Question

Hello I am not getting a strong enough signal on some parts of my house for my Arlo cameras so I purchased a Wi-Fi repeater but not sure if I need to hook it up as a repeater mode or access point mode. which one will make my Wi-Fi stronger to reach the cameras. Do y’all know?  

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this does not help cameras that have a low Wifi connection. The cameras connect to the base stations WiFi network. Only way to extend range is get more base stations.  

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And plug the base station into the WiFi repeater.  

Answer 2

Send it back you need to put your hub in the central location of your home

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@bloodless I have my hub hooked up to my router is the hub wireless?  

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@knott the hub is just wireless for the cameras and your cable from your router to the hub is for internet for your notifications

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You can use a wifi extender to move your base to a more centralized location in the home. My cameras work excellent using this.  

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@taradiddle is your base wired into this extender wan

Answer 3

The cameras use the wireless signal from the Arlo hub, not your WiFi. Not saying a WiFi repeater won’t help with the internet strength throughout your home, but it won’t help with the signal strength to your Arlo cameras. Sorry

Answer 4

What modem and router do you have? WiFi repeaters are a gimmick they are really meant to power a phone or tablet at most. You will have a few people who say they work but most of the time their using poor equipment. Most likely you are using a 2 in 1 modem and router combo (aka gateway) or worse the one the isp gives you. You needs a stronger modem and router for these cameras avoid 2 in 1 systems and buy separate modems and routers

Answer 5

Where is your arlo hub located ? And which camera is giving you problems ? Is the one too far from the hub ?  

Answer 6

I have my base plugged into a wifi extender and it works perfectly

Answer 7

I've ran a Wifi extender when my base was in the basement (far end) and had good service with it I used a NETGEAR extender for outside the house

Answer 8

I have Netgear ac3000 router and satilite inside and a ac3000 outside extender and I have 700sq mtr of WiFi and it does nothing for my Arlo cameras

Answer 9

Unfortunately the Base unit and cameras talk to each other on a separate WiFi produced by the Base unit. So if there are a lot of other WiFi signals around the Base unit this causes a weakening of the signal from the Base unit to the cameras. So to overcome this problem place the Base unit central to all cameras with as little obstruction to the signal as possible ie stone walls and steel sheeting. Then connect the Base unit to the router or cable directly a powering WiFi extender.  

Answer 10

This is why I have 2 hubs and a mesh wireless system with 3 access points. One base is plugged into access in my garage the other base connected to another access point in the house.  

Answer 11

Range extenders suck even when used right, mesh is the only way to go for WiFi. As others have said, your WiFi setup does not help Arlo as it runs on its own system.  

Answer 12

I do not recommend an extender. Bought one and had a lot of drops that tech support couldn’t help with. Returned it and got a more expensive one that worked for a week then started dropping too but was too late to return so I’m stuck with it now. Arlo does not recommend extenders at all.  

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@unlookedfor97 thanks so even just to extend my wifi no I use repeater mode or access point mode? Just bf or the wifi do you know)

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@knott it would be access point mode.  

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@unlookedfor97 thanks

Answer 13

Thanks everyone