exit

btw you can use an old 10/100mb HUB(NOT SWITCH) to extend that distance of the cat5 cable.

Edit, any solution to connect usb direct to ethernet will be more expensive than a wifi or ip camera.
 
Thanks Stephen!

I kept searching on terms like USB ethernet adapter/converter and was finding only dongles. "USB extender" was what I should have been searching for.

I found a cheap USB extender at http://www.cross-mark.com/rj45-extension-adapter-p-742.html?cPath=30 But considering cables, you're probably right that it will probably be just as cheap to buy a wireless web cam. It will certainly be easier and less dangerous than having a network cable stretched across the yard. (I can see my kids tripping on that every day!)

That USB to fiber extender is waaay outside my budget! 8o

Tim
 
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