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[Lucy2016]

hi, I don't have a router....just a wifi hotspot.  Is there anyway to make this work?  Attach base with Ethernet cable to laptop?

[TomMac]

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Lucy2016 wrote:

hi, I don't have a router....just a wifi hotspot.  Is there anyway to make this work?  Attach base with Ethernet cable to laptop?

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The Arlo base needs an ethernet connection so it can access the internet servers... hooking it to the port on the laptop isn't going to work.

[Lucy2016]

yep, tried that bastardization.....epic fail.

[TomMac]

What may work if you have wifi access is a wifi extender with an ethernet port....

 Use the extender to access the wifi hotspot and then use the port for the base unit... will need 1 mb up thruput

There have been a few users that ( threads )  have people running off cellular access too