r/reolinkcam

I'm playing around with my network at the moment. I went to move the doorbell onto a new network and managed to put in the wrong password for the network. Rather than revert to the old setting (when it failed), it's now lost and I'll have to recover it manually. Is that normal??

This is probably a silly question but i figured I’d ask. I just purchased a 16 channel Reolink NVR and I’m currently deciding on which Reolink cameras to buy to replace my Arlo WiFi camera setup. While I’m at it I’d like to ditch my Ring doorbell camera. Running a POE cable to my existing doorbell location might be possible but is going to be the most difficult part of my Reolink setup. I’m wondering if the Reolink WiFi/Poe camera will somehow allow me to record to NVR without running a Cat 5 cable to the doorbell camera? My guess is that it isn’t possible but I figured I’d ask. Thanks

Hi everyone. I just want to confirm my plan if I can split Cat 6 from one port of the NVR to use for two (or more?) Reolink Elite Pros. Can it power their spotlight stably?

Thanks.

Hi guys have just upgraded a 10 year old router to an asus RT-AX88U and onr of my argus 3 pro just takes forever to load the live stream and gets disconnected regularly. The other argus 3 and doorbell seems to have no issues at all.

Before upgrading my router it used to disconnect only every now and then and had no issues livestreaming.

Have disabled smart connext and 802.11ax mode off.

Hi,

I'm in the process of building my smart home, along the way, Ive been replacing my old cameras with Reolink and integrating them into home assistant. I'm missing two outside, I was planning to get either the Duo 2 or 3 for the back. For the last one I've been hesitant, I live in a semi detached. At first I wanted to put another duo on the side of the house but I would have a blind spot by the front ( I have the doorbell but it doesn't cover everything).

So a PTZ on a corner came on my mind, I saw a few model but was wondering if a particular one was recommended.

I’ve had three camera’s connected for a while.. I just added my fourth camera to the PoE switch that is connected to my NVR RLN8-410. This is a RLC-811A PoE camera. Upon connecting the camera to the network cable it seems to turn on: the infrared lights start and when I walk in front of the camera, the floodlight activates. So far so good..

When I scan the QR code on the camera or I try to find it in my local network through the Reolink app or the NVR, nothing seems to work or appear.

I’ve also tried connecting the camera directly to the NVR and the story repeats itself: the camera turns on, but there is no connection established to the NVR in the Reolink app.

The camera seems to receive PoE but doesn’t seem to establish a LAN connection. The weird thing is: if I connect another switch to this connector that I’m plugging the RLC-811A in, the second switch does build LAN connection. When I plug the RLC-811A into that switch (so I added a second switch in between the connection points), it does again receive PoE but does not establish LAN.

Am I missing something that could cause this? From what I recall its out of the box, plug and play. I also restarted the NVR already. Thanks in advance for your insighrs.

Connected method:

First scenario without second switch:

RLN8-410 <> PoE Switch <> Patch Panel <> Reolink RLC-811A.

And in second scenario with second switch:

RLN8-410 <> PoE Switch <> Patch Panel <> PoE Switch <> Reolink RLC-811A.

Primary PoE Switch is ofcourse also connected to router for uplink on switch port 24 and everything else in my network works fine.

Hello y’all,

I am moving into a new apartment and am on the hunt for an ethical video doorbell camera. In the past, I had roommates that used Ring, and while it was very handy, I would never use it again because of their known “practices.” Long story short, I want to know more about Reolink as a company. I’m not seeing much information on their website as to what they “do” with the footage, or if they have access to it at all. Any clarification or information about them would be awesome. Thanks a bunch!

Dealing with support in Oz has been a nightmare

Anyone have this problem or have any advice ? I have reset the device a couple times

I have an RLN8-410 that has been running flawlessly since 2018, 24/7. It has all Reolink devices on it, four POE cameras, one wifi camera, and a POE doorbell camera. The NVR is on a battery backup with surge protection.

This week, the NVR went offline and showed "failure to connect" for the NVR (and obviously all hardwired cams). I've tried power cycling the NVR, resetting my router, resetting my switch, swapping ethernet cables, and plugging the NVR directly into the router, and cannot get it to connect. It runs headless, so I plugged it into an HDMI monitor (which has worked many times before) and it's not outputting a video signal.

I submitted a ticket with Reolink for support, but I believe this unit might be shot.

Has anyone experienced this or have any recommendations for what else I can try? TIA

Hi all, maybe some insight here. I have 2 x RLN-36 NVRs.

Both on the same network, cameras are not powered via the NVR it's just all on the same network.

Each NVR has about 12 cameras on it.

Problem I'm having. 4 cameras on NVR 2 are losing packets. IE: Playback has many chunks missing instead of 30min / 1 hour chunks.

If I watch the cameras live from the NVR via the app on my phone, I see the image go garbled every 30s to a minute or so depending seems random.

I've rebooted the box, I've rebooted the cameras. If I ping either there are no packets lost.

If I watch the camera feed directly it's flawless. So I think this eliminates a camera issue. It seems to be an NVR issue from my debugging.

Could this be a bad hard drive? It's funny that it always follows the same 4 cameras, the other 8 cameras record without issue.

I haven't tried moving the cameras to a different channel yet

Thoughts? Anyone see this before?

Hello,

I’ve been using Reolink solar cameras for quite a long time now, so I’ve seen how their lineup has evolved. And honestly, they’re really close to having the best solar camera ecosystem out there, but it’s still not consistent.

The best example right now is the Altas range. Continuous recording works surprisingly well, especially if you’re using the 12W solar panel, it just runs without issues.

And the Smart Battery Mode is probably one of the most useful features they’ve added. It actually makes solar cameras practical over several cloudy days instead of just shutting down or forcing you to micromanage everything.

That’s why I think Reolink is missing a big opportunity here.

This should be their signature for solar cameras:

• continuous recording
• pre-recording
• smart battery mode

That combination is what really sets them apart from typical battery cameras.

But then you look at newer releases like the "Solar Floodlight Cam", and those features are missing… which is kind of frustrating.

What’s interesting is that the hardware is clearly capable. I also own Argus 3 Ultra (6000mAh) cameras, and since a recent update, they support scheduled continuous recording. With a 6W solar panel, on sunny days, they stay at 100% battery while recording continuously.

So it’s not a limitation of the devices.

From my experience with the Argus, it could sustain low-framerate continuous recording (like 1 fps at worst) over several cloudy days if something like Smart Battery Mode was applied more broadly.

To me, the future of residential solar cameras is pretty simple: if you have the right setup and enough sun exposure, continuous recording should be possible and the system should adapt intelligently when conditions aren’t ideal.

Reolink is basically already there. They just need to make these features standard across the whole lineup.

I bought a Reolink hub and a doorbell camera and set everything up yesterday. Initially everything was working fine, both in the Reolink app and in HA. I selected the 2.4 Reolink network. However the signal strengh was low and the camera would frequently go offline. This morning it was offline completely and had been since the middle of the night. So I switched the wifi connection to my home wifi and everything works great in the app.

However, the camera is listed as "unavailable" in HA. HA has discovered the camera with its IP address, however when I try to add it I get the error message, "Failed to connect. Check the IP address of the camera. I checked my router and the IP address is correct, but it's not online.

Should I delete everything and start afresh?

I’ve connected my PoE Doorbell with my NAS software and I enjoy 24/7 recordings without any issue. I am using Synology Surveillance Station.

I do have an annoyance though. When the official Reolink app sends a notification about motion, I can’t see it. Via the app, I can only stream live. If I need to seek past events I need to open the Synology software.

Is there a way of making this work or do I need to put a micro SD on the Doorbell?

Hello, purchased one of the solar floodlight cameras, charged it 100% on the day I got it, added it to the app directly to set a password grab the IP and check for updates, then added to one of the channels on my NVR, since doing that the battery barely lasts 2 days, bring it in to charge fully again and its losing over 40% battery a day even in direct sunlight. When it is added to my NVR (N7MB01) I cannot change any settings or view the live feed, it just says constantly in standby mode. Any suggestions for this? I was hoping to set it like my other wifi cameras where it only records on motion but I can't seem to change any settings.

Hi all!

Looking to run away from my Nest cams and I'm investing in a reolink NVR with 3 PoE-cams, can't wait to upgrade!

My NVR RLN8-410 would be placed in the garage behind a network switch and power the PoE-cams.

I'm not sure if need to run 3 Cat6 separately to each PoE-camera for best stability. I'm looking into 30m (100ft) cable-distance to each camera, where the 3 cables follow the same route till the carport halfway.

Should I use 1 Cat6 till the carport halfway, install a PoE-switch/extender and continue from there with the 3 seperate (outdoor)cat6-cables for each cam? A splitter just adds 2 camera's on 1 cable, so I would still need a second cable.

Or am I seeing this wrong?

Any advice on hardware is welcome :) This is a switch someone mentioned before on reddit: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0CJ912YWH?ref=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_ZWZSX0YVCSCC0HNZ0AYR_1&social_share=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_ZWZSX0YVCSCC0HNZ0AYR_1&starsLeft=1&skipTwisterOG=1&th=1

Thanks!

I've got a few outdoor areas which I want to film down a 1.5 to 2m side laneway. It feels like a waste to capture widescreen (and would encroach on my neighbours property). Plus I would prefer & appreciate the extra FOV below the camera as well.

Is there an actual setting on the cameras to make them fully operate in some sort of "Corridor" mode? Are there any limitations or does it impact anything? (e.g. would I have to turn my camera when I view the stream, or does AI video search not work because the faces are rotated?)

I'm planning to do it in this camera, but I guess it would be good to know in general as well. And if so, would I be able to just simply turn the camera from the dome base so that the camera is tilted? (I'm not sure how much it turns?) Or would I just do it digitally in the app or NVR?

RP-PCT12M: https://reolink.com/product/rp-pct12m

https://preview.redd.it/dn44xtckc3wg1.png?width=2680&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c6ba376f2a0d40a5f1c41802e809309e4ca2fe6

Otherwise - in general, are there any other recommendations for hallway/laneway/corridor recording?

[EDIT] Just saw a video and another post talking about it - which is promising. Does anyone know if it works for RP-PCT12M (I couldn't find the manual to verify). And also in general it would be good to hear any feedback.