In a remote mountain with no internet. We do have solar so would like to install Wifii router (without internet). Install Wyze Cams with SD card, but would like them to function like normal as my device phone or Android device/TV are locally connected to WiFi.
Can someone in Wyze engineering enable this use case? Thanks YOU!
What purpose would the router serve if there is no internet?
Why are connected to WiFi if there is no internet?
Wyze cameras need internet to initiate a handshake with Wyze servers. You might be better off installing closed circuit NVR cameras.
You can do it but you’ll need to pull the SD card and view it in a computer when you want to watch footage. Or set up your cell phone as a hotspot (assuming you have cell service) to at least let the camera authenticate and set its time, and any time you want to view the footage.
Sounds like you are a good candidate for starlink internet.
These are “cloud cams”. They basically require internet access to function. As @habib said, if you don’t want/need internet, you need a closed circuit system.
If the power fails, the cameras probably won’t record to SD cards on restart. They need the Wyze servers to start.
No one is seeing the elephant in the room 
They record to SD fine, at least all the modern versions. You just won’t be able to view it unless you know the date of the firmware build and go back to that date on the timeline, since the time is wrong (or put it in a PC).
I set up my new v4 Friday and it started recording to SD before I had even hit the setup button (there is video of me pressing the setup button and then working on my phone).
In theory it could be useful but only for devices that are designed to not need to “call home” to work properly.
I have a completely isolated test lab with wifi and DHCP but no internet.
Right, but not everybody needs your setup 
No, but their theory of being able to view the cam footage with an isolated wifi is valid, just won’t work with Wyze (at least not well). But could be made to work with some others that are not cloud dependent (closed circuit either with NVR or local storage in each cam).
I guess my main question with something like this is how someone would expect to aim the camera(s) to get the desired view(s). If there’s no Internet connection to allow the cameras to authenticate so that a user’s mobile device could connect over local Wi-Fi, then how would one view the live stream in order to ensure the expected perspective is being achieved?
I agree that a satellite Internet service seems like it’d be useful in a situation like this. Since a smart TV was mentioned in the original post, I imagine something like that probably could stream from a local media server over non-Internet Wi-Fi, but it seems like a lot of features (for cameras and other things) are going to be left on the table without an Internet connection.
@fareedmk I see you tagged the V2 and V3 cams in your topic. If those are indeed the camera models you’re using, I have fantastic news for you! You can set them up to run locally without internet access, but you will have to replace the firmware with something that will no longer work with Wyze. Here are some of the options for those models
With the above firmware you can make your Wyze cams work without internet like you’re asking, but they will no longer work with the Wyze app.
Also, I can’t remember which of these allow the SD card to record still, so you may want to make sure you have some kind of computer available that you can have the RTSP feed connect to so the computer can save the video recordings for you on the computer’s harddrive using some kind of NVR/DVR program.
Yes, but how is he going to view the cameras remotely without internet?
My assumption was they only wanted to review the footage while at the location. If they’re asking how to view them remotely without internet then the help they require is well beyond what we can offer
If that is the case what’s the purpose of security cameras then 
My assumption was that they want to review the footage remotely that’s why I asked what’s the purpose of a WiFi router with no internet 
I’ve seen people request the impossible before 
Surprisingly I have more faith in humanity than you (and I’m a pessimist) but now that I think about it, who knows
Maybe they’re going to get a REALLY powerful router.
Back in the pre Unix days of Mac I used to do tech support as a side gig. One day I get a call from a client that I had just helped set her first Mac. She asked me why her Mac won’t print the page that she had just created?
My response was: I never set you up with a printer!?
Then she goes: Yes, but it shows in the Control Panel window!
I go: Yes, that is just a driver in case you decide to hook a printer to your Mac. Do you want me to order a printer for you?
She goes: No, I want my Mac to print whatever I designed…
Use your imagination how that conversation dragged for half an hour
There’s an infamous story of a person who called tech support that her PC wouldn’t turn on, long story short her power was out.
Supposedly the tech got fired for what he said to her after…
Probably an early internet fake news story but I’m sure at some point somewhere it has happened.
I bet
My first actual trouble-ticket as a new hire was “PC did not work”. I found the power cord on the floor, not plugged in. Easy fix. I just laughed .
I use my cams inside my house more than on the road to see what’s going on. I could see that being handy if I didn’t want to leave the comfort of a warm fireplace snug in a recliner out in the middle of the frozen north. For me, it is an Air-Conditioned snug in a recliner with a cold beverage.
I could see the use case. It would be cheaper than CCTV.