I would like to set up my neighbor’s wifi as the back-up wifi for my hub. The idea is that I would use my wifi for normal daily use, and only use the backup wifi (my neighbor’s) if the connection was lost on my network. This seems like a strong solution to the security risk associated with a disco…

Sorry, only one wifi network credentials can be programmed in the Sense hub at a time.

I agree with @Omgitstony assessment. But I admire you idea of wanting back up WiFi. If you are serious, you have some work to do. Some newer routers such as ASUS XT’s have a feature for a fallback Internet connection. This allows your WiFi to stay up, by you providing a wired second connection t…

I’ll have to look into that option. My neighbor and I are in the perfect scenario. We happen to be on different grids, so during a storm it is fairly common to have power at one house and not the other. We also use different ISPs, so using each other’s service as back-up makes a lot of sense… My…

This kind of problem and these types of suggestions are what makes this forum worthwhile. We get to bring a dream or problem to the table and people spread their ideas across it like a big sheet. Then others with more info, help move the process along. Not every time, but often, the “presenter” se…

You could right now install some cameras using your neighbors wifi, if it’s in range and they let you. It would still be affected by a power outage at your house. But if just your Internet goes out, the cameras setup on their wifi would still be working. It would look like just another device in y…

And you could purchase a WiFi extender adding the Extender on his WiFi but you have permissions on the Extender not his WiFi. Then add your cameras to the Extender. Or ask him to create a Guest network on his Wifi and you could connect your cameras to it. Would he allow you, and you, him, to put ca…

this is also relevant to this one Hub sense failover to wifi when no internet signal

what would be a good router to provide this backup cellular connection when the cable Ethernet fails if Wyze does not want to implement this into a feature ? anyone used one?

Hmm, interesting question. I was using a ASUS ZenWiFi Pro AXE1000 for a while. This router (and I guess some of their others) has a fall over feature. When the primary ISP fails, it auto uses the Secondary. I have cable Internet, and when we lose power, we also lose cable Internet. (Where I liv…

Is there a way to set up a back-up wifi connection?

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Omgitstony December 18, 2023, 12:20am 4

To continue the recommendations, here is a Wishlist topic for consideration. It is labeled as maybe later, but all comments and cotes will help show support!

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Is there a way to set up a back-up wifi connection?

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