Wifi and Base

[dnak]

I have a lan/wifi network that covers my whole house, but the base station doesn’t.

If I connect the cameras directly to the wifi, and the base station is on the same network, can I still have local recording or do the cameras need to be on the base station’s built-in wifi for that? Seems like a very common setup but can’t find a definitive answer besides suggestions to buy a second base station.

[StephenB]

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@dnak wrote:
If I connect the cameras directly to the wifi, and the base station is on the same network, can I still have local recording or do the cameras need to be on the base station’s built-in wifi for that?

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The cameras need to be on the base station's wifi.

[dnak]

Thanks. So it’s not that they need to be on the same network, it is that they need to be on the internal wifi? That’s a bummer.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@dnak wrote:
Thanks. So it’s not that they need to be on the same network, it is that they need to be on the internal wifi? 

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Ultra and Ultra 2 cameras can only connect to the closed base station wifi.  Pro 3 floodlight, Pro 4, and Essential cameras give you the choice of connecting to either directly to home wifi or a base.

But in all cases, local storage requires the camera to be connected to the base wifi.