I have been unable to connect to view live cameras from outside my home for a long time.
When I try to connect it gets stuck on “connecting camera by secure channel”.
I have run several test and I can confirm it is a Wyze issue. In fact a couple of friends have exactly the same problem.
If I am at home using the wi-fi connection I can view the cameras without any problems, but if I use the mobile 4g connection it does not connect.
Can’t seem to find it immediately, but there is another post about this. Seems there is some issue in Android that is causing this and it was initiated in a recent update to the phones. I’ll try to do a better search later and see if I can find it.
The router shouldn’t be an issue. Cameras initiate an outbound connection to the Wyze servers to establish a link with the phone. There is no attempt at any time to establish an inbound connection from the phone through the router. This is done specifically to avoid router and firewall issues by using an “established” connection which allows the two way communications. TeamViewer does the same thing to allow remote control of your home PC.
very correct, but with the lower bandwidth needed for something like a wyzecam things like airtime fairness can be a pain. and although vpn’s are fairly widespread these days simple mis configuring could cause someone to throw a wrench into many settings.
( my mom is still blown away I can use TeamViewer to fix her computer instead of driving an hour to be there in person…I love that program!)
I think it wasn’t that long ago someone was using UPnP or something similar and had something set wrong and missed what they had done ( easy enough) and had similar behavior. it may have been something missed with port forwarding. not completely sure now. I cant find the post. on the upside this does not sound like that.
Did you have a chance to look at the other discussions I suggested? I didn’t read them thoroughly but I seem to remember there being an issue with the phones trying to use IP V6 rather than V4. You didn’t mention in any of your posts, do you have access to a different phone you could use as a test to see if it might be phone or OS specific?
Hi community, apparently, lowering the quality of the cameras to 360p seems to have fixed the problem. I will continue testing and confirm in a few days.
Helo, I am having the same trouble that dnrodriguez stated. I have not been able to connect to my WOC on anything other than my local wifi. I have an Android and my wife has an Apple phone. Neither one of us can connect to the cam remotely. It works fine on both when we are on wifi. I have tried different connect rates, sd, hd, 360p to no avail. I brought cam in and set it right next to base station and router, no good. It has been like this since initial setup. If I turn event notification on, I get the notification and image just fine remotely. It just won’t connect to stream. I have a Wyze v2 cam inside that works just fine. I even changed the connection on the base station from Ethernet to wifi. No change . I noticed that dnrodriguez said that he fixed problem by changing connection to 360p. That did not work for me. Both the outdoor cam and the base station have the latest firmware . I have not taken it all out and reinstalled yet. Any suggestions?
