topic arlo pro 2 base station <---> router connection minimum specs in Arlo Pro 2

arlo pro 2 base station <---> router connection minimum specs

geriatricjerry — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 18:09:08 GMT

just bought arlo pro 2 the box should get here tomorrow.

what speed is necessary to connect base station to my router?

i have an existing Netgear powerline network with 100, 200, and 500 megabit adapters.

will these work or do i need to upgrade to gigabit for the arlo to work?

i know internet upload speed must be 1 mbps or greater. i am asking only about the local area network connection.

thank you.

Re: arlo pro 2 base station <---> router connection minimum specs

jguerdat — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:19:04 GMT

The base will connect at 100Mbps if available although 10Mbps should also work fine. You're fine.

Re: arlo pro 2 base station <---> router connection minimum specs

michaelkenward — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:57:43 GMT

@geriatricjerry wrote:

i have an existing Netgear powerline network with 100, 200, and 500 megabit adapters.

will these work or do i need to upgrade to gigabit for the arlo to work?

First see if you really need to use Powerline. If the wifi signal is good enough, it might work with a direct connection to the router.

Second, don't be fooled by the speed claims on those Powerline adapters. The 500s, for example, have 100 Mbps LAN.

But as @jguerdat says, that should be fine. It worked here. But I now have the base station near the router. No problems, even with a long wifi haul.