Turn off wifi

[p78]

Hello

I plan to buy an Arlo Pro (or Pro 2) and its base.

I would like to know if it is possible to turn off the Wifi on the camera and on the base.

I don't want Wifi when I'm at home.

Thanks

BR

[jguerdat]

You can disable the cameras but you can't disable the WiFi connection between the base and cameras. Why do you not want the WiFi connection?

[p78]

Health matters.

So, if I turn off the base and I disable the camera(s), there won't be any wifi, right?

[brh]

@p78

If you power off the base station via the on/off switch there will be no wifi. When you power it back up it should automatically reconnect although, it might take a couple of minutes to complete the process.

Or you can simply unplug the ethernet cable going to either the base or the router and accomplish the same thing.

Brian

[steve_t]

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Hello

I plan to buy an Arlo Pro (or Pro 2) and its base.

I would like to know if it is possible to turn off the Wifi on the camera and on the base.

I don't want Wifi when I'm at home.

Thanks

BR

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I would suggest you'd be better off with a wired camera system. If you go with Arlo Pro or Pro 2, you would have to turn off the power to the base and also remove the battery from each camera in order to not have the batteries drain and for there to be no wifi signals broadcast.

While it's your personal choice, I'll just make sure everyone else knows there are no proven ill health effects from having a wifi network in your house

[jguerdat]

If it's health reasons from the WiFi, the low frequency effects on your house wiring will have more of an effect than the high frequency from WiFi, which doesn't penetrate nearly as much. 

[p78]

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I would suggest you'd be better off with a wired camera system. If you go with Arlo Pro or Pro 2, you would have to turn off the power to the base and also remove the battery from each camera in order to not have the batteries drain and for there to be no wifi signals broadcast.

While it's your personal choice, I'll just make sure everyone else knows there are no proven ill health effects from having a wifi network in your house

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Yes but I didn't find good camera with a sound alarm.

If you know one 🙂

[st_shaw]

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Yes but I didn't find good camera with a sound alarm.

If you know one 🙂

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Arlo Q Plus.

[p78]

Can I plug it to the same base?

[brh]

@p78

The Arlo Q and Q Plus do not need or use a base station.

Brian

[steve_t]

I don't believe the Q or Q Plus have a built in siren nor do they have the capability to trigger the siren in the Pro base since they're not connected

[steve_t]

Check out this thread

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Arlo-Q-Plus/Arlo-Q-Plus-Siren/td-p/1173576

[st_shaw]

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@steve_t wrote:

I don't believe the Q or Q Plus have a built in siren nor do they have the capability to trigger the siren in the Pro base since they're not connected

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I took the OP's requirement for a "sound alarm" to mean detecting on sounds and raising an alert, not having a siren.  I could have misunderstood what the OP was looking for though.