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3_dog_nights's avatar
3_dog_nights
Explorer
Sep 21, 2018

Help! Wifi Monitor for camper

We were planing to use a Guardzilla camera that we had. Now their customer support is telling us that it won't work. We travel with two elderly dogs. When we have to leave the RV, they stay in their crate.
We want to be able to monitor them. Loud noise, quick rise in temp, etc. Is their a camera that works, either thru the campground wifi, or on a cellular hot spot? we leave in a week and we're frantic trying to find something.
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Sep 21, 2018
    Nest cameras work over wifi. Yours should, but gets poor reviews for failure to work as promised.
  • EV2's avatar
    EV2
    Explorer
    Sep 21, 2018
    We use a Yi camera on a Mobley hotspot WiFi. Works great.
  • 3_dog_nights's avatar
    3_dog_nights
    Explorer
    Sep 21, 2018
    EV2 wrote:
    We use a Yi camera on a Mobley hotspot WiFi. Works great.

    Do you think it would work with a hotspot piggybacking Verizon. (slower)
    and where do you get a Yi?
  • bgum's avatar
    bgum
    Explorer
    Sep 21, 2018
    Nest coupled with straight talk hotspot. Not hard on data. We buy 2gig for a 2week trip. You can place a large print thermometer near the crate and also can hear the pets as well as talk to them.
  • 3_dog_nights's avatar
    3_dog_nights
    Explorer
    Sep 21, 2018
    bgum wrote:
    Nest coupled with straight talk hotspot. Not hard on data. We buy 2gig for a 2week trip. You can place a large print thermometer near the crate and also can hear the pets as well as talk to them.

    Have a hotspot from US Cellular, piggybacks Verizon where we are planning to use it. Will that combo work? and a model # for the nest?
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Sep 21, 2018
    3 dog nights wrote:
    and a model # for the nest?
    They just come in an indoor and outdoor version, afaik.
  • bgum's avatar
    bgum
    Explorer
    Sep 21, 2018
    It should. What we do is: we use the same network name and password as our home network and password. That way your phone connects to the nest without entering network and password. It is moved to the sticks/bricks when we get home. It doesn't know/matter if it is at home or in the RV.
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Sep 21, 2018
    The biggest problem (well, the only problem) I had at the s&b was the dang router going down, so I put a timer on it to shut it off and back on once a day. The Nest itself worked without a hitch.

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