I am trying to upgrade my old Calix 844E Gigacenter router to the Wyze mesh-router-pro. I am able to get the first pro set up so it accesses the internet. And my laptop can access the pro.
I have a pi hole and Open Media Vault NAS set up to connect via Ethernet cable (not WiFi) through a Netgear 300 series switch. Both are raspberry pi and pretty sure are set internally to static IP address 192.168.1.155 and 192.168.1.28. I can’t see them, all I see is the Ethernet switch.
Plus there are other pi’s that I probably have setup to have a static 192.168.1.xxx addresses. Also don’t see them.
I read where if there is a 192.168.1.xxx and 192.168.50.xxx network - I need to set the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0 (or 255.255.192.0 /18 ) to see either - If so how do I go about doing this?
Open the Wyze app, scroll to the main pro that you name (whatever you named it). Select it with “one touch”, then look down the screen for the IP Address by default is 192.168.50.1 and select it too, with one more touch. There under the 50.1 address, you will see the Subnet currently set for 255.255.255.0 for a Class C spare (192.168.x.x) You can change it to the 255.255.192.0 that you desire.
But you can also take this opportunity to change the Wyze sub net to 192.168.1.1 - save and reboot, so your Pi’s work. Of course, you want to make sure if you are simply connecting these Wyze Pro under and existing router, that that other/existing router is NOT using 192.168.1.1 already. Another other 192.168.x.1 where x is any number between 2 and 250-ish will do.
Thank you! I got to where I could see the IP Address (192.168.50.1) and Subnet (255.255.255.0) however this was under INFO and I don’t see how to change the IP Address. Pressing (on the app in the phone) screen does nothing. Is there another way I should be doing the change? Best way for me is to change the IP Address. That way everything is a one to one replacement.
OK found out what I had to do but for some reason (probably what I put in the addresses were wrong) had to try a bunch of times. What worked was to go to settings → Advanced Settings → IP Address → LAN IP , select Manual DHCP IP starting IP 192.168.1.1 ending 192.168.1.254 (NOTE 254 not 255) Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 and then add my mpi hole as a Manual DNS 1 IP.
2 Likes
Good work. Sorry, I could not get back to you before you found it yourself.
Yes, the usable range is 1-254.
1 Like
Thank you for helping, much appreciated.
I was also able to get the second mesh router Pro box setup. It was flashing orange so had to try about 3 or 4 times pressing the reset for 15 seconds before it finally started flashing green. Then I chose to try and add the white regular router and it wouldn’t do that. Finally saw there was a choice for the pro hidden just below the bottom of my screen on the phone. Made sure I allowed location data to be used. Chose that, seemed to take forever to blue tooth pair (I have little patience) and then the software update. Was doing this in the same room as the “root” router. Unplugged it and took it upstairs, plugged it in and everything is working.
Have been putting in names on the devices that make sense. Had a couple that I was scratching my head on but was able to figure them out. And making a bunch of them (usually the Raspberry Pis) static IP addresses.
I am happy that it went as well as it did and for the help from Sam_Bam. Once I figured out how to set the IP address range to be the same as old Calix everything fell into place.
I am pleased to have been a little help. Very good idea to change those processor names to a more meaningful name to help you ID what is what. I do that too. I add them to a spread sheet to keep track in case I have to hunt something down for a reset or slap it around.
You might find a free utility called Fing, useful. We all can use a little more help. Its useful for ID-ing MAC and IP addresses. Though it won’t read those inputted meaningful names in from your Wyze routers database, it can be handy. If you use it, run it, (refresh) it a couple of times to collect everything. I use these type things to keep count of all IoT devices to get an accurate count, which is important to know if you have exceeded the node limit per mesh node. (hint, hint.)
Thought I would mention something I just ran into and how I was able to get it working. I had to print something and this was the first time I had the Brother printer on. Gave me a cups error. Redid the wireless on the Brother printer. Same problem so shut off the printer, pulled the plug on the printer for a minute or two and then rebooted the PC. Magically worked, after a while. That is what worked for me.