A:AnswerThere's a sync module that connects using WiFi - it doesn't plug into the router physically. No light comes on when recording (otherwise it wouldn't be descrete); if it's too dark it uses infrared to "see" - works surprisingly well - but images are greyscale in this mode.
A:AnswerThe XT is made for outside also, with weather seal. By under cover, if you mean under eaves, yes. Just need to make sure module and cam are getting wifi signals.
A:AnswerThe Blink system does currently require a 2.4ghz WiFi-based Internet connection to operate, The cameras communicate with both the Sync Module and the WiFi.
A:AnswerYes you can connect multiple tablets or phones (no computers). The only downside to that is, only 1 person can be viewing it at a time. If you want to have multiple people monitor an alert, the first one will get access but whoever logs in after will get a camera unavailable warning.