Cam is set up and indicates connected to wifi when connected by cable , after removing the cable and reboot cam only says off Line . Any ideas
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while connected ethernet to router open setup from camera softwear enter in setup of the cam and enable wifi connection
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I had to set this up on our guest network which used a different security profile (WPA used instead of WPA2). This seemed to make it work, but I haven't tried to connect again on the WPA2 network.
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Try replacing the camera and computer first. That way you can eliminate all the other variables. If a new camera and computer doesn't solve the problem, you probably need a new cable.
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you need an outlet for the cam, discuss whether you have it exterior or interior, we have our cam plugged inside, so had to drill a hole through wall to the exterior where the cam would be hooked up outside.... we had our cam successfully connected to a wired network, but not wireless because of the type of modem we have, so its also important to contact your wireless provider and discuss the type of security camera's you want to use and want to make sure you can access the modem by computer to set up wireless access for the cameras.
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Unplugged what? Power or Ethernet? First unplug everything. Then plug in power only. Wait for camera to motion test (move side to side - up and down. Then plug in Ethernet cable and connect in the menu. If no connection remove camera from camera menu and search again with camera pass word ID. Keep trying to connect by unplugging power to camera and reconnecting Ethernet cable. Once it works you can go wireless if you set it up in the menu. Its a nice camera. Pete.
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Make sure to log into the camera when connected to ethernet. Once connected, set a static IP on your local LAN. you must then disconnect the ethernet cable. Power cycle the camera. you should be good to go.
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it is not plug and play, and the video goes to your harddrive. You also need a DYNDNs and set your router to a DMZ . If you want to access the cam from your smart phone, you need to have username and adress. The DYNDNS will take care of that for twenty bucks a year.
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The camera is connected via hardwire but the camera feed is viewable over wifi
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I can't get mine to work also. I tried install the software and just get errors. I can't find any support help either! Plus upset that cam in back is not working.
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I assume this is similar to the newer version I just bought, 8910W. The Foscam website has awesome video tutorials under SUPPORT that show you exactly how to set it up on a Mac and Airport network (which should work with any network).
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No- I have base camera upstairs and monitor downstairs and it works great. Every now and then I do have to unplug the video camera and re plug to reset the connection. Great monitor even in pitch dark and works within longer distance range. No wifi needed.
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How weird, i have the same camera and its 20 ft away from router. And works fine. Did you check if there is wifi signal?
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make sure it is connected to a video source, yellow plug. other than that i dont know. maybe defective? i would try a few different things before sending it back. turn it off then on, letting it warm up, etc
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Yes, the voice and picture are out of sys. We are not using it at this time. We were using a mci cable. We will try another type later. Just not happy with it.
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Are the camera and computer on the same wifi network? Sometimes the router has multiple networks, or if you have an active VPN for work, you might have to logout of your VPN to see the device on your network
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Hi Jim, It all depends on how your wifi router is set up. You may have to turn on port forwarding if you want to see the camera view from outside your local network via the iPhone app. I had a bit of a hard time connecting to the camera at first, but I think that was because I had mac address filtering turned on on my wifi. Make sure you turn off mac address filtering. Once you find the camera on your wifi network you will have to configure the emaill setting if you would like it to email you a picture when it detects motion. You can see things live through the camera, but it doesn't really record video it just takes some images that it can email to you or upload to a server via ftp. If you are looking for a video recording camera, this probably isn't the product for you. Fell free to hit me back with any other questions and I'll try to answer them to the best of my knowledge. -Jack
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Using your web browse....If you can log into the camera like you would normally to set it up, there is a sub section labeled maintenance after you click on the advanced tab. From there you have 2 reset options. Everything but ip addressing or everything to factory. There is also a small physical reset button on the back of the cams themselves but as far as I know they simply cycle power and restart the cams. Hope that helps !
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Have you actually connected to the came to a computer using a USB connector? This would let you verify that the camera is good and the cable is bad. Of course if the camera does work, you are correct, the cable is bad. You should then contact Amazon to get it replaced. Good Luck.