Open your Wyze app.
Select one of your WC v3
Go to Setting : Device Info.
Read down to the MAC address.
That’s the camera’s MAC address, a fixed, unique identifier. IP address is something your router and camera negotiate, Wyze doesn’t know, or care about it. IP can change every minute if you want it to.
If it was IP dependent, you couldn’t talk to your camera until it had an IP address, and you couldn’t give it an IP address until you could talk to it. It’d be a Catch-22 bootstrap problem.
Check out this Wishlist topic that has yet to be implemented.
While a Wyze Cam cannot be active (online) on two accounts at the same time, once it is physically removed from the currently installed network and shows as offline, it can be installed on a new account without the previous owner deleting it from their account.
There is no security feature on Wyze Cams preventing stolen cams from being reinstalled on new networks.
You don’t need to delete it. Just rerun the setup process. That way all other settings and rules continue to work.
My mistake.
It’s true for the WCO.
The one cam I can’t yet justify owning. Thx.
What does that have to do with anything?
The WCO still has anti-theft features preventing stolen cams from being used.
But I still have to go through QR code scanning don’t I? I already bricked one camera by doing that. It’s a long story…
Yes, you do.
Your WiFi network topology is messed up, and until you fix that you are likely to have problems connecting many devices to it.
Do whatever you want, but please don’t complain about solutions people give you.
I’m sorry, but I don’t understand what you are saying!? Can you please explain how is my WiFi network topology messed up? What does it even mean? Your response is cryptic.
When have I complained?I am trying to find the best solution and I appreciate all the help I get here. If you don’t like that I don’t take your advice, please stop advising.
Thank you for reinstating that Wyze v3 Cams are not as secure as we want them to be.
I was merely indicating I don’t own one, and won’t due to it’s many crippling restrictions that will not meet my application requirements, and therefore can’t comment with any certainty on its security features as it applies to the base station to which it is paired.
Don’t take my word on that. Follow the link to the wishlist topic and read the posts, follow the linked posts, do your due diligence. Confirm everything you read somewhere else. If you can’t, ask the poster to provide links to posts or other users who can. There are many users more informed than I who post great advice.
And, just like mine is, there are a lot of differing opinions here on the best way to accomplish a goal. Some prefer complicated technical solutions based on their professional experience with complicated networks. Others prefer the simple solution for simple household networks. But, it is that expression of differing opinion that drives the discourse in this forum and gives users ideas and options as well as new knowledge. In the end, it is your goal and your decision. The forum will always be here for you to ask questions and express your opinion.
From my recollection though, and from the different topics you have been posting in, your posts about home network extension are dealing only with a V3 cam not pulling full signal, not a WCO, in which case the stolen cam security features of the WCO base station wouldn’t apply.
I personally don’t believe your network topology is messed up. It is hard to have a messed up network when you only have one dual band wifi router installed that is doing its job as it was designed unless you have been getting into the admin settings and rooting around without knowing what those settings do. Adding a same brand compatible wifi range extender or power line adapter is not going to change that. That is what they are designed for.
Additionally, if you install the range extender and use the same SSID, which should be the default upon install, you don’t need to do a reinstall of the cam or mess with any of it’s settings. Just power cycle it after the extender is live so that the cam can catch the stronger signal from the extender and latch onto the network it already knows.
Thank you for the constructive advise. The only reason I posted/asked the question was that I want to extend the signal to one camera that I don’t want or try or avoid resetting it. I’ve heard different stories about having/changing the SSID, but looks like I’ll have to try it myself and see what works.