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PenGo
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Hi,

 

I live in an area that has very poor internet service. Does the Arlo Pro 4 have the option to connect to the internet with a wire?

 

and

 

Can it download video to a hard drive?

 

Thank you,

 

PenGo

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StephenB
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@PenGo wrote:

 

I live in an area that has very poor internet service. Does the Arlo Pro 4 have the option to connect to the internet with a wire?

 

and

 

Can it download video to a hard drive?


There are two ways to connect the Pro 4 - one is to connect it to your home WiFi, the second way it to connect it to a smarthub (using a closed wifi).  Either way, the Pro 4 is using wifi - but the smarthub does connect to your router over ethernet.

 

The smarthub also supports local storage.

 

However, the system is built around a cloud service, so you will need internet.  There is one option (the Arlo Go 2) that uses cellular - which of course requires you to pay for a data plan as well as the Arlo subscription.  But it might be an option to consider if your internet isn't up to the task.

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StephenB
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@PenGo wrote:

 

I live in an area that has very poor internet service. Does the Arlo Pro 4 have the option to connect to the internet with a wire?

 

and

 

Can it download video to a hard drive?


There are two ways to connect the Pro 4 - one is to connect it to your home WiFi, the second way it to connect it to a smarthub (using a closed wifi).  Either way, the Pro 4 is using wifi - but the smarthub does connect to your router over ethernet.

 

The smarthub also supports local storage.

 

However, the system is built around a cloud service, so you will need internet.  There is one option (the Arlo Go 2) that uses cellular - which of course requires you to pay for a data plan as well as the Arlo subscription.  But it might be an option to consider if your internet isn't up to the task.

PenGo
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Hi,

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond promptly to my querie. My apologies for taking so long to respond (good thing I don't work in Support!). That was very helpful!

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