my flood light refuses to work without internet. any idea how to fool it?

[tung256]

this is my flood light: works great! image quality is shockingly good with super bright light for under $100.
it has RTSP so it works perfectly fine with my amcrest NVR. strangely, when i block it from internet, using PFSense router, the RTSP stops immediately. why is that?
i traced it with WireShark and dont see anything special. screenshot here:




any idea guys?

 

[wittaj]

Some of these no name brands, or even name brand cloud based cameras need an internet connection to work.

Get one that isn't cloud based or give it access LOL.

 

[tung256]

Some of these no name brands, or even name brand cloud based cameras need an internet connection to work.

Get one that isn't cloud based or give it access LOL.

i thought RTSP is all local, no?
i blocked my Eufy cams, RTSP still works fine with NVR. all other cams are blocked too, just strange this 1 flood light cam really wants internet to work

 

[Perimeter]

Does the cam have an SD card? Is it in?

 

[mikeynags]

Both of those packet capture screenshots don't show anything but local traffic. Is it possible for you to block everything but RTSP?

 

[tung256]

Both of those packet capture screenshots don't show anything but local traffic. Is it possible for you to block everything but RTSP?

right. looks like i was wrong. upon closer inspection....when i stopped traffic, RTSP still works but later stopped sometime in the middle of the night. will wireshark this cam overnight...

 

[tung256]

Does the cam have an SD card? Is it in?

there is a slot for mSD but i dont have anything in there. i record 24/7 straight to the NVR.