I currently have a home network with nearly 100 devices and run a custom built home automation platform (IE: lots of traffic). I recently have noticed that my few Wyze devices are sending an extraordinary amount of DNS queries. Wyze is sending DNS queries every minute (sometimes multiple times a minute).
Wyze DNS queries are clogging up my logs and causing unnecessary traffic on my network. Even though I use an enterprise grade firewall and switch, I do my best to minimize traffic in order to ensure everything is running optimal. This is more of a nuisance than a problematic issue. However, I really wish it would be addressed. I only have a handful of Wyze devices running (five at the moment).
I have read other posts in the past where people complained and it was mentioned that the excessive DNS queries was a bug that would be addressed in a future update. However, some of those posts were from a long time ago.
This is unfortunate if this is the case. Iāve been with Wyze since the beginning and have slowly watched them drift away. I am at a point where I am moving towards other solutions. Itās frustrating because I want them to succeed. Their philosophy of bringing smart cameras and devices to market without ridiculous markup has been awesome. However, their lack of any support for allowing local offline use of their devices and reliability issues has been frustrating.
I own multiple Wyze bulbs and all of them but one quit connecting to their app. I went through the process to warranty exchange one. However, I dont want to have to keep doing this every time. I would rather move to another solution that will be more reliable. The cameras have been rock solid except for one critical issue that has never been resolved. Any time the power goes out the cameras do not come back up properly. I have had the power go out while traveling and completely lost the ability to monitor my home on multiple occasions.
To sum things up, I am left with cameras that dont work if the power goes out, bulbs that permanently quit connecting to the app, Wyze excessively performing thousands of DNS queries (clogging up my logs and potentially creating a security issue), and no local offline home automation support.
I do believe Wyze is still one of the good guys in the industry compared to others. However, I wish that they would focus less on creating more products and more on increasing overall quality (and features) of what they currently have on the market.
Iām with you. The v2 cams (and surprisingly, Doorbell) donāt suck much but future spending is going with HomeKit companies since there is a bare level of competence required.
Just since I came on the forum last year weāve lost some really valuable regular contributors who apparently left for other pastures. @rbruceporter and @sodcam and @desertshores and @kjay come to mind but Iām sure Iām forgetting some others. Several announced it clearly.
Iām sticking around because I have two v2ās, a doorbell, and three remaining v1 sense products.
Theyāre hiring product managers (lots) and Iām tempted to apply just to fix this as thatās my vocation. The fact that they are trying to herd cats gives me hope.
I know they ignore these fora but if theyād listen to their customers instead of their investors, they might have a shot.
What I think is these are Amazon TechBrosā¢ and the hubris is unchecked.
Thanks! Good to see you are still around as well! Iāve been pretty scarce ever since people started getting the thermostat and the forum was flooded with wiring questions that I had no stake in .
I can relate to that. I kind of wish we could have a blacklist optionā¦ Like, if I am subscribed to Ask the community, let me blacklist the words or labels/tags for thermostat or headphones or whatever else I donāt have and then donāt send me alerts for posts related to those product tags or something. Theyāre still valuable for some people, just like you said, others have no stake in it.
That feature would be nice. The last wyze product I had early was the outdoor cam. I managed to get a V3 but that was fairly late compared to the pre-orders. Since then people have gotten/been able to order a bunch of new products: thermostat, vacuum, hand vac, spotlight, sprinkler, watch, home monitoring, sense v2, color bulbs and car. I even get notifications of hardware tests that I cant apply for since I no longer have access to my US address. kind of depressing seeing all the stuff Iām missing out on lolā¦
Heh, sadly, yes, there are a few products Iāve passed on (not gotten). Though the question was rhetorical, the ones Iāve skipped are:
Lock (though I want 2 of themā¦ Have to fix my doors first)
Band (need APIs)
Watch (need APIs)
Sprinkler (would have to redo my sprinkler piping first)
Thermostat (I like my ecobee, and it currently seems more advanced)
Headphones (I finally plan to buy these the next time I make any other Wyze purchase)
RC car (hope to win from my Instagram submissionā¦I submitted too late on this forum to get exposure, and there are really good ones by others; I didnāt even try to buy it, too chaotic)
V1 Cam (didnāt exist when I came onboard)
Masks & Wyze SD card & this new wall mount
I have basically EVERYTHING else in every variation
Where is the threshold for āFanboyā? If I give criticisms too, am I excluded?
Anyway, I donāt like excessive DNS queries either. My router is already overloaded with limited simultaneous used channels, plus Xfinity has monthly bandwidth limits. Granted little pings are insignificant alone, but a lot can add up to issues when lots of things are fighting for use of limited channels simultaneously.
I come from the future, and this seems to still be an issue. The red bars at the bottom are the wyze devices in my network having fun poking the dns servers.
OMG I love that term āAmazon TechBrosā and it fits so perfectly for the atmosphere in this area. I too am starting to feel like they are not spending the time on current products they should, many still donāt even have the functionality they were sold under yet we are getting a LED strip in a month. Iām a sucker and still bought one even though I am beyond flush with RGB/RGBIC strips. I hope the video they put out this morning holds true for their direction because I canāt afford to jump yet. I have over 10 Cams going at any given time, multiple v1 and v2 sense products in use, each vaccum, each audio item, etc.
The biggest things I would like to see would be those darn 3 in 1 temp sensors touted with the thermastat, orignally stated early this year now it says this year but even that Iām skeptical now, Some big work on the Wyze watch - this thing is beautiful but I have no reason to look at it really. Best use I get out of it is when I set my 30min lunch timer which is sad, and then getting the robot vaccum hooked up with Alexa - that one I did see was in beta recently so hoping that means we will get it soon because automating that someb is what would be the ticket.
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