Has anyone been successful connecting an Anova Percision Cooker to WiFi using an Apple AirPort Extreme? I’ve spent hours try to get these two devices to connect unsuccessfully. Tech support from Anova wasn’t able to help either. I thought that since they are selling the cooker in Apple Stores, someone must have tried to connect these devices. Any help would pe appreciated.
Most 3rd party stuff has issues with Apple long names.. with illegal characters.
Change the wireless name in your Mac.. use max 16 characters .. bonus points for less than 10..
No spaces and pure alphanumerics.
Passwords also mixed case and numbers only.. but however many characters you need.. 8-20 enough for most people.
As Tesserax commented test first without password.. if that works.. then put the password back.. (slightly alter the name as well can make this easier).. and rediscover the wireless and put in the password or use WPS.
In the airport WPS is available via the airport utility only and it states Printer.. but in reality any WPS client can be added. The airport must be highlighted for this to show up.. otherwise it will be greyed out. Just click on the icon of the airport.
Some devices can be very picky about things like the name of the wireless network. Printers, DVRs, etc come immediately to mind.
Make sure that the name of your wireless network meets the following guidelines:
1) Keep the network name short.....12-16 characters at most. Less would be better
2) Make sure that there are no special characters (like an apostrophe, asterisk, dollar sign, etc in the name of the wireless network
3) Make sure that there are no blank spaces in the wireless network name
So, for example there is very little chance that the cooker would ever connect to a network with a name like.....
GLaker33's Red Apple Wireless Network.
Use a wireless network name like GLakerWireless
Tesserax also has very good advice to temporarily disable the wireless security on the network if you are still having problems. After all, if the cooker cannot connect to a network with no wireless security, it will never connect when security is enabled.
Thanks Bob and everyone. I’ve tried all these suggestions. I have a simple password, even tried it with an unsecured wireless network, nothing. The directions call for a 2.4 ghz connection, not a 5 ghz. I set up a guest network and gave the 5 ghz a different name. Failure. I even went to my Apple Store (didn’t buy the cooker there, they don’t stock it yet). They had nothing to offer. I just think that when the Apple Store starts stocking this device and users try to connect the WiFi using an AE, someone might discover the key to make it work. Thanks again.
I set up a guest network and gave the 5 ghz a different name.
The guest network is a dual band 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signal. It is not possible to assign a different name to the 5 GHz signal on the guest network.
Maybe you meant to say that you used the option to set up a 5 GHz network on the "main" or "private" network?
What happens if you simply turn off the 5 GHz band on the "main" network as a test......so the "main" network is running 2.4 GHz only?
Thanks again Bob. I tried turning off the 5ghz band, no luck. You can see that the device tries to connect. The WiFi symbol on the cooker starts blinking, goes steady for 30 seconds, then goes off and I get a failure message on the app. It’s a great cooker and works well with Bluetooth.
Thanks Jimmy but I’ve tried all those steps, even contacted their support.
If you temporarily disable wireless security on your AirPort Extreme, can the cooker connect now?
The cooker requires me to enter a password during the WiFi connection process.
Sorry, we've given it our best shot, but have failed. Someone else is going to have to help
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