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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => IP Cameras => DCS-932L => Topic started by: Kimmiland on July 25, 2013, 04:09:52 PM
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I purchased 3 cameras about 18 months ago and they worked properly (all are located in my garage). In March, I began to have problems with two of the cameras. #1 stays green the majority of the time, but I can only receive a picture on the website feed about 50% of the time (even though the cameras shows up on my list). Camera #2 will only work inside the house, near the router. As soon as I take it to the garage, it goes to red. Occasionally, it will show up on the website as green, but I can never get a video feed on it.
Camera #3 is consistently working as it should.
I thought my wifi signal might not be strong enough, so I bought a D-Link range extender and although it seems to be working property, I'm still experiencing the same problems with the cameras.
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I should mention that I have consistently re-set the problem cameras back to their factory settings, but it doesn't help. Again, one of the cameras works fine as long as it's in the house, it's just when I put it outside with the other cameras, that it malfunctions.
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I should mention that I have consistently re-set the problem cameras back to their factory settings, but it doesn't help. Again, one of the cameras works fine as long as it's in the house, it's just when I put it outside with the other cameras, that it malfunctions.
If you have a smartphone, download a free app to measure wifi signal strength out in the garage.
(assuming you are connected for probably G signal).
The dlink cams are a slow G and not N.
Where did you place the extender?
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If you have a smartphone, download a free app to measure wifi signal strength out in the garage.
(assuming you are connected for probably G signal).
The dlink cams are a slow G and not N.
Where did you place the extender?
My bad. These cameras do connect N.
I keep forgetting, because they are SOOO SLOW in downloading and responding...
Key Features
Wireless N connectivity for superior wireless performance, clarity, and coverage
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Boy is my face red. Because the camera is fine in the house, I began to wonder if it was the extension cord. I plugged the camera, with the cord, into another outlet in the garage and it worked fine. I then took the camera that's working well and plugged it into the bad camera's outlet and sure enough, it didn't work. Strange thing about that outlet is that when I plug a nightlight or anything else into it, it works fine. The camera seems to be the only thing that won't work in it.
I apologize for taking up your time and do appreciate your attempt to solve a problem that never existed.