# Aggravating experience, reconnection.
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109 "2022-01-12T22:44:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109/1 "2022-01-12T22:44:15Z")
so I just had an aggravating experience, being required to reconnect my APC.
Why?
I first tried using the app on my iPhone SE 2nd gen many times seeing “try again, something went wrong.”
Then I got a glass of wine and sat down at my iPad Pro 12.9” - all running iOS 15.2. With the iPad it reconnected on the first try. Wheew!
During the unsuccessful attempts I saw a screen not mentioned in the How To; a request to JOIN network ANOVA XXXX (the four digits displayed with a 5 second press of TARGET Temperature).
During the unsuccessful attempts I also noted the presence of a connected WiFi network SSID named ANOVA XXXX.
I live at the last mile. I live at the last mile on a 1.5 Mbps DSL connection as provisioned. If a neighbor - not many! - is DLing a movie then speed goes down and ping goes up.
I may post more when my mind is clearer, not so distracted by aggravation.
I do love my APC but hate the typical internet chicken dance like “reboot your modem.”
Is it possible to use the APC when my internet network is down?
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### Author:  [@anovaculinary](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/anovaculinary)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109/2 "2022-01-13T17:40:48Z")
Hey Douglas, so sorry for the inconvenience. Yes, the APC will work with no connection, it is fully functional with the on-display devices.
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109/3 "2022-01-13T19:36:23Z")
Thank you. Yes, set desired temperature, set time, press RUN PAUSE to start. Press again to stop.
Is that written anywhere?
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### Author:  [@anovaculinary](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/anovaculinary)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109/4 "2022-01-13T20:23:02Z")
It is. It is outlined in the Quick Start Guide on Page 5 [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rrYLXkSnMZ545SqgVKuol4ohChBaIVwg/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rrYLXkSnMZ545SqgVKuol4ohChBaIVwg/view)
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### Author:  [@Douglas](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Douglas)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/aggravating-experience-reconnection/30109/5 "2022-01-13T20:56:25Z")
Thank you!
I was so distracted by the ‘shiny toy’ of the app that I either forgot about the Quick Start Quide or never looked at it.