How To Increase/Boost Weak WiFi Signal IP Camera & NVR | Antenna Range Extender Repeater IPC Router

With the advanced of technology, WiFi or wireless security cameras have becoming increasingly popular over wired systems. The downside to a wired system are complexity of installation, flexibility and portability.

Wired IP Cams, such as PoE (power over Ethernet) and hard-wired analog cameras, need wires for video transmission and power supply. They typically use Cat 5/6 Ethernet cables to communicate with home network router or NVR (Network Video Recorder). Traditional hard-wired security cams need 2 cables, one for power and coaxial connecting to the DVR (Digital) for data.

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Alternative to wired and wireless is a wire-free system. Wire-free IP cameras are the most flexible, easy to install, can be mounted almost anywhere making them the ideal choice for apartment renters or homeowners. Battery technology such as in Blink XT2, the best in indoor/outdoor 2-way IP Cam, could last up to 2 years. Blink XT systems also works with FireTV and Amazon-Alexa for hi-tech home automation.

Unfortunately, the major downside to the wireless IP Cam systems is interference with competing signals and overlapping broadcasts from devices on the same bandwidth , making them less reliable. Wireless signal strength, or scope of coverage, is tied to factors such as router, amount of interference presence, the distance and the barriers. Buildings, structures, trees, walls, floor or metal barriers between the camera and wireless router could magnify connection issues.

However, there are several ways or methods in which you can boost, increase or extend the weak or poor WiFi signals of your IP smart camera and/or wireless NVRs. In this video, Aiman will explain several ways in which you can improve the WiFi transmission of your bullet, PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom), dome, miniature or spy IP cameras. Obviously the first step especially if you IP Cams keep dropping off from the network is to test you home WiFi signals. This methods would also eliminate error codes such as "IPC Disconnect", "Too Much Connection", "Network Unreachable", and others.

There also also many products and devices on the market you could buy in order to increase the range, extend the distance and achieve maximum coverage of your CCTV system. They can be purchased from Amazon, AliExpress, BangGood.com and more. The first we reviewed is antenna range extender.

1) Antenna Range Extender: These spiral wired simple directional antennas usually come with RP-SMA Female to Male connectors along with cables but you can always purchase additional cable with different length, some also have magnetic base.

2) High Gain Antenna: Some of these omni-directional antennas are Dual Band WiFi 2.4GHz 5GHz 5.8GHz with high dBi gain from 3 to 10 decibels. But keep in mind most WiFi cameras operates on a 2.4GHz frequency. These are perfect for Wireless Network Router, Access Point, USB Adapter and PCI Adapter rather than for IP Camera WiFi Range Extender.

3) Dedicated Wi-Fi Repeaters: A wireless repeater is a range-extending device that works with your existing router to forward the signal farther. Place the repeater within range of your router and point it in the direction of the wireless camera. These dedicated Wi-Fi repeaters are essentially an IPC router designed to be easily matched with your NVR and WiFi cameras for a simple plug-and-play.

4) Using IP Cam Built-In Repeater: You can use software manager on your NVR to program the cameras to create a daisy-chain to extend the signal of the weaker camera via the closer one to the NVR. This method hasn't work for us because it resulted in "too much connection" error code, which we will cover in a separate video, so check that out.

Other ways to do it: Adjust the antenna, relocate the router or NVR, use old router to create a bridge and many other methods we will cover in future videos. Watch our previous videos here:

Episode 1: https://youtu.be/lQiMYBKKcvk (Unboxing)
Episode 2: https://youtu.be/hhkfsfjo7gY (Setting Up, Installation & Basic Operations)
Episode 3: https://youtu.be/AyR4xHSPl7k (Audio & Night Vision)
Episode 6: https://youtu.be/jKHlOrxiKp4 ( Features)
Episode 7: https://youtu.be/aLDKcIxty6E (Connect To Smartphone As Standalone)

For more videos click on the following playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EYI_ExALz4&list=PLWTQPaDoIjN2VvxJdHtCWXyByTyG09U_k&index=1

We have an Hiseeu system, but there are other popular brands such as Armcrest, Hikvision, OOSSXX, NightOwl, Swan, CamView, HeimVision, SafeVant, SMONET, Kittyhok, Blink XT2, XVIM, ZOSI, ANNKE, LOREX, Reolink, ONWOTE, GW PoE, DEFEWAY, EZVIZ, Anlapus, Arlo Pro, Wyze, Canary, Ring Spotlight, Reolink, Google Nest and more.

[This is Episode 10 In the Series of Home / Office Security & Surveillance System]

Recording Date: October 6, 2019
Video URL: https://youtu.be/2cNTRralL4A

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