Battery Powered cameras vs WIFI cameras

jpcoffey

Very confused as to why there is a distinction between 'battery powered' cameras and WIFI cameras. I want to connect a wireless camera to my POE NVR. Instructions are quite clear in the support article at,

https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360007011053-Add-Reolink-IP-Cameras-to-Reolink-PoE-NVR

Regrettably, my location outside does not have a power source so I naturally want to add a solar powered wireless camera. The support article at,

https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004441533-Can-I-Add-Reolink-Battery-powered-Cameras-to-Reolink-NVR

makes it quite clear that I can't add a solar powered camera to my NVR. So in a nutshell, how does the technology differ between the battery powered wireless cameras and the WIFI wireless cameras? Don't they use the same IP technology?Why does a camera powered by solar differ so drastically from a camera powered by a wall plug?

Thank you!

Cynthia

All battery powered cameras can't be added to Reolink NVR or accessed via any other 3rd-party software since the nvr or third party software doesn't have battery management system and also can't detect the IP address of the camera.

You can only access the battery-powered cameras via Reolink Client and Reolink App. Besides, the camera only store the motion detection recordings in the inserted micro SD card or Reolink cloud for released countries.

Cynthia

All battery powered cameras can't be added to Reolink NVR or accessed via any other 3rd-party software since the nvr or third party software doesn't have battery management system and also can't detect the IP address of the camera.

You can only access the battery-powered cameras via Reolink Client and Reolink App. Besides, the camera only store the motion detection recordings in the inserted micro SD card or Reolink cloud for released countries.