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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => IP Cameras => DCS-942L => Topic started by: frosty on April 19, 2012, 03:59:12 AM
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I have 3 DCS cameras on my network all setup WiFi
2 are DCS-932L and 1 DCS-942L
The DCS942 (which is right near but facing the other direction) is about 2 meters away from one of the 932's but the 942 keeps going offline - it comes back on and off probably 4-5 time during a 24hr period.
This is most frustrating - it would look like Wifi signal strength could be the issue but the other 932 right near it doesn't have this issue?
Any suggestions?
Many Tks - Frosty
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My 942L camera cannot operate in wifi mode (red LED) if I put it to far away from a router(low signal). I have two 942L cameras and test them wifi together, under the same location, router show one 942L camera has transfer rate (Mbps) and signal(%) in half of my second 942L camera. Even 942L support 802.11n mode, it operate low wifi performance compare to my DCS-2121 camera (802.11g). I have test a third 2121 camera together with the two 942L camera. In conclusion, 942L camera will need some firmware improvement for wifi driver.
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Ive been having the same problem with 942l cameras. I tried installing a few 942s and 1 5222l for a client of mine. They all connected for a while but the 942s dropped. Ive been installing CCTV and IP cameras for a while now and have been through dozens of problems regarding IP cameras. Basically in this clients case the cameras worked perfectly fine with the ethernet cable but if I tried connecting them wirelessly they would seldom work. For those that dont know already: You should
1. Make sure you configured the wireless setup in the wizard
2. Reserve your IP cameras IP adress in your router
After a few hard resets, changing encryption type on router, disconnecting other cameras and dhcp clients. I came to the conclusion that it is the bandwith. I connected the same camera someone else´s router and it worked perfectly. I recently minimized the cameras resolution and frames per second to see if that helps.
Anyways hope this info helped someone out there.
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Thank for for the information. Hope this helps future users.
Also please review this:
Links>mydlink and Browser FAQ (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=261.0)
DCS Cloud (L) Series Camera Configuration and Mydlink.com (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=62395.0)
mydlink.com and Java Application FAQ (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=53725.0)
Ive been having the same problem with 942l cameras. I tried installing a few 942s and 1 5222l for a client of mine. They all connected for a while but the 942s dropped. Ive been installing CCTV and IP cameras for a while now and have been through dozens of problems regarding IP cameras. Basically in this clients case the cameras worked perfectly fine with the ethernet cable but if I tried connecting them wirelessly they would seldom work. For those that dont know already: You should
1. Make sure you configured the wireless setup in the wizard
2. Reserve your IP cameras IP adress in your router
After a few hard resets, changing encryption type on router, disconnecting other cameras and dhcp clients. I came to the conclusion that it is the bandwith. I connected the same camera someone else´s router and it worked perfectly. I recently minimized the cameras resolution and frames per second to see if that helps.
Anyways hope this info helped someone out there.
Your welcome to visit my site from Ecuador.
http://www.camarasdeseguridadquito.com (http://www.camarasdeseguridadquito.com)