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by bw355
Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:17 am
Forum: General Security Chat
Topic: Amcrest servers spamming my network
Replies: 1
Views: 487

Re: Amcrest servers spamming my network

Known issue. Here's a whole thread on it. Some of the camera's is supposed to stop calling home

https://amcrest.com/forum/viewtopic.php ... 90&p=12364
by bw355
Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:26 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Latest app update causing slow live streaming connections
Replies: 42
Views: 12272

Re: Latest app update causing slow live streaming connections

jsg12 wrote:Still waiting Amcrest....
Don't hold your breath. If you read a lot of the posts here, they don't care to fix stuff or they are understaffed. Either way, it's not good.
by bw355
Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:38 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Amcrest IP3M-956 In portrait mode
Replies: 17
Views: 2110

Re: Amcrest IP3M-956 In portrait mode

Not sure about the IP3M-956 but, if it's anything like IP2M-841, it is in the settings\camera\configuration section. From there, you should see a "Flip" section where you can choose 90, 180, 270 degrees.
by bw355
Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:22 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Outdoor Camera Question
Replies: 3
Views: 543

Re: Outdoor Camera Question

Not even an answer from the folks at Amcrest? I can tell you HiKvision sells outdoor cameras with built in microphones. I have one and it works fantastic.
by bw355
Fri Nov 17, 2017 7:07 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Constant External IP Requests
Replies: 31
Views: 23458

Re: Constant External IP Requests

Did some more digging and found requests to some amazon sites and clock sites. I just set up firewall rules to block those requests to amazon. I left the clock ones as that's what syncs the date and time. I have an Untangle UTM so it's a little more advanced but you should be able to block sites in...
by bw355
Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:56 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: DNS requests - Excessive
Replies: 6
Views: 1426

Re: DNS requests - Excessive

Hello mkyb14, Once the camera is connected for the first time to the internet, it will try to communicate to the Cloud server for two hours and after this it will stop. If the camera reboots it will do this again for two more hours before stopping. Unfortunately, this statement is NOT TRUE. Mine go...
by bw355
Tue Nov 14, 2017 12:27 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: block access to amcrest cloud
Replies: 5
Views: 2245

Re: block access to amcrest cloud

It's not happening. Here is the ongoing thread that the Amcrest folks seem to be ignoring now.

https://amcrest.com/forum/technical-dis ... t1590.html
by bw355
Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:12 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Constant External IP Requests
Replies: 31
Views: 23458

Re: Constant External IP Requests

It more of an annoyance than anything. My other cameras don't constantly call home. Unless this issue is addressed, I doubt my next camera will be an Amcrest.

Also, from reading a lot of these forum posts, it appears Amcrest won't care if they lose a few customers.
by bw355
Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:07 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Constant External IP Requests
Replies: 31
Views: 23458

Re: Constant External IP Requests

It's buggy firmware. From what i'm been led to believe, calling home should only last 2 hours after you plug it in if you don't use the cloud service. In my case, it did this for weeks and weeks. Then one day, it did stop but if you ever lost power or need to unplug the camera for any reason, it wil...