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rjohns75
Feb 15, 2023Aspirant
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 t...
- Mar 19, 2024
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.
john1235813
Mar 19, 2024Aspirant
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
- FURRYe38Mar 19, 2024Guru - Experienced User
Got a screen capture of this to post?
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
- john1235813Mar 19, 2024Aspirant
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.