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Well, we had some bad storms and power is out around us which has impacted the internet. Thankfully I can use my cell phone hot spot to do my morning surfing. However, it makes one realize how important the internet has become and how frustrating it is how things are programmed. With no internet connection, I cannot connect to or use or control my thermostat, my pool pump, my WiFi plugs and switches, anything Alexa and worst of all, my Ring cameras.
I don’t know why they are programmed such that they cannot operate without an internet connection. Of course I wouldn’t be able to access them from outside my home, but my router is working and my “intra net” is working fine. Case in point, I can print to my wireless printer just fine.
Sure, I can do things like change my thermostat by going directly to it and adjusting it, but I don’t see any reason why it has to use the internet to function internally using my WiFi. The most frustrating issue is my Ring system not functioning. Once again, I’m proven correct that Ring cameras are a novelty and not really a security system. I understand that without the internet, the camera cannot store video in the cloud, but I see no reason that it couldn’t alert my phone and allow me to view outside my home with my phone as long as I’m in my home’s WiFi system. If there is some way to do this, I’m not aware. All a get is a message that the camera is off line. Frustrating.
I don’t know why they are programmed such that they cannot operate without an internet connection. Of course I wouldn’t be able to access them from outside my home, but my router is working and my “intra net” is working fine. Case in point, I can print to my wireless printer just fine.
Sure, I can do things like change my thermostat by going directly to it and adjusting it, but I don’t see any reason why it has to use the internet to function internally using my WiFi. The most frustrating issue is my Ring system not functioning. Once again, I’m proven correct that Ring cameras are a novelty and not really a security system. I understand that without the internet, the camera cannot store video in the cloud, but I see no reason that it couldn’t alert my phone and allow me to view outside my home with my phone as long as I’m in my home’s WiFi system. If there is some way to do this, I’m not aware. All a get is a message that the camera is off line. Frustrating.