Reolink cameras

I installed some Reolink camera's in my network.

Things I wanted:

• Camera's don't have acces to the internet

• Camera's can sync to a timeserver

Block internet acces to the Camera.

In my FritzBox I gave each camera an own ID. Then I used Parental control to block every internet access. Quite easy:

1) create a special profile for the camera's:

Filter -- Toegang Profiel -- Nieuw Toegangsprofiel (Filter, acces profile, new profile)

Tijdsbeperking: Nooit (Time: never)

After that

Filters, ouderlijk toezicht, toegangsprofielen wijzigen (Filters -- Parental control -- Change accesprofiles)

Select the new profile for each camera and save. Now the camera's don't have access to the internet anymore.

Sync the camera to a timeserver

When a camera does not have access to internet, it cannot sync to a timeserver as well, unless this time server is on your local network. Fortunately the FritzBox can act as a timeserver.

Go to

Network -- Networksettings

scroll to Timesynchronisation and select "Use Fritzbox as timeserver in local network"

and save

Instruct the camera to use the fritzbox as a timeserver.

Some Reolink camera's can add a local server as a time server:

Login into your camera. Go to settings -- Network settings -- NTP settings and click setup

Choose NTP server Custom and enter the IP address of your Fritz Box and click save. That's all.

BUT, some camera's like the E1 series don't have the option Custom timeserver and offer only timeservers on the internet. For these camera's use this trick:

Open a terminal (linux) and copy and past this command:

curl -X POST -i 'http://CAMERA_HOST/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=SetNtp&user=USERNAME&password=PASSWORD' --data '[

{

"cmd":"SetNtp",

"param":{

"Ntp":{

"enable":1,

"server":"ntp.host.name.or.ip.address",

"port":123,

"interval":1440

}

}

}

]'

replace CAMERA_HOST with the URL of your camera

replace USERNAME with your login username on the camera (usually: admin)

replace PASSWORD with the password used to enter the camera.

replace ntp.host.name.or.ip.address with the IP adress of your FritzBox.

Check and double check and press enter.