Doorbell on isolated VLAN | Home Assistant | Page 1

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 3:24 PM

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Can anyone recommend a good camera doorbell that plays nicely being on an isolated VLAN?
I've now tried the Reolink WiFi and the Eufy WiFi models and neither work. I can connect the Reolink to the Wifi but after that nothing works; the Eufy connects (I can see on the router that it gets an IP) but still says it failed to connect.

slate wave Jan 10, 2025, 3:31 PM

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you have a separate Wi-Fi SSID on its own VLAN then? And your phone is on that SSID when you set up the lock?

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 4:34 PM

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Yep. I tried with the phone on the same SSID and on the trusted/main one. Disabled client isolation on the isolated WiFi and even gave the camera internet access (by default, devices on that VLAN are local-only).

slate wave Jan 10, 2025, 4:56 PM

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wifi gadgets will usually need access to their cloud service while setting them up. and some can not have client isolation during setup either.

also, set the network to 2.4 ghz only at least during setup. some are confused by dual band networks when first switching over. lastly, be close to the access point during setup. preferrably the main router if you have mesh. then move them afterwards

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 4:59 PM

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Yeah been through all that.

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I managed to get the Eufy working now, it seems. I connected it to the trusted VLAN, set it up, then moved it to the isolated SSID/VLAN. Now even with the phone on the trusted network I get access, which is good. I'll run this doorbell for a couple weeks, hopefully it will work well.

slate wave Jan 10, 2025, 5:17 PM

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do you have any idea what you did differently? or just plain luck with timing? i have some wifi heaters that you can try to set up for a week before they suddenly decide to cooperate

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 5:38 PM

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All I did differently was to set it up the first time in the trusted network, where my personal devices connect (laptop, phone...)

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That worked, and then moving the doorbell to the isolated one doesn't seem to break anything.

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To be fair, there was a firmware update once the doorbell was online which may have played a part.

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The Home Assistant integration of the Eufy doesn't seem very good though. 😕

covert stratus Jan 10, 2025, 5:48 PM

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I have my reolink on a private vlan, but I had to set up frigate and custom dashboards to use it without the official app

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And then you need to make sure your firewall is allowing traffic between vlans for watching the camera feeds

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 5:50 PM

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How did you set it up in the first place though?

covert stratus Jan 10, 2025, 5:51 PM

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I've got a CCTV vlan that is only allowed to route to my local LAN, but not to the WAN interface

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 5:51 PM

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Also I have HA in the same subnet as the isolated VLAN and still failed to connect to the doorbell

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^ The Reolink I mean

covert stratus Jan 10, 2025, 5:52 PM

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I had joined my phone to the same SSID on the cctv vlan so I could configure the reolink

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It doesn't need internet acess to locally pull the feed anyways I can vouch for that

jaunty creek Jan 10, 2025, 5:54 PM

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I think I'm gonna send the Eufy back and get another Reolink and give it another go. Sounds like I'll have to look into Frigate before I can get it the way I want it though, but I'll get there.

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@covert stratus how's the lag in the Reolink? From my limited experience, the Eufy is a lot better in that regard.

covert stratus Jan 10, 2025, 6:17 PM

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If you set up go2rtc properly (frigate comes with it) and configure things for webrtc to work, it’s basically realtime without any lag

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