Can I add 15 cams to a single Base Station without subscription?

[generally_aaron]

I understand with legacy cams (Arlo, Arlo Pro, Arlo Pro2, etc) you can have up to 5 cams on a basestation with cloud recording on the free tier. I also understand you can technically use multiple hubs/accounts and cross-share them to support 5 "additional" cams per additional basestation. However, I further understand that any single basestation can technically support up to 15 cams.

My question - is if I am not interesting in cloud/local recording - no motion detection, no playback, no smart features - only live streaming 1 cam at any given time (no concurrent streams) - could I add 15 cams to a single basestation without a subscription?  Would this work as long as I dont open multiple live streams - or - would l I have to go in settings and disable/enable any attached cams exceeding the 5 cam limit every time I want to live view certain cams?

[StephenB]

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@generally_aaron wrote:

I understand with legacy cams (Arlo, Arlo Pro, Arlo Pro2, etc) you can have up to 5 cams on a basestation with cloud recording on the free tier.

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That's not correct.  The camera limit is for account, not the base.

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@generally_aaron wrote:

My question - is if I am not interesting in cloud/local recording - no motion detection, no playback, no smart features - only live streaming 1 cam at any given time (no concurrent streams) - could I add 15 cams to a single basestation without a subscription? 

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Yes (and you could also get motion detection notifications).  You don't need to limit yourself to the legacy cameras either.  https://kb.arlo.com/000062312/What-options-will-I-have-when-the-Arlo-Smart-3-month-trial-plan-ends

One practical question is whether a single base station will give you enough range to reach them all.  If you have a mesh wifi setup, you could maybe add in some essential cameras that can be paired with your home wifi.

[generally_aaron]

To clarify then, with 5 legacy cams added on 1 account and 1 basestation - and no paid subscription - what exactly happens when attempting to add the 6th legacy cam to that basestation/account?

[StephenB]

@generally_aaron wrote:

To clarify then, with 5 legacy cams added on 1 account and 1 basestation - and no paid subscription - what exactly happens when attempting to add the 6th legacy cam to that basestation/account?

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I believe you won't be able to activate the 6th camera.  https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Pro-2/Cannot-quot-activate-quot-new-cameras-Says-to-pay-subscript...