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JayDM90
Jan 01, 2021Aspirant
Smart Scales Compatability
Good Morning, Once upon a time, I had a set of Fitbit Aria scales which helped a lot in motivating me to lose weight. When I switched to a Netgear Orbi setup I discovered they no longer worked an...
CrimpOn
Jan 01, 2021Guru - Experienced User
JayDM90 wrote:the scales would connect to wifi but when it came down to doing anything they couldn't get to the outside world.
Is this correct? The scales actually connect (and show up on the Orbi Attached Devices display with an IP address)?
- JayDM90Jan 01, 2021Aspirant
After a factory reset, during configuration it errored every single time when connecting to WIFI. I then followed a post saying to disable broadcasting the SSID for both 2.4/5, and clear the wifi off your phone. Doing that and manually typing the SSID and password successfully connected to the wifi, however I didn't check that in devices that it was there and had been assigned an ip and in hindsight should of... and will a little later.