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I bought this camera to work with Synology NAS Surveillance Station, and they work seamlessly together. The main purpose is to keep an eye on the dog while we're gone and know when our boy gets home from school. Regarding initial setup of the camera (attaching it to your home network), despite others saying the wireless set up was difficult (as opposed to using a wired ethernet connection for the setup), I found it straightforward and quick. * Follow Steps 1-7 in the directions exactly as described * In Step 8, name your camera whatever you want, but the username and password must be "admin". You can change these later. * After you enter your WiFi password in Step 9, the phone will start making an audible sound. Make sure your volume is turned up, you're in a quiet room, and you put the phone next to the camera. The camera needs to hear the phone clearly. * You should connect pretty quickly. The camera video quality is great and can be adjusted via different "streams" which you can select in the app. For example, you might select a low res stream if you're accessing it remotely but a high res stream when you're on your home LAN. Pan & tilt work just fine, but for my application I have it pointed where I want and leave it there. If you sit the camera on a shelf, you may find that you can't tilt the camera down far enough to get the view you want. In that case, either prop it up or use the included mounting bracket (which is what I did). The speaker on the camera isn't that loud, so if you want that functionality attach a set of computer speakers. I'm using my Synology cloud so I can't comment on their cloud service. I'm giving it 4 stars out of 5 because I couldn't get the web interface to work (on Chrome, IE or Firefox, I think its a security issue), and this is annoying because this is where you can access all the settings. I finally got it to work with IE. Here's what I did: * In IE I entered the Intranet IP address of my camera on the URL bar * The camera responded and I logged in with my camera account and password * IE asked me to allow ActiveCam ActiveX, which I did * Still no camera connection, so I went to IE settings (the gear symbol in the upper right) and selected Add Site to Apps. * I had to log in again but this time the camera was connected. Also, it automatically switches to night mode in the dark and the image is still pretty detailed and not grainy. In summary this camera more that fits the bill for my application, and despite some set up hiccups, I have it set up just the way I want it. Good set of features for the price.