Henry Gage, Jr.
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How to connect a RTH6500WF to my home network
Honeywell offers a Wi-Fi Programmable Thermostat model RTH6500WF which is accessable via a network. However they dedided to set the address of the device to 192.168.1.1. As most networking familiar folks know, this is often the gateway address for home networks.
This means I had to change my gateway and reset all of my device to point to the new gateway address. With that out of the way the silly thing still does not appear when I enter its default address. It may have to do with timing where I need to make sure it is flashing Wifi setup. However I have tried 7 time to connect an only my iphone can connect to that network but is then disconnected after about 5 mins. I have never connected from my laptop. Maybe it has to do with the encryption settings so I might play with that.
This means I had to change my gateway and reset all of my device to point to the new gateway address. With that out of the way the silly thing still does not appear when I enter its default address. It may have to do with timing where I need to make sure it is flashing Wifi setup. However I have tried 7 time to connect an only my iphone can connect to that network but is then disconnected after about 5 mins. I have never connected from my laptop. Maybe it has to do with the encryption settings so I might play with that.
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I tried what was suggested already and that didn't fix it. I called Honeywell and they eventually hung up on me. After resorting to a hacking approach of guessing an alternative approach, then I was able to connect.
You were supposed to connect to the wifi network in your home called "NewThermostat_123456" (page 27).
Once connected to that wireless network (it is broadcasted by the thermostat), you go through a web interface to connect the thermostat to your home's existing wireless network. It mentioned that the IP was 192.168.1.1, in the event that your wireless device did not automatically redirect to the themostat's webpage located at that same IP address.