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High data usage from a wi-fi cam?
I am using a D-Link wi-fi cam and it *appears* to be using 10GB a day. This cam IS NOT set to constantly send recordings to the cloud. It is not being monitored all the time. It is not even recording to its SD card. I checked all the settings and nothing appears to be set to stream or otherwise use the internet (expect when I check in on my app, which is rarely). I monitor the devices connected to my wi-fi and see no unknown devices (that may be tapping into the stream). I have tested this phenomenon twice by turning it off/on with more than a week between switches. Each time, when the camera is on the daily data usage jumps around 10GB per day. I do not rent a modem or wifi from Cox. Does anyone have any idea if the camera is the cause?
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Bruce
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What's the app do? Can you only watch real-time footage or can you watch recorded footage?
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Bruce
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Relatively speaking, HD (720 or 1080) uses 1-3 GB per hour and 10 GB per 24 hours would be about 450 MB per hour. 450 MB per hour is equivalent to streaming very low-quality video (240 or 320). I'm not saying this is the video format but the equivalent data rate of 10 GB per day.
I think your app points to a server on the Internet. When you use the app, you're not logging into the camera but into a D-Link server. Although you're not constantly recording, streaming or using the app, the camera(s) must send something to the server to keep your service (connection & app) "alive" 24/7.
I don't know what the camera is sending...perhaps an image every hour or an image after a massive change in pixels...but it's the cost of a web-based service.
widermouthopen is correct: You need to ask on the D-Link Forum to configure your camera to only transmit data when you're logged into the app...if possible.
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