I would like to know if there are either any plans for or workarounds to the outdoor base station requirement. On my property (around six acres) I have run a series of outdoor POE WAP’s that have been mounted to trees at specific locations to get good coverage across the property. It was not a trivial task to set this up however I am now happy with my outdoor wifi coverage. The question is why does Wyze restrict their outdoor cameras to only using wyze base stations? I saw in the FAQ the following explanation however it doesn’t really make sense to me. See below:
“The base station is primarily used to improve the battery life by keeping the camera power consumption low. It also provides a reliable internet connection via an ethernet cable and removes compatibility issues with different router brands.”
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How does a Wyze Base Station make battery usage on the camera less than any other wireless access point?
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Unless you are using it via some sort of bridged network, almost any WAP will allow you to plug into an RJ-45 port.
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What compatibility issues is Wyze referring to? If it is that older routers are not fast enough then why not just stipulate that? For example “Only for use on 802.11 A/G/N or Only for use with 2.4ghz networks”.
I would love to be able to take advantage of Wyze outdoor cams for my use, but until we they are opened up for use with existing wifi networks I just can’t see being able to use them… Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?