Chime Pro ⇄(Bluetooth)⇄ Video Doorbell Pro ⇄(Wi-Fi)⇄ WAP
I would’ve thought that the Video Doorbell Pro was the actual Wi-Fi device, linking to Chime Pro via Bluetooth, but now that I look at the Video Doorbell Pro Setup Guide, it seems to indicate that the Chime Pro is the (or an) actual Wi-Fi device.
I don’t have any of these to play with, but I think you’re probably on the right track with this.
Going back to my previous post, are there actually 4 MAC addresses involved? 1 Wi-Fi and 1 Bluetooth for Video Doorbell Pro and 1 of each for Chime Pro?
Now I’m even more curious about which doorbell model @madusmacus has.
My guess is it is the chime connecting through the doorbell to check for updates and connect to other cams, etc. Seems to be what @carverofchoice was seeing.
If the chime connects to the doorbell using bluetooth (I think that was mentioned) then for it to connect to the internet, it has to use the doorbell’s wifi to do that, and the doorbell probably assigns it a second MAC. Since your router sees two MACs over the same wireless connection, it gets confused. I believe an asus router will show the same thing if you use a repeater or wireless backhaul access point, clients connecting to it show as wired.
Why that would cause a v3 to go offline by blocking that MAC I don’t know, maybe you have it set up where the v3 turns on its video feed when a chime sounds (I think that can be done?) and it gets confused when it can’t communicate with the chime?
This. The same way that the Wyze Outdoor Cameras (v1/v2) use the Base Station. The base station is what is connected to the wifi/internet and the camera connects to the base station. WCO → Base Station → Wifi/Internet. VDBP → Chime → Wifi/Internet
Yeah, thanks! That’s not the flow I would’ve imagined, but then the Setup Guide says this:
Plug your Chime Pro into any standard outlet. The Wi-Fi signal icon in the bottom left corner may flash pink/purple.
Place Wyze Chime Pro within 30 feet of your router.
Place Wyze Video Doorbell Pro within 30 feet of Wyze Chime Pro.
Two things there tell me what you said, which is that the Chime Pro is essentially a Wi-Fi hub:
The instructions say that the Chime Pro has a “Wi-Fi signal icon”, which indicates that it’s a true Wi-Fi device and not just something that makes a Bluetooth connection to the Video Doorbell Pro.
The instructions say to put the Chime Pro within a certain distance of the WAP and the Video Doorbell Pro within a certain distance of Chime Pro…not the other way around (i.e., Video Doorbell Pro in the middle, between the WAP and Chime Pro), which is what I would expect if the Video Doorbell Pro itself was the “base” unit.
Ok so far my test leaving the rogue wire do what it likes… means all my cameras and doorbell pro seem to be operating correctly
the rogue comes online once in a while but what for i dont know
why this affects a V4pro cam its just to weird :¬(
noticed my V4cams need a reboot every night or they detect every thing as motion (not releated and i think its a FW issue)
I think your right the DBpro CHime is what is doing this
I will try and power it down next time i see it intermitantly getting a DHCP from my router but all in all i think its probaly harmless now (cant be sure)
leaving the rogue unblock has stablised both my doorcan and wirdly a V3pro cam
ty for helping me understand
I appreciate the comment, but please don’t give me too much credit. I think @carverofchoice and @Omgitstony have really filled in the blanks here, because this is such a weird and goofy issue that I didn’t really understand what was happening at first (and I don’t even own a Video Doorbell Pro, so I’ve never seen this particular scenario). One of my reasons for spending time in the Forum is to learn, though, so I think I’ve at least accomplished some of that within this topic.
Im going to close this as i believe with all your help the Doorbell pro chime is doing this
i also believe if i block this rogue it tries to find a way out via one of the other cameras causing trouble
i think i know enough to not worry now and i can stop wearing my pyjamas again :¬)
still a bit odd
also have to automate reboots every morning on my v4s because if i dont i only ever get [Motion] tags not the proper ones (not relevant to this thread)
Thank you all for your ideas and help realyu nice community :¬)
