New Reolink Wired POE Doorbell Cam ?

Be sure to squirt a dab of dielectric grease into the female RJ-45 of the doorbell and on the male RJ-45, plug it in and test before final mounting. Of course, the Reolink does dismount easily with the little pin-tool they provide should you need to go back to do that.

More likely available in Europe => Permatex 22058 Dielectric Tune-Up Grease
 
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Looks like two-way audio is supported but only through HTTPS, HOWEVER I think Synology Surveillance Station uses the default DS certificate because I connect to mine with HTTPS ticked and it works. I do not have any self signed certificates installed.
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I am going to order it, however I am a bit scared having to drill a much larger hole to put the RJ45 connector through my door post.
Interesting, I’m already using my own self-signed certificates on my Synology without any further problems and I also put a certificate on the Reolink doorbell itself after reading the Reolink forum earlier. Still it didn’t work. (DS Cam on iOS or surveillance station WEB, didn’t try the desktop app).

I’m about to retry it tonight.
 
Just setting up my Reolink Doorbell.

Quick question, please?

I see that there's no polarity (+ or -) on the connection screws.

Is this device running on 24v AC and not DC?

I don't think I've ever seen an electronic device, powered by DC, with non-polarized connections.

Just don't want to fry something ...
 
Just setting up my Reolink Doorbell.

Quick question, please?

I see that there's no polarity (+ or -) on the connection screws.

Is this device running on 24v AC and not DC?

I don't think I've ever seen an electronic device, powered by DC, with non-polarized connections.

Just don't want to fry something ...
It’s AC. Mine’s running on my old doorbell transformer.
Edited to add: Same as the Ring and Nest video doorbells it replaced.
 
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It’s AC. Mine’s running on my old doorbell transformer.
Edited to add: Same as the Ring and Nest video doorbells it replaced.

OK, cool. I wonder if they convert the ac to dc for the non-doorbell components? Anyhow, back to DavidL's setup instructions. Thanks!
 
It won't accept this step - it errors "Can't save IP settings. Check one or more settings and try again."
IPv4 is ON
IP Address 192.168.50.5 (I also tried .100 and .200 - since the other cams are in the hundreds)
Subnet prefix length 255.255.255.224
Gateway
Preferred DNS
Alternate DNS
IPv6 is OFF 1694627957732.png
 
Just setting up my Reolink Doorbell.

Quick question, please?

I see that there's no polarity (+ or -) on the connection screws.

Is this device running on 24v AC and not DC?

I don't think I've ever seen an electronic device, powered by DC, with non-polarized connections.

Just don't want to fry something ...
Either 24VAC or 24VDC, it doesn't matter, as there's a bridge rectifier inside that converts incoming AC to DC and passes DC on through.
The Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell comes with a 24VDC wall wart.

My 2 are running off a 20VAC doorbell transformer with chime disconnected, using the furnished plug-in chimes.
 
It won't accept this step - it errors "Can't save IP settings. Check one or more settings and try again."
IPv4 is ON
IP Address 192.168.50.5 (I also tried .100 and .200 - since the other cams are in the hundreds)
Subnet prefix length 255.255.255.224
Gateway
Preferred DNS
Alternate DNS
IPv6 is OFF View attachment 172270
Use a unique IP that is OUTSIDE of your router's DHCP pool.
Set subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
 
"Use a unique IP that is OUTSIDE of your router's DHCP pool."

I don't know for sure what that means. (It can't see my router - the wifi is turned off.)

I'm on an ASUS notebook pc.

"Set subnet mask to 255.255.255.0"

Tried this, instead of his example, no joy.
 
"Use a unique IP that is OUTSIDE of your router's DHCP pool."

I don't know for sure what that means. (It can't see my router - the wifi is turned off.)

I'm on an ASUS notebook pc.

"Set subnet mask to 255.255.255.0"

Tried this, instead of his example, no joy.
Hit windows key + R key same time
in the window type "CMD" (no quotes) and hit <enter>
In the black command window type "ipconfig" and hit <enter>
Tell us what your "IPv4" address is.
 
There is no IPv4 address - the instructions had me turn everything off.

BTW: Thanks for your service. All y'all got the worst kind of raw deal. Love the sig ... all 4 lines!
 
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The reason you want to assign an IP address outside your DHCP pool is so that you don’t unintentionally assign an IP address that your DHCP server has assigned to a different device and cause a conflict. If you know of an unused IP address within the range used by your other cameras, you can use that.
 
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Do I need to turn the wifi back on, make the changes, then turn it off?

Wait, this is supposed to be Ethernet, not wifi. Why would the Ethernet be impacted by wifi settings?

Something's missing ...

If so, perhaps the instructions need to re-order the steps?