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I just setup an Arlo Pro security camera (made by Netgear) and found it interesting that the system didn't explicitly have me configure a WiFi connection. The setup process consists of hard-wiring the base receiver to my network, then simultaneously pressing sync buttons on both the base receiver and camera.

So, do Arlo Pro cameras connect via WiFi or some other form of wireless to connect to its base receiver?

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If, on the other hand, we look the user guide, we will see that WiFi is providing a 100% cordless connection from the camera to the base station and Ethernet is the way for connecting the whole system to the Internet.

The thought of connecting WiFi for Internet is not correct according to that document. Also connecting wire to Ethernet in previous step does not mean that local home WiFi would be involved to pairing process in any way. These are separate steps for separate functions and always base station and cameras share a WiFi that belongs to them only and is created by base station, not your local WiFi station.

Answer to the question: cameras connect to base station directly via WiFi.

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Based on the information in the product datasheet, this device communicates wirelessly via 802.11n-compliant protocols over a 2.4GHz channel.

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