Already have an Arlo Q, how to link Arlo add on

[Mrsmartin]

Trying to add our new Arlo  add on to our already existing Arlo Q.  It is saying to link to a base station or a router.  We don't have either of those Netgear products.  Will it link to our Verizon router?  It is showing the flashing blue light when I do the steps to link it to our Verizon router, but when I go to add camera, it just shows our Arlo Q.  Do we need to have a Netgear base?

[Schorschi]

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Mrsmartin wrote:

Trying to add our new Arlo  add on to our already existing Arlo Q.  It is saying to link to a base station or a router.  We don't have either of those Netgear products.  Will it link to our Verizon router?  It is showing the flashing blue light when I do the steps to link it to our Verizon router, but when I go to add camera, it just shows our Arlo Q.  Do we need to have a Netgear base?

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You'll either need an Arlo base station or a Netgear R7000 router to connect an Arlo Wirefree camera. It won't work without one of those devices.

[TomMac · Accepted solution]

Do we need to have a Netgear base?

Q cameras connect to your home wifi system

Arlo cameras connect ONLY to the Arlo Base ( Arlo Base sets up it's own wifi network just for that alone )

[Mrsmartin]

Yeah...did a little more digging and figured it out.  Thank you tons!  Just set up our home base etc.  Thanks again