topic Re: Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network in Nest Wifi

Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network

ragsgolf — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:37:49 GMT

I am trying to install a Hunter Irrigation Wand module on my Hunter Controller, but it won't connect. I know the Wand is only 2.4 Ghz compatible. Is that the problem? My modem broadcasts both 2.4 and 5.0 and according to Spectrum there is no way to limit it to 2.4 and they say doing so would cause other problems. Should I just give up on the Hunter wand connection and stay old school with the irrigation controller?

Re: Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network

olavrb — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:55:26 GMT

Nest Wifi uses a combined SSID for both 2.4ghz and 5ghz.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6293481?hl=en

A standard Wi-Fi feature that unfortunately a lot of IoT device manufacturers does not support.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleWiFi/comments/qug6bc

There are a lot of threads on the topic, where various workarounds are presented. For instance:

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Wifi/IOT-devices-and-Nest-Mesh/td-p/114714

More search results:

https://www.google.com/search?q=%28site%3Agooglenestcommunity.com%2Ft5%2FNest-Wifi+OR+site%3Areddit.com%2Fr%2Fgooglewifi+OR+site%3Areddit.com%2Fr%2Fnestwifi%29+iot+%222.4ghz%22

Re: Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network

EdwardT — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 02:54:29 GMT

Hi folks,

@olavrb, thanks for the help!

@ragsgolf, how's it going with your Google Wifi? Were you able to check the links that olavrb provided? Let us know if you have questions and we'd be glad to assist.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network

EdwardT — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 03:14:16 GMT

Hi ragsgolf,

It's me again. I wanted to check back in to see if you have other questions and concerns. Feel free to let me know if you do.

Thanks,

Edward

Re: Trouble connecting a Hunter Irrigation Wand module to the Nest network

EdwardT — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 03:23:18 GMT

Hi ragsgolf,

I'm just checking in to make sure that you've seen our response. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Thanks,

Edward