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WiFi Issues Fixed
I have been using the weather station and the app for about 8 months without any issues. We recently had to turn off and then turn back on our WiFi.
After turning back on the Wifi, the app no longer would connect with our device.
It took us several days to reconnect. The critical action was to ascertain which of our home networks was the 2.4Mghz rather than 5mghz. Once we did that, we were able to get the device and the app to connect.
So for folks who are having the connection issue, I would strongly encourage you to go into your WiFi router settings and make sure that you have a 2.4mghz network set up to allow the connection. Once it is connected, you can always go back to the 5mghz for your tablet or phone.Show lessBull All Stars
Works great... if you’re lucky
Like many others, I’ve had my connection issuers. First time, it connected to WiFi no problem. I happened to be the garage near the main router by chance. I moved the station to a different room in the house and no connection issue. Whew.
One month later and after a power outage, the WiFi was lost and I could not reconnect after reading many reviews like turn iPhone WiFi off and off to the auto connect. No dice. What did work was me moving the unit back out to the garage. I think the unit was picking up the WiFi from the router abs not one of the 3 Apple Airports I use to spread the signal inside the house.
So, if you have the connection and later lose it, try moving the unit near the area where it first worked. Maybe this area is near the home main router.Show lessMbiddlecom
Make sure to grant precise location permissions
Grant precise location permissions or it will not setup.
I had tried everything and still could not get it setup. It would not say what network I was connected to. But after I granted precise location permissions, everything worked perfect. I had tried without precise turned on and that is what caused it trouble. Was hoping to be a little more ambiguous of a location, but guess I will have to be precise after all.Show lesssheparddw
Unusable
I bought a whole weather station setup that I’ve yet to be able to use. First they told me the base device was faulty and that I needed to return it. When the new one showed up I still couldn’t get it to work. I’ve disabled networks, unplugged routers, tried multiple devices, you name it. I’ve noticed multiple releases that mention fixing the crashing issue during setup - well... the problem is still there and after dozens of attempts and hours wasted fiddling with this thing + my network + talking to support the whole pile of hot garbage is going back.Show lessmatthopson
Was Awful
So when I first tried to use this app it was the same story as everyone else. I contacted ambient support and they said that their iOS developers broke the functionality in the .09 version and just today they released the .10 version. Well .10 worked flawlessly on an iPhone 12 with version 14.4 OS.random-person-9485820
App is non functional
I purchased this weather station and upon set up, the configuration app failed completely. When I select Add Device, to put the wx data onto the WiFi network, the app instantly shuts down and crashed. Following suggestions in the reviews did not solve the trouble. Without the WiFi capability the station has no value to me and was a waste of money and time. Zero stars for the app.Show lessWX-scientist
Don’t buy Ambient Wx stations if you want the data online
The Awnet app used to configure the station on wifi crashes as soon as you select “add device”. Multiple attempts trying to do some of the suggestions in the reviews have failed. I don’t think the app is compatible with Apple IOS 14. The app should be taken off the Apple store. If you look at Ambient’s website, it says they are waiting for Apple to fix their software so Awnet will work. How laughable is that! Without online access this Ambient Wx stations are worthless.Show lessSmoliason
Also Try This!
I had the same connection issues as everyone else. Here’s what worked for me, after hours of trying:
- disable 5GHz home wifi band if applicable (in my case i had to split my ‘smart connect’ wifi setting into two separate bands and then disable the 5GHz one so I could connect only via the 2.4GHz band). Note: be sure to leave the SSID and password the same so it doesn’t bump you station off later when you change these wifi settings back to normal
-make sure you allowed the app to use location services (prompts you when opening for the first time, otherwise can be verified in settings)
- disable ‘auto join’ feature to the weather station’s mifi through wifi preferences on your phone (leave it ON for your home 2.4GHz wifi network)
-disable cell service (this was the final piece to the puzzle for me)
- open app while connected to your home wifi network, then follow all prompts
following all these steps worked for me! it’s ridiculous that it’s this complicated, but hopefully a one time issue.Show lesscloudjuice312
Tough install
I received this as a Christmas gift. I like the equipment and the display. The software install is brutal. It took about 30-45 minutes to hang the equipment and another 4 hours to figure out how to connect the WiFi. I’d love to tell you what we did to figure out the connectivity, but I have no idea. 5 stars for the device, 1 star for the software. Nice stuff, good luck with the software.Show lessGiilmore Happy
Easy to use and setup
Personally had no issues setting up and linking with the websitenick_mowen_the_lawn
