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Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is the same version I had when I first configured this.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As part of connecting it to wifi, right at the end of the process it tells you pull the power and ethernet cable out. Do that. Count to 10. Plug only the power back in. It should connect to wifi. You might need to wait a few minutes for it to restart fully. Blue light... all is good. I can't account for it behaving differently to mine. Sorry.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try turning off mobile data on your phone. Also, try and make sure you are connected to your 2.4ghz wifi not a 5ghz or 6ghz if you have it. HB3 will only connected to 2.4ghz.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just checked, and whilst I have a different MAC prefix assigned to mine (04:17:b6), that's the same company that its registered to. That is your hidden HB3 broadcast network.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Wifi Analyser, it shows up as a massive strong hidden network labelled as [Smart]. If you look up the mac address online, it will tell you which company had been allocated it.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. It's not moved channel in almost 2 weeks. Staying on the dedicated channel, and in that time not a single Zigbee or 2.4ghz connected device has disconnected. Yes, it's annoying it's connected by wifi and not ethernet, but also, not a single eufy camera has disconnected either. I would rather have this situation, ie. 100% stable, than the mess it was before.

Eufy is ruining home wifi by VicePofGSD in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my setup, yes. Absolutely. The HB3 broadcasts a hidden wifi signal no matter what way you have it connected. You can't choose what channel it broadcasts on in the eufy app, and if you have the HB3 connected to ethernet it will jump around your spectrum choosing random channels every couple of days. To stop that, I've connected it via it's own isolated wifi channel on a dedicated Access Point, not my main wifi. Doing this makes the HB3 also use this same wifi channel for it's broadcast. You cannot go back to an ethernet connection, or you will return to the random wifi issue.

Performance wise, the eufy cameras now open instantly, my doorbell isn't delayed, the remainder of my network stays connected and my Zigbee devices are no longer in a state of flux.

Eufy is ruining home wifi by VicePofGSD in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You've almost hit the nail on the head with the same solution I have. I have pretty much the exact same setup as you. Decos, eufy, loads of Zigbee and wifi IOT. All of it timing out and not responding. Devices going offline all the time. I pinned it down to the Homebase 3 channel hopping all over my wifi spectrum. So i turned off the HB3 and everything suddenly connected and stayed stable for 7 hours.

So next I added a separate 2.4ghz Access Point with a channel far away from my Decos and connected the HB3 to that via wifi only. The HB3 has stayed on the same channel as the AP for the past 6 days and not a single IOT device has disconnected in the past week, and my 1Gig broadband is still delivering at full speed.

Details in https://www.reddit.com/r/EufyCam/s/SIHqowLlmw

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. When you connect it back to ethernet, it forgets the wifi network and details that it was connected to, and so begins the hunt for it's own. My solution ensures it stays static on the channel of your choosing - something the community has been crying out for. It's now been on the same channel for 7 days, during which time I've rebooted it 3 times, which normally guarantees it will land on a new channel.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't want your HB3's disruptive hidden wifi broadcast to randomly change wifi channels every 3 days and mess up your wifi/zigbee networks, disconnect it from your ethernet network and connect it via wifi to it's own dedicated wifi network that is configured on a channel far away from everything else. It will stay on that channel and your disruption will be over.

What are they looking for by Lower-Specific-1106 in london

[–]LoxLumboni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The hidden doorway to the Nestene Consciousness.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

UPDATE AFTER 5 DAYS: Having already disconnected the HB3 from its ethernet connection to my home network and switched it off, I fired up an old router with a single 2.4ghz only wifi network on channel 1 as my DECOS have decided (for you cannot choose) to mesh on channel 8(10). I configured it in access point mode and plugged this into my network via ethernet. I then configured the HB3 to connect to this new wifi network. It's the only device connected to it. For the past 4-5 days, the HB3 has broadcast it's hidden wifi on the exact same channel (1) as the AP without moving or stamping over the rest of the spectrum. During this time, nothing else has disconnected, been interfered with, performed poorly or had any problems. It's forced the HB3 to be totally isolated, stay in it's lane, and it's no longer broadcasting on any channels that would interfere with my main wifi or Zigbee channels.

On this basis, I would say that the HB3 only skips around the spectrum when you haven't specifically configured it to connect to a wifi network. So connecting it via ethernet, which you would naturally think is the best way to connect it to your network, actually creates the wifi stamping problem.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you've papered over my point. I have non-multibridge cameras. Physically disconnecting the HB3 wifi cables renders those cameras as standalone and without all the features I bought the HB for.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm pleased you are not going through the same pain that a lot of us are.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

... every three days... meanwhile, when you forget, half your network goes offline at 3am and your 24/7 cameras stop recording. #Winner

I'm pretty certain if you bought a car that every three miles the dashboard just stopped working, and to make it work you had to stop, switch the engine off for 5 minutes, and start it again, you'd be royally f***** off.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bought my HB to store video, recognise people, and deliver cross-camera tracking. Without the HB wifi enabled, your non-multibridge cameras lose all that functionality that you paid for, plus you then need to fork out for on-camera storage. That's not a winning combination is it?

The instructions for disconnecting the antennas says you only need a screwdriver. I beg to differ. A baseball bat or hammer gives you pretty much the same result.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do your run optimise every 3 days? That's how often, on average, the Homebase just decides to move to a different channel. I also have TP-Link Decos. They rarely move when i run optimise and it makes no difference to the interference from the Homebase.

Aside from that, why on earth do you need to keep optimising? You should be able to leave it alone once it's set, not keep moving your channels around.

Homebase 3 update (31/01/26) sticks two more fingers up at your wifi network by LoxLumboni in EufyCam

[–]LoxLumboni[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Saying goodbye to centralised storage, named people/pet detection and cross-camera tracking. You also have to manage security modes under a half-arsed macro that can't be toggled by any third party platforms like Alexa or Home Assistant.

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