Works perfectly and flawlessly as of June 1st, 2022. In either case, they chose 2.4 GHz wireless chips for network connectivity at the time. Some weren’t prepared for the fast uptake of mesh networks in the home, while others said the standards were still evolving. At the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in January, I spoke with several industry contacts who make Wi-Fi smart devices and they’re well aware of the problem. I’ve experienced this problem myself on a number of devices with my Google Wi-Fi setup it’s frustrating, to say the least.
Google WiFi mesh networking expands coverage and is easy to setup (Credit: Google) And in a mesh network situation, there really isn’t one to find, hence the problem. So that presents a challenge for devices using lower-cost 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi chips because they’re looking for a 2.4 GHz network to latch on to. In that scenario, you’d have two different networks in your home with today’s mesh networks, you only have one. That’s different from the “old days” where a router often had a separate network for each of these signals. Remember, mesh Wi-Fi networks combine both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequencies into a single network. The other piece to this puzzle is the Wi-Fi chips used in many smart home devices. This is a two-part problem directly related to the growing number of mesh Wi-Fi networks, which is what Mike is using in his home.
It also turns out that this is a common problem, even though Wi-Fi smart lights, switches, doorbells and other devices are built around Wi-Fi standards, and therefore should just work on the network.
It turns out that he’s having issues connecting them to his home Wi-Fi network, which is built around a Google OnHub. On last week’s IoT Podcast, our voicemail hotline got a question from Mike about his smart Christmas lights.
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