just thought i'd post here to share my hackup solution -- probably gonna get flamed here for this but here it is.
ive had "connection" issues with my app <--> omnilogic. basically hayward wlan bridge status seems OK except the "ext antenna" status keeps going "disconnected" <> "connected". When its disconnected obviously hayward app doesnt work. Sometimes i'd luck out and it works for days and sometimes weeks. But it just goes disconnected at the most inopportune time (like on vacation). I thought maybe its my wifi/router issue -- tried IP reservation, no dhcp, to ensure no IP conflicts .. I tried rebooting home network entirely. I even tried using a totally different BRAND of home router with 2/5/6ghz wifi just to rule out some kind of issue with my home network.... Worse yet, i even tried buying a brand new hayward wlan bridge. I wiggled cables.. made sure antenna is screwed in right... i upgraded firmware on omnilogic. I reseated the pppoe connection to the power pins on omnilogic. I changed network eth cables inside the omnilogic panel. I've tried everything all these forums suggested i think.... As for 2ghz wifi, my sonos speaker , audio cast, and securitycam wyze which all run under 2ghz seems to have no trouble out in the pool shed so i was not sure why Hayward has so much trouble!!!!
I wasnt in the mood to dig a long trench and go fixed wired eth into my pool shed so i did something a bit more hacky. i ended up ripping out the Hayward wlan, removing pppoe adapter inside panel. changed the omnilogic to "wired" mode (config wizard). Then directly plugged the eth on omnilogic panel , to a cheap "hot spot" router's lanport. The hotspot router was connected to my main 5ghz wlan which is really strong signal in my yard. So omnilogic thinks its wired but its only wired to the hotspot local lan ---> which in-turn serves internet via wifi.
Anyway so far, so good (?knockwood?) -- a couple weeks of rock solid omnilogic app connectivity on my phone and webbrowser. hope this helps anyone with similar problems.
for the record i bought this little thing on amazon
ive had "connection" issues with my app <--> omnilogic. basically hayward wlan bridge status seems OK except the "ext antenna" status keeps going "disconnected" <> "connected". When its disconnected obviously hayward app doesnt work. Sometimes i'd luck out and it works for days and sometimes weeks. But it just goes disconnected at the most inopportune time (like on vacation). I thought maybe its my wifi/router issue -- tried IP reservation, no dhcp, to ensure no IP conflicts .. I tried rebooting home network entirely. I even tried using a totally different BRAND of home router with 2/5/6ghz wifi just to rule out some kind of issue with my home network.... Worse yet, i even tried buying a brand new hayward wlan bridge. I wiggled cables.. made sure antenna is screwed in right... i upgraded firmware on omnilogic. I reseated the pppoe connection to the power pins on omnilogic. I changed network eth cables inside the omnilogic panel. I've tried everything all these forums suggested i think.... As for 2ghz wifi, my sonos speaker , audio cast, and securitycam wyze which all run under 2ghz seems to have no trouble out in the pool shed so i was not sure why Hayward has so much trouble!!!!
I wasnt in the mood to dig a long trench and go fixed wired eth into my pool shed so i did something a bit more hacky. i ended up ripping out the Hayward wlan, removing pppoe adapter inside panel. changed the omnilogic to "wired" mode (config wizard). Then directly plugged the eth on omnilogic panel , to a cheap "hot spot" router's lanport. The hotspot router was connected to my main 5ghz wlan which is really strong signal in my yard. So omnilogic thinks its wired but its only wired to the hotspot local lan ---> which in-turn serves internet via wifi.
Anyway so far, so good (?knockwood?) -- a couple weeks of rock solid omnilogic app connectivity on my phone and webbrowser. hope this helps anyone with similar problems.
for the record i bought this little thing on amazon