I took it out of the box, plugged it in next to my router, downloaded the APP and it's working great. It took a few tries for it to connect, but after that, it was running smoothly. I can check on my house from anywhere on my Iphone. I was 70 miles away yesterday and connected right away. I have another wifi camera, and this ones works as well as the other. It has sound so you can listen in, but doesn't work well to talk to anyone in the room. I still think it is a great camera. It works well in the dark as well.