Yes, I had to activate a 2.4 GHz guest connection to get my car to see the WiFi.

 

Make sure WPA is disabled, or - as Belac suggests - set up a guest network.

Worth pointing out that the guest network thing usually works because guest networks rarely if ever have WPA enabled though, and not for any other reason. So if you can, you might as well just disable WPA.

And yes, it's 2.4GHz only. In 2021.... Gotta use up that stock of old Volvo TCAM units somewhere...

 

Mine works with WPA enabled (so still password protected) but Polestar 2 doesn't seem to support WPA2 :-(

 

I have 3 TP-link deco x60 in a mesh network and could not connect my car via Wi-Fi. After activating a guest connection (2,4 and 5 GHz) there has been no connection problem. Same problem with my robot mower was also fixed

 

I’m seeing the same thing on the Deco x75Pro I just installed. I solved the same way.

 

Thanks, I'll look into options. My router has both frequencies

 

However don't try too hard because there's basically nothing you can do with it. It doesn't do updates over it. IT doesn't download Spotify over it and it disconnects from it a few minutes after locking.

 

Thanks, I won't work too hard then. I enabled a guest network and I'll see if it shows up.

 

Mine just connects to it so I get another icon on the tablet. Doesn't do anything.

 

If it's like Volvo, then the WiFi connection exists currently only as a way to tether to a phone for internet service.

Also, if it shares hardware with Volvos, then it should be able to connect through 2.4 or 5ghz.

 

Thanks. I searched the online manual and didn't find much about this. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the point of having a wifi network in the vehicle.

 

There are two options, and I guess I'm not clear which you're interested in.

1. The car logs onto your home WiFi network (or tethers to your cellphone via WiFi).
2. The car acts as a WiFi hotspot.

In the case of #1, it's as I mentioned above, to allow for your car to use another network in place of its built-in cell/data connection. On Volvos people have used it for Sensus map updates, etc., because that's faster than the cellular data connection. I haven't been able to play around with it in a Polestar, but I assume maybe you could do the same for downloading offline Google Maps more quickly than doing the same via the cellular data connection.

In the case of #2, I think that's obvious, but unless you're really trying to save on your phone's data plan, or your phone has lost cell connection (and the car still has it), or you have devices that don't have a cell connection, then I don't see the value in having this turned on.

 

I’m not really sure it’s worth stressing over. It seems to use its 3G cellular connection for nearly everything. Maybe downloading of offline maps does not but even this in my car seems to use 3G even though it does connect to my home Wi-Fi.

 

It's a moot point anyway because #2 is not available at this time anyway.

 

I was hoping the car would be always connected, just like my other smart home devices.

No idea if I'd ever use it, but I like the idea of being able to ask my assistant 'hey google, let me know when my car hits 70% state of charge', or 'hey google, did I lock my car?'

 

I'm sure that's coming soon as that data is already flowing out of the car through its LTE connection. The reverse already works in that I can ask Google to turn on/off my home automation devices while I'm in the car on LTE.

 

Really? I'm not aware of any such functionality and many people have tried.

 

I can verify also my loaner is on the 2.4ghz when both 2.4/5 are available. It has downloaded 1.6gb of data though - probably YTMusic I just set up to cache music. Is it confirmed it can't pull OTA over the Wi-Fi? I live in an area with terrible cellular coverage (we used to actually have an AT&T MicroCell to alleviate the issue, until our phones were capable of wi-fi calling), so I'm concerned I won't get the OTA updates in a reliable/timely manner...

 

hi. How do you set up YouTube to cache the music? I used it yesterday and it spent 50% of the trip buffering

 

In my opinion, tether your phone and forget about using the useless on-board connectivity. I've had my car since October and can honestly say I can only recall two days in that whole time where my connectivity was fit for purpose.

I've given up trying to get it fixed (along with six different rattles)... Hey ho, only 26 months left on the lease.

 

i can confirm you have to have guest network on deco for it to see it. just turning off wpa does not work

 

+1

Also using Deco, and also can only see a guest network.

 

I meant WPS - it’s WPS that prevents connections. The push button / PIN pairing.

Was a typo.

Mine connects fine to my WPA2 network.

 

WPA3 definitely does not work, but WPA3 also does not work on huge swathes of other devices too.

So very few people in a residential setting would have -only- WPA3 available. Would be a right pain in the butt.

Sure, you can use WPA3 in transition mode... which then allows WPA2 connections, but that's pointless because you have to enable 802.11w and any device that doesn't support WPA3 likely doesn't support 802.11w either! Not actually sure why it exists...