What Happens To My Netgear Arlo Camera If Internet Goes Offline?

Wi-Fi cameras are useful for everything from keeping your home safe to keeping an eye on your pet on the balcony, but what happens if the internet goes down? In that instance, will your Wi-Fi camera continue to record video or not?

When it comes to Wi-Fi cameras, convenience is key. As long as the power cord reaches the power socket, you can put them anywhere within or outside the house. From there, the Wi-Fi camera may connect to the house Wi-Fi and begin recording right away.

If you have a Nest Cam or any other Wi-Fi-enabled camera, these cameras will become nothing more than a paperweight if the internet goes down.

If the Nest cam is offline or no Wi-Fi is accessible, you won't be able to do anything with the Nest app. If the camera is offline, you can't even see previous or recorded videos through the app. The only benefit of utilising this camera is that you'll get a notification when it's offline, along with an image from when it was last online.

Although not all cameras use Wi-Fi, the majority of them do. You can probably guess what will happen if the wireless camera records the footage locally rather than on the cloud.

If you have a Wi-Fi camera that can store films locally, such as on a USB or SD card, it can continue to record videos even if the Wi-Fi connection is lost.

A camera with a built-in battery and Wi-Fi functionality, such as the Netgear Arlo, is an example. Arlo has a base station that connects to the router directly. When the Wi-Fi is unavailable or shuts off unexpectedly, you can connect the USB drive to the base station to record movies. Instead of saving the actions to the cloud, the Arlo Pro camera will record them on a local USB device.