Thank you, BvR8. I thought I was going crazy. I have had to factory reset my network (not just the router) at minimum every two months. Two days ago I reset it as it would not even show up on my Android phone or iPad. I just happened on the iOS app a few months ago whey my Android app would "see" the points but would give me a connection error any time I clicked on "settings." I never considered the iPAD would work more reliably. Once up again, two days ago, I could do most maintenance and setting work from the iPAD but not the Android app. I had to reset it again yesterday because it all went down again. For about two hours everything worked great. The Android and iOS apps both worked fine. I could "see" all of the points I could access settings. All worked for about two hours. For the next eight hours I had internet only to devices which were directly plugged into the points - so I know the router was connected and communicating. None of my devices would, however connect on WiFi even though they did "see" the network. My wife could watch Netflix two points away but I could not access the internet on any device. Interestingly, a hardwired connection to the router would not give an internet connection but the points did. Neither app could recognize or control the network. About eight hours later, I got WiFi back, my hardwired PC still would not get internet until connected to the now working WiFi and then switched back to a hard wired connection. This was at 02:30. While everything seemed to work, video on a Roku or Firestick showed lag. Not my usual Google Fiber experience. It is now 11:07 and everything works except the android app, once again can "see" the points but has a "cannot connect" icon when I click the "settings" button. The iOS version can adjust settings. I did not do anything between 02:30 and now. I'm back to where I was three days ago. It all works (except the Android app) and I'm not going to touch it.
Is there a GUI that I can use to bypass the app?
When it works, it works well. When it doesn't work, it is a real time consuming pain.
PS - I have a Pi-Hole setup. Does that make a difference? I'm guessing no as the whole thing will work fine for two months and then suddenly go which is the same pattern as before I got the Pi-Hole.
PPS - Why the cartoon characters in the app? They take up space that could be used for buttons. If I want to look at comics and cartoons, I'll pick up a comic book or stream something. Please, Google, take the cartoons away or, at least make them optional. Frankly, your Android app that you had in Aug/Sept 2023 worked flawlessly for me. Each upgrade has increased the number of clicks as well as becoming cumbersome This current one even looks bloated. Is there a link where I can get the old one back?
