I recently bought four Tapo C660 KITs with the solar panels, an HB500 hub, and two C200. To get better mesh coverage, we added a TP-Link BE10000 to our current three Deco 20 mesh network. The goal is to have a full view of anyone or anything that approaches our house. Just a week ago, there was a large internet outage in our city that lasted almost two full days. We have 256 g microSD cards in each camera, but not being able to see our cameras completely defeats the idea of them as security cameras.

Is there anyway to access the cameras if our internet goes down? A third-party app? This was very expensive system, and to defeat it, all they have to do is cut our internet lines to the house. 

Also, I get notifications after the triggering event is done. We have a driveway that is about two car lengths long. Even with the sensitivity to its maximum levels, I get notice when I am in the garage and closing the door.

I am running the cameras and hub on my guest network. Another issue is that cameras lose connection, and I have had to reinstall them several times. The mesh routers are sometimes within six feet of the cameras. I have moved them about trying to fix the "Network Instability". We do have an older brick house and I understand that that can bounce WI-FI signals.

After spending about 1,000 dollars, I am not pleased with the Internet being its Achille's heel.