As most of you already know, the Llama Webcam is one of the most visited pages of the Yellow Wood Llamas website. Since its inception in 1998, the infrastructure required to support the webcam has continued to evolve.
The original single webcam was driven by a 66 mhz Intel system located in the barn and connected to the house network by a 450 foot underground cable. It used a 28.8K modem to upload files to the site every five minutes.
We have now grown to a total of 9 cameras that each ftp images to the site every 60 seconds 24 hours a day using our broadband connection and multiple wireless bridges–the longest being 1/4 mile away at the new Yellow Wood West Stud Barn.
The cameras are the latest Panasonic Netcams which do not require a computer in the barn to do perform their magic.
Through our local wireless network we are able to view streaming video from every nook and cranny of or farm–which is great when keeping track of new babies or waiting for expectant moms to go into labor. The wireless connections are accomplished using several LinkSys wireless bridges , repeaters and directional antennas.
As you can see, the Yellow Wood Llama llamacam is not only fun, but serves a very useful purpose on our farm. We have even been told that some of our customers use our llama cam to keep an eye on their females when they are visiting our farm during the breeding season.
I bet you didn’t know that the llama webcam also has it’s own URL. You can access the llama webcam at http://llamacam.com.
