• Reviews around wire (1.69 of 5)

    Reolink 4MP 1440P Wireless Outdoor Security Camera, 2.4/5Ghz Dual-Band WiFi Home IP Camera with Night Vision, Motion Detection and Waterproof, RLC-410W Not Comes with SD Card

    • If I bring it in the house and hard wire it I can find it with the default settings. including no password!Minus one start for the issues and another for no response from the vendor
    • Within minutes it was hooked up hard wired and producing a picture
    • lead whip wire is too short and is connected directly to the circuit board (i.e. not user replaceable)
    • The ground wire to the WIFI card had been dislodged
    • The only feature that seems to be lost when hard-wired is two way communication, specifically the microphone function.
    • There appears to be no way to set the default, so I have to click another time anyway.)Ease of Setup: It has to be connected via ethernet (hard wired) for initial configuration.
    • so I ended up hard wiring
    • Some are wifi, some are hard wired
    • • reset button is attached to lead whip wire but is not weather protected(!)
    • The camera comes with a connector for the hard wired CAT-5 cable but doesn't come with a cap to protect the connections from the rain
    • I suspect these cameras would do better with a hard-wired connection and may rewire my house to accommodate them
    • Their e-mail support staff simply advised disabling the UID value, but I requested they document this UDP conversation for their customers