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Anyone know if a ring camera would work in the back of a van? Just thinking if the signal could penetrate through
Anyone know if a ring camera would work in the back of a van?

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Rings Wi-Fi antennas are pants what I’ve seen so far but you could fit an WiFi AP close to where you park your van. On the back of that, Ajax house alarms have coverage up to 2000 meters. I know a few tradesmen that have fitted a PIR in their van.  
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@schenk cheers, I put a cheap £10 PIR in the back, but the signal wouldn’t work so want to know what works before shelling out the money
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I have a cheap “Smart Life” PIR in my garage and thay works great where my phone struggle for wifi, its odd  
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I have a camera mounted in back of my Ford Flex van. In parking lot, my Orbi RBK50 inside works with it. Then, when I drive away, the connection continues (with same hotspot name) with my Sprint Drive plug-in unit that supplies hotspot while driving. Covers me for possible parking lot incidents, or accidents while driving.  
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It needs wifi to work
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That would be cool.  
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Any particular reason you want one in it and not aiming at it?  
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@coronal my doorbell doesn’t pick up movement where my van is parked
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@coronal and when the neighbours light goes off at 1am, you can’t see anything
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Take your phone and see if you can get wifi from your house while sitting in your van.  
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Regardless of wifi. If you intend for it to look thru glass. You will need to disable the IR emitters built into the camera. Otherwise all you will see is the glare of the IR light bouncing back into the camera lense.  
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