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Netgear Nighthhawk and Blink Camera local storage issue
I was having trouble getting the Blink Camera local storage feature to work on my Nighthawk network. All of the Blink features worked except for the ability to locally store recorded video clips to the USB installed on the Blink Sync module. Live video worked with no issues.
I played with a number of settings on the Nighthawk but nothing worked. I decided to create a guest network and connected the Blink Cameras to it. Local storage of video clips immediately started to work but I don't understand why it wouldn't work on my primary wifi SSID. My primary SSID as these settings enabled:
- Enable AX
- Enable OFDMA in 2.4 GHz
- WPA2-Personal [AES]
My Guest network for the same channel has this enabled:
- Enable Guest Network
- Enable SSID Broadcast
- WPA2-Personal [AES]
Any idea why the Blink Cameras work on the guest network and not the primary network?
Robert
I only thought to update this when I noticed the sync module device type was set to camera after I started troubleshooting. Hope this works for others.
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rjohns75 wrote:
I was having trouble getting the Blink Camera local storage feature to work on my Nighthawk network. All of the Blink features worked except for the ability to locally store recorded video clips to the USB installed on the Blink Sync module. Live video worked with no issues.
Where does your unnamed Netgear router come into the picture?
I am not familiar with Blink, but on my Arlo system the USB storage is on the hubs that are effectively WiFi access points for the cameras. It is the hub that manages the flow of images and dumps them on the USB.
The router is not involved in this traffic. It is there simply to provide an Internet link to the hub.
Did you try this?
Search - NETGEAR Communities – Blink camera
Nighthawk RAX45
Let me start by saying I'm only posting this to help others that may have this problem in the future. I just don't understand why it worked.
Yes I read all of those posts but they are not related. I searched for at least a month and no one had the same issue. I spent atleast 6 hours on the phone with Blink tech support and they couldn't find a solution. Just by chance I decided to create a guest network because another user described how selecting "allow guests to see each other and access my local network" solved his problem with his guest network and Blink cameras. I initially dismissed this approach because I was using my main network and not a guest network for my cameras. Even when I did create the guest network (which got everything working correctly), I didn't need to select the option described above.
Regarding the Blink setup, it is similar to how you described Arlo. The Blink Sync Module accepts a USB drive . The camera is wirelessly connected to the Sync Module and the wifi network. As I previously mentioned, everything worked, including live view but it wouldn't store the clips to the USB on the Sync Module.
I'm simply trying to understand if there is a difference between the primary and guest networks that resulted in all of the camera functions working on the guest network and not the primary network.
Robert
Are you using any parental controls, armor, qos?
I was able to resolve the issue by changing the device model and type under attached devices. Find the mac address associated with your sync module > edit > update the device type to something other than camera (I used IOT generic), change the device model (I used Blink Sync Module). Local storage started working after I did this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope this helps
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john1235813 wrote:
I was able to resolve the issue by changing the device model and type under attached devices. Find the mac address associated with your sync module > edit > update the device type to something other than camera (I used IOT generic), change the device model (I used Blink Sync Module). Local storage started working after I did this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Hope this helps
I only thought to update this when I noticed the sync module device type was set to camera after I started troubleshooting. Hope this works for others.
