“How many Nest out door cameras can you hook up to your router? Is there a limit of cameras on the plan?”
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It depends on your internet speed coming to the house, the router you have, and how strong the signal is to the cameras. If you have an N-Router, probably 1 or 2 at most if currently you have less than 6 devices on the router. If you have an AC1900 Router, you could probably connect up to 10 Cameras. If you have a weak signal to where the cameras are going to be, you are going to have a hard to loading the camera, and when it detects motion, it's going to take longer to notify you, and longer for it to actually start recording. It might record in 720 or lower video quality if it's a slow connection. I would download a speedtest app on your phone. Go by the place where you would want to install the camera, and run a speed test, you should have atleast 10 - 20Mbps download, and a minimum of 2Mbps upload. (Ideally 10Mbps, but the higher than upload, the better).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have 5 (4 inside) and 1 outside....all wireless. I have never had a problem with the stream, and I have at&t, which isn't very fast compared to other providers, but my cameras work great.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The previous answer here does give good information about the speed requirements, but gives bad information about the router. Having an AC router won't help you at all vs having an N router for this product. The AC and N technologies are totally different. 802.11 N has a throughput of up to 600Mbps (theoretical, but usually around 400-450Mbps), and AC doesn't change that. AC has a throughput of up to 1,300Mbps. The technologies do not cross over though, and that AC won't help you on this device, as it only uses B/G/N. An AC1900 router just means that it offers 1,300Mbps AC, and 600Mbps N (1900 is the two added together, so it's still only 600Mbps N). If you have more than 3-4 cameras though, your issue would likely be your internet bandwidth, and not your router's bandwidth. Generally end-user bandwidth from internet providers only gives like 5-10Mbps upload speed (unless you're on fiber).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.it is wireless. as many as you need
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