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How to force Eufy camera to satellite?
I have Orbi 10 Mesh system (RBE971) and use Eufy external security cameras in it. All of the cameras lock on to the Mesh base system, but I want a few to use the satellite because it is closer and a...
Some Eufy camera's can connect to any wifi, some require the base. You'd be better to ask on the Eufy forum to find out what versions you have and if they can connect via router/satellite wifi versus back to the base. It might impact your recording capability as well. Which is why you should ask on there.
Some Eufy camera's can connect to any wifi, some require the base.
FWIW, I don't think RonaldoL is talking about a Eufy Homebase. Instead I think he wanted to know whether he could force some cameras to connect to a specific Orbi satellite. So that is the question I answered.
If he does have a compatible Homebase for those cameras (or is willing to purchase one), he can connect that base to the nearest satellite using one of the satellite's ethernet ports.
RonaldoL - are you seeing any performance issues with the cameras using the existing setup? If you aren't, then I suggest leaving well enough alone.
While I don't have an Eufy cameras, I do have quite a few Arlo cameras. Some are connected with Arlo smarthubs (because they do not support direct wifi connections), others are connected to my Orbi mesh. The cameras connected to the mesh all perform well, I've never needed to connect cameras to a smarthub in order to get the needed performance.
