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Tuesday, March 14th, 2023 11:59 PM

Wifi not reconnecting...

I am not sure but ever since the new update my system did, the wifi network never recconects to it anymre, and when I do, it disconnects from the network within a few hours, has anyone had this issue?

things I have done:

Rebooted wifi router countless of times

System is about 4-6 feet from main router and about 3 feet from wifi system extender

Not to many things are connected to the wifi system

All of this weird connectivity issues began after the update, never had an issue before then.

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6 months ago

So incredibly aggravating.  Worked for 5 years and now it will not connect to wifi after update.  The base is sitting right next to the wireless router.  Makes no sense.  I have 31 devices setup and don't want to reset and loose all those connections.  

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@madgoose2k​ thanks for reporting.

What we call a "reset" of the Base Station shouldn't affect your settings and paired sensors. It's just a reboot, just like with a computer - all that info should still be saved in the Base Station's memory.

We would definitely suggest a reset for this situation. But if that doesn't work, let us know!

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9 months ago

Hi @vargasroquecorrea, 

I recommend resetting your Base Station to see if that helps keep your Wi-Fi from disconnecting. To do so:

  1. Unplug the power cord from the Base Station
  2. Use a Phillips Head screwdriver to remove the screw below the plug
  3. Remove the bottom cover and remove one battery from the Base Station
  4. Wait 30 seconds
  5. Reassemble the Base Station by inserting the battery, cover, and power cord

Please let me know if that helps for you or not!

@emily_s​ this actually worked!!!

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Running into the sane problem. Gonna try it out

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I am having the same issue and resetting the base station has not helped!

I started having this issue recently .. It was working fine 3 days ago!

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@rahulnc​ the error I get is "something went wrong with our servers. Please try again"

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27 days ago

@rahulnc​ the error I get is "something went wrong with our servers. Please try again"

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@rahulnc​ When do you see this error message on the SimpliSafe mobile app? Is it when you try to reconnect your Base Station to Wi-Fi while using the app, or whenever you try to access it at all?

I would also recommend checking your Keypad to see if it shows your Wi-Fi network is connected. You can do this by navigating to Menu > System Settings > WiFi. If it doesn't show your network, you can re-connect it there.

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19 days ago

Same issue… all of a sudden our base station stopped working, and it cannot find our internet. Now our cameras and the entire system is offline. I have done every possible reboot per your customer service. I have called our internet provider. All other devices in our home are connected to the internet like normal.

I have jumped through hoops for SimpliSafe. I have wasted hours on the phone and in a chat. It’s clearly an issue with the equipment. I keep asking to swap the base station, but the customer service has been horrendous. I’m so disappointed.

@kabyrne4​ their system "updates" are horrible and many times these hardware "updates" disconnect all the sensors from the base or meas woth the wifi reconnectivity and all they say is you got to disconnect them all and reconnect them back to the base station, like we have the time to do this, every time they push an update to the base station. I'm sorry they canr help with this issue. Did you remove the batteries from the bottom of the base station and put them back in after 30 seconds? That's how I fixed my issue. 

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@kabyrne4​ I'm very sorry to hear about your experience. I know you have already tried resetting your Base Station, but have you tried reconnecting it to Wi-Fi using the SimpliSafe mobile app? If you haven't already, you can do this by navigating to Menu > My System > General Settings > WiFi Network. From there, you can try to reconnect your Base Station. 

We also recommend setting up a guest network locked at 2.4GHz and connect only your SimpliSafe devices to it to. 

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I am also having issues connecting to my wifi. After the last update, everything broke.

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17 days ago

I just removed the batteries from my base station and that didn't help at all. Totally busted base station.

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17 days ago

Why hasn't there been any productive responses from the Simplisafe team or the developers? This is a critical issue. Ever since firmware 2.14.2, the base station doesn't even show any wifi networks around, and I'm in an apartment. Definitely not how my router works because that hasn't changed since I got my base station years ago. We need answers and more responsive developers, or else you're going to lose customers

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@helios2k6​ this thread is a little confusing because there could be several completely different issues going on.

For your case: We haven't heard of a widespread issue with WiFi stemming from update 2.14, but we'll investigate. In the meantime, have you already tried starting over - by setting up a secondary WiFi network locked to 2.4GHz with WPA2 security?

If your Base Station is straight up not able to find Wifi at all, something might have broken in the WiFi module. Perhaps the next step is for our Support team to send you a replacement!

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16 days ago

Yeah...so for the past 3 or 4 months, whenever my base would lose Wi-fi, I would always get that error message that something was wrong on the SimpliSafe servers when I'd try to reconnect through the app. Every now and then I'd get a very random alert that the base had regained Wi-fi connection on its own. I'd always know when Wi-fi wasn't connected because the voice alert from the base always cuts off mid-phrase when it's not on Wi-fi. Was trying to add my system back to Wi-fi this morning, got frustrated and stumbled upon this thread. Followed the suggestion above to reconnect my system back to Wi-fi from the keypad instead of the app and it connected in a matter of seconds. Will try that method from now on when needed because adding back to Wi-fi through the app just doesn't work for me anymore.

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