Question about default Gateway password

[furuike]

I have a Powerwall+ with a Backup Gateway 2. I've set up things like the Powerwall Dashboard to do local data logging and the like. Now I want to start using the tedapi, so I'm setting up another computer to connect to the TEG.

So far I've not changed the default TEG password. It's the last 5 characters of the ID printed on the inside of the Gateway. Now I'm trying to connect to this device from another computer. nmcli lists the connection as WPA2. But WPA2 requires an 8 character minimum password length. So how is the pypowerwall / Powerwall Dashboard or even NetZero able to login to the TEG directly? How is the default 5 character password usable? Is there something I am missing?

 

[yblaser]

I have a Powerwall+ with a Backup Gateway 2. I've set up things like the Powerwall Dashboard to do local data logging and the like. Now I want to start using the tedapi, so I'm setting up another computer to connect to the TEG.

So far I've not changed the default TEG password. It's the last 5 characters of the ID printed on the inside of the Gateway. Now I'm trying to connect to this device from another computer. nmcli lists the connection as WPA2. But WPA2 requires an 8 character minimum password length. So how is the pypowerwall / Powerwall Dashboard or even NetZero able to login to the TEG directly? How is the default 5 character password usable? Is there something I am missing?

Those programs are connecting to the gateway through the local network.

 

[offandonagain]

The TEG wifi and tedapi API endpoints are using the full password from the gateway label, not the last 5 letters.

Note that Powerwall-Dashboard is also adding support for using tedapi without connecting to the TEG wifi (using a network routing trick instead):

https://github.com/jasonacox/Powerwall-Dashboard/discussions/392#discussioncomment-9715872