Sky Max Pod

[GazD]

I have connected my Max Pod to the Hub, but only my Apple Watch will connect to the Pod, everything else is on the Hub!

I have checked with a WiFi scanner placed near to my HomePod Mini's and the Max Pod reads RSSI -58dBm, whilst the Hub reads RSSI -78dBm.

Tried restarting the Hompods and my iPhone, turned WiFi off on iPhone etc, but they still connect to the Hub and report a Poor signal!

Any suggestions?

[TimmyBGood]

@GazD 

In theory the server-side optimisation built into the Plume mesh will now be taking place, but that may take some time.

[GazD]

Thanks, I'll give it a couple of days.

Also noticed that 2.4 ghz signal is much better to my HomePod Minis, is there any way to force them to use 2.4 instead of 5 ghz? Was wondering if I could use Mac Filtering to deny them access to 5 ghz!

[GazD]

Sorry another question, if I turn off 2.4 on router will the Pod still connect to it over 5 ghz?

[Chrisee]

@GazD it is not recommended to turn off various bands it is better to let the systems AI sort itself out. WiFi 6 uses both bands simultaenously. The pods connect to the hub using a third signal as the system is tri-band.

[GazD · Accepted solution]

Last night still nothing had connected to the pod, so I tried changing the security back to WPA3-T (I set it up originally as WPA3), re-connected everything and within 30 minutes everything was connecting to pod/hub as I expected. 

Is this a red herring? Or does it need to be WPA3? All my devices new and work on WPA3. 

[TimmyBGood]

@GazD 

I'd think it's quite possible that's a factor: I believe Max pods are specified to WiFi 5 rather than the WiFi 6 of the Max Hub, so WPA3 support could be an issue.  

[zaraoscar]

How do I change back to WAP3-T for max pod only my iphone is connecting to the pod?