Pentair IntelliCenter Issues

[propstrike]

I had the same problem today 2/20/24 with the newest Intellicenter firmware. I turned off my 5ghz wifi as this thread suggested but that did not solve the problem. I played around with all the wifi options on my router and the change that fixed the problem was to enable AX and OFDMA options on my 2.4Ghz . I don't know what they do but after making the change my wifi appeared in the intellicenter and I had no problem connecting. I have a late model Netgear Nighthawk router. Before I made changes I used a wifi survey program and could see that my wifi was a stronger signal than all the ones showing up on the Intellicenter. It's definitely a compatibility conflict. I did not have to create a Guest network or disable security. Thanks for hosting this forum.

 

[ajw22]

Welcome to TFP.

Which Pentair wireless link are you using? The Engenius WiFI antenna or the 900Mhz Wireless link?

Pentair Automation Systems - Further Reading

www.troublefreepool.com

OFDMA is a feature of the 802.11ax WiFi6 protocol.

What is Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access?

Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is a feature of the IEEE Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard. For more information about the IEEE AX wireless standard, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ax. This feature allows data transmission signals to be split into smaller signals...

kb.netgear.com

The IntelliCenter Engenius WiFI antenna does not support 802.11ax so I don’t see how that made things work but I am glad you got it working.

Pentair networking does seem to have problems with WiFi with advanced features.