Video storage on WVC54GCA

I have a WVC54GCA. The question I have is : where is the motion detected video stored. Is it stored in the camera or the computer linked to it? Does it require the linked computer to be on and and the utility software running for video to be captured?
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When you Enable Motion Detection on your computer and select the option E-mail, then its not required for you to Link your computer to the camera or to the Router, It will automatically detect the Motion and E-mail the Video to your Email account.
You can configure Motion Detection on your Camera by the Camera Utility or by Logging into the Camera Setup page.
But if you Enable Recording on your Camera using the Linksys Camera Utility, then your computer should always be Linked to the Router, so that it can store all the Recorded Video on your Computer.

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