HomeAware can detect activity on your WiFi network and off it. Read below for tips and tricks to connect HomeAware with your unique home network configuration!
| Description | HomeAware recommendation |
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| 🔹 I have a home network with 1 WiFi router that has a 2.4GHz and 5GHz network to connect to. | |
| Use the same Network Name (SSID) and password for both bands. |
Additional info: When setting up your network, use the same information for both your 2.4GHz and 5GHz network options:
`Network Name = Casa de Internet Rapido
Password = 1234567890`
When you look for a network on your phone, both should appear, and once both are connected for the first time, your phone should automatically connect to whichever has the stronger signal.
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| Description | HomeAware recommendation |
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| 🔹 I have a home network with a modem and my mesh network components. | |
| Complete the normal sensor setup. |
Additional info: Most Mesh networks behave like a conventional single wireless router home network.
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| Description | HomeAware recommendation |
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| 🔹 I have a home with multiple wireless routers. These different routers either have networks with the same or different names. | Connect HomeAware sensor to your primary network. Even though you’ll only get on-network presence info from one wireless router, there won’t be any change to off-network and passive alerts. |
Additional info: Setting the same network name and password on multiple typical routers doesn't enable communication like in a mesh or nest network. Mobile devices will view them as distinct networks. Unlike a single router, multiband router, or mesh network, this setup treats each router as an isolated network. |
| Description | HomeAware recommendation |
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| 🔹 I have a home network with 1 WiFi router that has a guest network, and a secure home network to connect to. | Connect your HomeAware Sensor to the network that you want to collect on-network presence info from. We recommend connecting to your primary (and password-protected) home network. |
Additional info: In this recommendation, on-network presence info will only be collected from your main network, not the guest network. However, you’ll still continue to get off-network and passive alerts! |