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connecting ip camera questions
i have 13 ip cameras on my network and they seem to be always stopping. so i'm wondering if my modem is overloaded? so maybe i need to get a router just for my cameras and connect them to that router and then somehow get that router connected to the n600 c3700 router modem that is connected to the internet via comcast? the cameras seem to be dropping frames all the time and they are slow so i may be overloading the n600 c3700 modem.
can anyone give me some help with this issue? when i go to the modem it says i have 25 devices connected. i'm thinking this may be the reason the cameras drop out all the time? i have extenders connected to the n600 c3700 moden so i can walk around and not lose the signal and my phone seems to connecte to them by itself ok. but i would like to get the cameras to stay up so they do not drop out all the time. thanks bp.
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Hi corvairbob,
Welcome to the community!
1. How are you viewing your cameras (locally or over the Internet)?
2. What is your subscription speed?
3. Adding a router to the existing setup may not help since the C3700 may still end up as a bottleneck. You may be better off using a stand-alone modem and a separate router with better bandwidth.
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team
1. How are you viewing your cameras (locally or over the Internet)? both internal and external
2. What is your subscription speed? 4g is 25 mbps if i can get them on 5g it is 60 mbps. but last year i was at 25 mbps and they seemed to work better. might be i have more on it now. the modem says 25 devices.
3. Adding a router to the existing setup may not help since the C3700 may still end up as a bottleneck. You may be better off using a stand-alone modem and a separate router with better bandwidth. your most likely correct but that is way over my head for what to get and to use and to set it up. thanks
corvairbob wrote:2. What is your subscription speed? 4g is 25 mbps if i can get them on 5g it is 60 mbps. but last year i was at 25 mbps and they seemed to work better. might be i have more on it now. the modem says 25 devices.
Your internet service is through a cellular network (LTE 4G or 5G)?
Can you try browsing to speedtest.net on a PC, and tell us what your upload speed is? Try running it a couple of times (spaced out over the day), and give us the range.
