- Link>What Firmware version is currently loaded? Found on the DCSs web page under status.
What Mfr and model is the main host router?
What wireless modes are you using?
What is the distance between the Camera and the main host router?
How many other wireless devices do you have connected to the main host router?
- Any 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz cordless house phones or WiFi APs near by that maybe causing interferences?
- Any other WiFi routers in the area that maybe causing interferences? Link> Use a WiFi Scanner to find out. How many?
I recommend setting a static IP address ON the cameras outside of the main host routers default DHCP IP address pool as a troubleshooting step: 192.168.#.26 DHCP
Test cameras with uPnP and uPnP Port Forwarding both enabled on ALL cameras: DCS Cloud (L) Series Camera Configuration and Mydlink.com
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Thanks for the answer.
I did another go at the quick configuration today:
1. Disable all MAC filters on the router
2. Place Mydlink app on the phone in a signed in state of adding a new camera right at the option of "I don't have WPS"
3. Factory reset and as the camera turned on, connect to its SSID from the phone
4. Run the add camera process from the app - camera got configured and I placed it on teh 2.4GHz network
5. Camera works at full speed - good 6Mbps feed in DCS-100 and very responsive web inteface
6. Enable MAC filtering on 2.4 GHz -> still full speed
7. From the Wireless setup, point the camera to the 5GHz network SSID -> still working fine.
8. Enable MAC filtering on 5GHz -> ground to a halt. No video fed and the Web UI loads slowly or time-outs.
9. Disable MAC filtering on 5GHz -> still slow.
10. Reboot the camera and as it powers on, connect to its internal SSID from the phone, then configure it to go back to 2.4GHz network using the phone browser to access the Wireless setup interface.
11. Camera runs fast again with full video feed and responsive gui.
It is strange, because I have DCS-960L on the same 5GHz network, as well as phone, pad and SmartTV streamer loitering there, and it's only DCS-2630L that has the problem with it.
I have a very small range of 8 addresses excluded from the DHCP pool, and I will try your suggestion (ironically, I went away from statically assigning IPs to the cameras a couple of years ago, opting for letting DHCP server assign a predefined address based on MAC).
I have ASUS RT-N66U router.
2.4 is N-only, 40MHz, Channel 1
5GHz is N-only, 40MHz, Channel 52 (the whole problem started when I switched from using channel 44, but now, I cannot get it to work even when switching back to 44)
And yes, the neighbourhood is quite congested - each house has its own router shipped with the TV box, using both 2.4HGz and 5GHz. On 5 GHz people only seem to use 36 and 44, while 2.4GHz is all over the place. There are about 15 visible networks.
EDIT: Static IP worked as expected, but did not help with the 5GHz problem. I am starting to think that the 5GHz radio on the camera is failing. After switching to 5GHz, the camera would briefly show in the routers log as "associated", and then would drop out. Connected to its SSID again, switched back to the 2.4GHz network, and it was up and running again.
So I am back to 2.4GHz and calling it quits. DCS-960L and 4-5 other devices will have more space on 5GHz for themselves.
What remains to be done, is to reconfigure the camera as it was before the factory resets. Tomorrow.