Arlo cams offline

[Schock77]

I have an original Arlo base station, with four wireless Arlo cams and two Arlo Qs. I bought it a few years ago as a bundle. I do not have a subscription (nor do I want one)... But I'm finding lately several cameras are offline or take a long time to pull up in the app. They are registering movement and sending notifications quickly, but being able to actually access the cameras to see what's going on takes a long time or doesn't work at all.
Is it just Arlo's way of telling me I need to upgrade? I also have a camera outside with the separate Arlo chime as an early adopter I was too soon for the all in one camera doorbell.
Are any parts of this system still usable if I upgrade? Thanks for any advice!

[Dannybear]

Does it get fixed if you power cycle the base station, then returns after a day or two?

[Schock77]

Yes. I have reset the power station and then have to resync some of the cameras even. But it doesn't seem to last

[Dannybear]

I would be interested to know if you can manually resync the camera’s near to the base station and so fix the issue.

[StephenB]

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@Schock77 wrote:

Are any parts of this system still usable if I upgrade? Thanks for any advice!

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The base isn't compatible with the newer stuff.  https://kb.arlo.com/000062284/Arlo-SmartHub-and-Base-Station-Compatibility

But the cameras and chime are compatible with the newer bases/smarthubs.

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@Schock77 wrote:
I do not have a subscription (nor do I want one)... 

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None of the newer cameras (starting with the Ultra in 2018) have free cloud storage.

[Schock77]

Thanks! Yes I want the free cloud storage. I just like having recent recordings to watch and can download if needed rather than pay for storage. I may look into a new base station then to see if that helps.