connecting Atomi outdoor lights

It really helps to know the specific model number of Netgear WiFi router. and a link to the specific Atomi outdoor lights.

 

The Atomi instructions on connecting to WiFi are not encouraging.  It appears that this may be one of those smartphone apps that is defective.  i.e. if the smartphone is connected to 5G WiFi, then the smartphone app simply refuses to function.

 

https://atomismart.com/pages/support-connection-troubleshooting

 

Notice the comment that once the lights have learned the WiFi credentials, the smartphone app can be connected to any frequency.  Thus, one strategy is to temporarily set the old system to broadcast only 2.4G using the WiFi credentials for the new system (SSID/password), temporarily turn the new system off, perform the setup, then turn the new system on and the old system off.

 

Notice that they require you to "give up" the benefits of WiFi6 (802.11ax) on the 2.4G channel.

 

Not a great purchase.

Are the Atomi lights new or the router new? 

What router do you have? 

If you upgraded router, you should have been able to just program the old routers ssid/password into the new one and devices should auto-switch to the new one. I've been doing that for years. 

 

If the "Old Orbi" was WiFi5 and the new "mesh" is WiFi6 (or WiFi7), there is that comment in the Troubleshooting Guide about turning off 802.11axx features on the 2.4G channel

Thanks to plemans​ for mentioning how to replace one WiFi router with another.  I have kept the same WiFi credentials (SSID/password) for over 20 years.  Everything "just connects".  And, if I decide to "go back", simply plug in the old system and everything connects automatically to it.