Yesterday was a lost day. I haven’t been happy with my WiFi router so I got a new one and yesterday was the day that I was going to spend an hour or so installing it and updating my network. Installing the router and updating computers, phones, and tablets] wasn’t too much trouble although the router app was less than clear on a couple of issues. All that did indeed take less than an hour.
Then came the hard part. The Irreal bunker runs on Apple Home Kit and has several smart light switches, a TV, and a security camera all running on the network. I was hoping that once I updated the hub (aka the Apple TV) everything else would fall into place. Yeah right. Nothing worked and it took me all day to figure out what to do.
In the end, I had to delete each device and readd it. But that means I had to figure out how to get the device to go through pairing procedure again. It was, to say the least, not easy. The smart switches were particularly opaque but I finally figure out the spell.
That left the camera. You’re supposed to be able to stick a paper clip in the reset hole and do a network reset that allows it connect to the new network. As if. After some more research, I discovered that you could do a complete reset by holding the paper clip in for more than 10 seconds. After I did that, the camera connected to the new network and all is well.
I’m sure there’s an easier way to do these things but I couldn’t discover them. It should be a bit easier because, after all, changing your router isn’t all that unusual. Maybe it is, but I couldn’t find the spell. In any event, the Irreal bunker is back on line and assiduously pursuing our goal of world domination.