@Skunkpu Sorry, but your experiences aren’t necessarily the norm. Now, I’m using the iOS app (and I’m on the beta), but it’s been pretty easy to get these connected provided:
- you’re not doing mac filtering on your network
- you’re using 2.4GHz (you can have a 5GHz network, but your phone needs to be connected to the 2.4GHz network for setup)
- you’re not hiding your SSID (at least initially)
- you’re supporting 802.11 B/G/N (the PC doesn’t support AC)
Once the PC has the network info, it connects via your network to Anova’s cloud. Then your mobile device can use any data connection to get to Anova’s cloud and tunnel the connection back to the PC.
Any shortcomings I’ve encountered are with the app…and it’ll get better with more development.