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Not able to connect Tesla's Wifi to home network?

MindBender

Bite my shiny metal ass
Jul 25, 2013
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30
Tilburg, The Netherlands
I just picked up a model X.
I was not able to connect to wifi, where all my other devices work fine.
In case you have any strange characters in you WiFi password; Did you try changing you password to something with just letters and numbers?

I ended up not connecting my car to my network. I fail to see the benefit, aside from giving it a good port scan. And I'm not going to make my password less secure for that.
 

vrykolas

Member
Mar 19, 2016
137
111
The Colony, TX
In case you have any strange characters in you WiFi password; Did you try changing you password to something with just letters and numbers?

I ended up not connecting my car to my network. I fail to see the benefit, aside from giving it a good port scan. And I'm not going to make my password less secure for that.

Thanks. I have basic alphanumeric password. And now have the car on the guest wifi Network
 

bmah

Moderator, Model S/X, California Forums
Mar 17, 2015
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6,795
Lafayette, CA, USA
In case you have any strange characters in you WiFi password; Did you try changing you password to something with just letters and numbers?

I ended up not connecting my car to my network. I fail to see the benefit, aside from giving it a good port scan. And I'm not going to make my password less secure for that.

I can tell you for certain that hyphens in WPA2/PSK passwords work. So I'd guess that there are other non alpha numeric characters that can satisfy common requirements for strong passwords. (Whether you want to experiment with finding them is another story.) Don't want to get into a debate about what constitutes a strong password. :p

Bruce.
 
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Dan43

Member
Apr 27, 2013
490
73
Vancouver, BC
Just picking this up, my Model S won't connect to the work University WiFi, shame as it is blindingly fast, all home networks/WiFi is fine, but the system at work absolutely no joy. Password contains - in though like ...... one-two-foxtrot1234 Bah still trying to figure this one out :)
 

twizforpros

Member
Aug 17, 2016
6
1
Keller, texas
Adjusting my router to "Legacy" (which includes support for "B") and moving to a less crowded channel (4, in my case) did the trick. I suppose I should have changed only a single variable at a time, but my money's on the "B"
 
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