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
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- Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:17 am
- Forum: General Security Chat
- Topic: Amcrest servers spamming my network
- Replies: 1
- Views: 487
- 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
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.jsg12 wrote:Still waiting Amcrest....
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:06 pm
- Forum: IP Cameras
- Topic: Latest firmware update for Amcrest cameras results in constant connection to cloud servers even for non-cloud customers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2492
Re: Latest firmware update for Amcrest cameras results in constant connection to cloud servers even for non-cloud custom
bump..... hopefully, the folks at Amcrest is looking into this issue but i'm not holding my breath.
- 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...
- 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
https://amcrest.com/forum/technical-dis ... t1590.html
- 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.
Also, from reading a lot of these forum posts, it appears Amcrest won't care if they lose a few customers.
- 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...