Service Advisory: Failed Events and Notifications - 7/25/22

[SlabSlayer]

@missdiana2002

what is a smart plug and how is that supposed to help?

A smart plug is a WiFi enabled IoT plug that you plug into the wall and then plug your cam into. It allows you to turn the plug on and off like a light switch using your phone anywhere you have internet, thus automatically power cycling your cams. There are many links to products in this thread:

Need Wi-Fi enabled plug. Is Wyze Plug way to go?

I need a wi-fi enabled plug/receptacle that will not need constant babysitting. It will be used some 600 Km away from home and hard resetting is not an option. It needs to be able to reconnect after power failure. Is Wyze Plug up to the task or should I look for something else?

@missdiana2002

None of these problems existed two weeks ago for me. And all of a sudden both cameras go out in a week and now can’t find local network?

So what changed two weeks ago? If this were Wyze, wouldn’t everyone be experiencing the same issues? Mine haven’t changed.

@missdiana2002

There is no setting for me to select a freaking gHz. It is supposed to pick this automatically.

Correct. Wyze cams (except VDBPro) ALL use the 2.4GHz band exclusively. They will ONLY log into that 2.4Ghz network. It depends on how you have your WiFi network configured. Single band? Dual band Single SSID? Dual band separate SSID?