Just posting to tie up the thread. Two foscams came back to life with just power supplies, this lowered the urgency and gave me some time to test. ANYONE WITH A FOSCAM WITH A SOLID RED LIGHT, CHECK YOUR POWER SUPPLY as counterintuitive as that sounds. Have not tested extensively but bench testing re...

OK, I would still suggest there is a lot of misunderstanding, maybe not with you specifically. But in your case, I would never buy those cameras. LAN setup and Onvif only for me. I agree, there's just something not right about having a security camera REQUIRE phoning home for ANYTHING. Optional use...

I'm guessing there are some miscommunications with respect to requiring internet. More likely there require an IP Network and a LAN sans WAN would be OK. Unfortunately there is no confusion on this point. I am a network engineer with Cisco certifications. Phone app absolutely requires Internet befo...

Wow thank you ALL for all the information, it is greatly appreciated. In a bit of a rush at the moment because I'm going to order 3 different cameras now based on the above information to get today's Cyber Monday pricing. I will update soon, but I really appreciate the information. It is HUGELY help...

Thank you for the reply. I will try to determine if the Amcrest are rebranded Foscams, thank you for that information. I'll also check out the Dahua too.. appreciate that. EDIT: found a few references that Amcrest is indeed related to Foscam. Amcrest is out. If anyone else is using a reliable lower-...

The first camera I am going to test is the Amcrest IP2M-841B which I see on other web sites works great with Blue Iris and apparently doesn't need Internet or web app to set up.

Anyone have additional ones I can research?

Thank you.

Hi, I have been contracted to replace a series of old/failing Foscam cameras in a Blue Iris environment. The environment uses WIFI but does not have Internet. Also does not have cell service. So I need to recommend a list of reasonably priced cameras that can work with the following specs: Must work...