IIRC, Tesla doesn't support certain special characters in the password. I believe the radio is prob only 2.4Ghz also.. Consider changing your password to be less complex using just alpha and numeric... and maybe no spaces. Def stay away from special chars as I think these are the real problem. Just my $.02, YMMV
I agree. WiFi seems to have no bearing at all. The only part about it that will get you the update 'faster' is the faster SPEED of downloads. The push (by VIN) to individual cars is random within batches of VINs Tesla decides to target based on a variety of factors... car config, location, etc.
yea, I agree with that. To me, the bottleneck is not necessarily at the server level; it's in the car. The only thing I would clarify is that the car doesn't tell the server to slow down. Downloads work by requesting data as it is needed. There is a difference '-)
No, it doesn't really make a difference. So go get in that thing and test it out
okay maybe it's just overall pwd length then... I have a very long password at home and mine would only connect when i made it something simple and i assumed it was all the special chars... thanks for clearing it up and glad you have them paired now!View attachment 293427
Thank you.
I was able to connect to WIFI after a few tries, I think the password length was the issue even tho my X connected to the more complex one while my MS didn’t.
On a side note, seems I got something last night
My passwords (passphrases) are all lowercase alphanumeric ONLY and on the order of 40 characters. That's what I do to eliminate any issues with special characters for idiot programmers that can't store things properly. (People who know, know what I mean.)okay maybe it's just overall pwd length then... I have a very long password at home and mine would only connect when i made it something simple and i assumed it was all the special chars... thanks for clearing it up and glad you have them paired now!
Virtually unbreakable? To a layman perhaps.
The Clowns in Action and other agencies always have a way in as do any hackers worth their salt. Read Wikileaks, etc.... lots of white papers of all the goodies they have.
Yeah, WiFi security in general is always having new issues, but I was talking about the 'goodness' of a long passphrase. People always think uppercase/leetspeak/special characters do 'something' for them, when making it longer is a far better answer. 'special' characters were obsolete last century.Virtually unbreakable? To a layman perhaps.
WPA vulnerability — Krebs on Security
Thanks for verifying it's not password length though! I guess it is special chars like I originally thought... I just didn't bother to test and verify... I realized over time I didn't want the Tesla on my internal network anyhow... and I'm too lazy to get guest wifi out there to it ;-)
Highly recommend adding him to your automatic feed of what you get notified about!You really don’t want to tell everyone that lowercase only is fine. As soon as the word is out and everyone switches the brute force search space becomes smallerYeah, WiFi security in general is always having new issues, but I was talking about the 'goodness' of a long passphrase. People always think uppercase/leetspeak/special characters do 'something' for them, when making it longer is a far better answer. 'special' characters were obsolete last century.
And, I read everything Brian Krebs publishes, he's a great for educating people about security issues in general!
Yep, it's also good idea to put everything that doesn't need it on a guest network, even if it's just routed outside. Then at least that traffic isn't internal when it doesn't need to be, and many of us have a lot of traffic that doesn't need to be anywhere but on the Internet. The car isn't talking to my PC or my TV (at least not directly)!.
