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Thanks. Just to close the thread hopefully, I worked around the configuration on the camera I have (Hootoo knockoff Foscam with no 'off' switch for the phone behavior, and no firmware updates available) by the following: set it to static ip set its gateway to point to itself set its DNS...

the big deal is these things phone home 'outbound' (my Hootoo knockoff-Foscam drives itself half crazy trying to phone home, with no configurability to tell it not to). And that kind of ridiculous "I can post anything I want from Mom's basement" is why this site is so unpleasant to even read...

It's all very entertaining to (re)learn how ridiculously weak this whole industry is re: security, but what the heck are people supposed to do to deal with this silliness ? Is there 'any' model camera under $200 that: is network-enabled, with wifi support ideally (yes, I know I know I know...)...

couple questions: I know folks here just love the Starlight models it seems like there are zero US sellers of Dahua or Nikvision who are authorized sellers, so how does somebody buy one of these things and have an actual warranty ? I currently have a Hootoo HT-IP212 knockoff of a Foscam (yes...