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Consistently reliable Wifi cameras ?
Old topic, I know... Emphasis on "reliable". I have 3 brands of cameras I'm using at home, 3x D-links, 2x Amcrest and 1x "can't remember".. By and large the "push" features work well on the iphone and always alerts me to people at the door, or whatever I need... But when it comes to responding to a ping and getting a picture, it's totally hit and miss... That, from a camera that JUST alerted me, so it should be up.
Most of them work 70% of the time. The rest of the time, they don't connect from my phone. Sometimes for a few minutes, then they work again, most of the time they just stop working for the day until I reboot them - the damn things continue to alert me though... Not super useful when you think you have a credible alert... I have tons of bandwidth, as far as I know that is reliable (when I work from home it never drops)... Just curious if you guys found a brand/model that *consistently*, without fail, always connects you and gives you a picture. I'm starting to think it could be my wifi router... |
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I have a "homeboy" that is in a house a state away and has been working great. No problem connecting and requesting video.
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Sounds like you are saying you have trouble in areas where the reliability of the connection is questionable. Try running them through a server. Basically build a box that all the cameras connect to and let that stream. See if they are on the compatibility list here. http://blueirissoftware.com/technology/
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Are you running static IPs for them?
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I use Netgear Arlo, they work flawless.
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Upload bandwidth issue?
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I wonder if they drop offline and don't always recover quickly, or after I look at one and quit the app, that causes some hanging... By and large they work, but often fail right when I want a peek ! ;-( I have noticed last time I worked from home, I'd lose RDP to my work PC (via VPN) for a second 2-3 times a day. Quick glitch. Could be at the other end, dunnno, but if it's a small drop maybe that affects the cameras... they do not do well when losing Wifi (say when the modem goes down) and only respond after a reboot... I think they are dropping off... Last edited by Deschodt; 06-15-2017 at 08:20 AM.. |
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My d-links were 100% good with a new Netgear N router, switched to Comcast supplied router and they go down about 10% of the time
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06-15-2017, 08:26 AM
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Sounds right. Had no issues with same cams on FIOS with my own router, this is a comcast router...
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06-15-2017, 08:55 AM
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The big weakness I've seen in almost all of these cameras is piss-poor software.
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