D-Link DCS-7010L Night Vision, HD, mini-Bullet esign, Cloud mydlink enabled, Outdoor IP Camera D-Link DCS-7010L Night Vision, HD, mini-Bullet esign, Cloud mydlink enabled, Outdoor IP Camera

Pros: Nice looking camera, aluminum housing.

Cons: Stops working as soon as it gets cold out (-5°C)

Other Thoughts: Wouldn't buy if you are using it outdoors.

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Pros: Camera is easy to set up in a local-only mode. IR quality is good. Viewable from browser (tested Firefox and IE), and from 1 of the Android Apps (MyDlink Lite)...see below for problems with other apps.

Gave it two eggs for limited usability.

Cons: Summary of two major problems:

1. The DCS-7010L auto-installer seems to have major (insurmountable for me) problems (as compared to the DCS-932L).

2. The MyDlink+ Android app, useful for viewing more than one camera at a time, and taking snapshots, won't work if a camera cannot complete the auto-installer function.

Details:

Spent approximately 8 hours in total troubleshooting issues with the MyDlink+ Android application, since it would not recognize my DCS-7010L (as compared to the MyDlink Lite app which works fine)

Troubleshot with DLink business support and the troubleshooter became frustrated with my lack of progress. The root cause seems to be that the DLink installation software absolutely will not connect the camera to my MyDlink account, which it needs to do in order to use the MyDlink+ app. The DCS-932L, which I own is on the same network and goes through this process just fine. However, if I block the cameras from Internet access, the MyDlink+ app will refuse to see the DCS-932L, event the MyDlink Lite app continues to work just fine. The problem is, MyDlink+ gives you multiple camera views with the ability to take screenshots, while the free app (MyLink+) does not.

Also, the troubleshooter would not give me the ports that cameras use to connect outbound to DLink. When I explained to allow the cameras to connect outbound without restriction is a bad security practice, I was still told that they won't give that information out, so they insist you open up the camera to all IP outbound. Also, they will not release a list of the MyDlink servers that the cameras try to connect to, so you cannot limit what they can attach to outbound.

Other Thoughts: The requirement for the cameras to access DLink's servers even if the end-user desires to use them in stand-alone (no Internet connection) mode, seems a bit intrusive and unnecessary, to say the least.

It's important to point out that these cameras can be connected to and configured without the use of the auto-installer. The auto-installer is apparently used just to register the cameras with Dlink and support the remote usability functions.