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Do you know to difficult to focus when you have 2 kids? To make my story short, I have 2little brothers I have to monitor so they do their studies, while I can do mine in the different room of the same house.
I am planning to use either of one or two of the following cameras:
1. D-Link DCS-3220G
2. Axis 206W, or
3. Linksys WVC54GIn order to save my Comcast bandwidth, I would like to completely separate all Wireless network cameras from my LAN.
This cameras have Wireless Antennae connections.
Can I just buy a router such as Dlink DI-624 and (without connecting to my Comcast LAN) connect one of my computers wirelessly to the camera(s). So that I can see from my computer in my room what kids are doing in other room(s)?
Or, do I buy a wireless switch?, access point?, wireless bridge?; or maybe hub would do? To be able to connect my pc wirelessly to camera(s)
Again, for safety reasons I would like to connect WLAN of cameras to my Comcast Lan/Internet Connection.
Thank you

Yes, you can do that. A switch would be most appropriate because you need something to assign IP addresses to the cameras. You might be able to use an access point if the cameras you buy can be manually configured, but access points typically cost more than a router.
But, I think you might be making this more difficult than it needs to be. If you connect the cameras to your existing network you will not be using your "Comcast bandwidth". Any traffic between devices on your home network are not going out to the internet. The traffic is only going from one device - to the router - to the other device.
As for security, the cameras would not be accessible from the internet unless your router was configured to forward the appropriate ports to the camera(s). That's not to say it is impossible for someone to hack into your system, but it is very, very unlikely.
Michael J

FYI: The D-Link camera baove, and perhaps the other two as well, allows you to set up "accounts" that have priveledges to view the camera. These accounts require a username and password. This would further secure the cameras from authorizes access.
Michael J

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