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Madrugada
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As the title says, will the wired doorbell work when connecting to the internet through T-Mobile's 5G internet gateway device that has been on the market for a year or so?  I had used an Arlo Q camera at a different location where I had cable internet, but I can't get that Arlo Q connected and set up using the T-Mobile gateway at my new place.  I'd like to know this before I purchase and install the doorbell, just to find out It also has similar connection issues.  I can use Eufy cameras through the TMobile device at another location without a problem.  So, it sdoesn't seem to be an inherent conflict between the way the TMobile device works and these security cameras work.

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    @Madrugada wrote:

    As the title says, will the wired doorbell work when connecting to the internet through T-Mobile's 5G internet gateway device that has been on the market for a year or so?  


    I have tried this with a VMB5000 base that is paired to the AVD1001 doorbell and an Ultra camera - and it worked with no problems. I haven't tried connecting the doorbell directly to the T-mobile gateway's WiFi.

     

    BTW, the T-Mobile gateway doesn't support any unsolicited inbound connections. You can't forward ports, and you can't set up a VPN for remote access either.  If you were to use direct access to local storage on this network (no subscription), you would only be able to access the library when home. 

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@Madrugada wrote:

As the title says, will the wired doorbell work when connecting to the internet through T-Mobile's 5G internet gateway device that has been on the market for a year or so?  


I have tried this with a VMB5000 base that is paired to the AVD1001 doorbell and an Ultra camera - and it worked with no problems. I haven't tried connecting the doorbell directly to the T-mobile gateway's WiFi.

 

BTW, the T-Mobile gateway doesn't support any unsolicited inbound connections. You can't forward ports, and you can't set up a VPN for remote access either.  If you were to use direct access to local storage on this network (no subscription), you would only be able to access the library when home. 

Madrugada
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Thanks.

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