I work in the medical field and at certain times I cannot or do not have anywhere to keep the phone on me, that's why I am looking forward to the watch!
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I work in the medical field and at certain times I cannot or do not have anywhere to keep the phone on me, that's why I am looking forward to the watch!
If I go too far away from the phone when I get near the phone again will it automatically start working with the phone again. I hope so or else it would be annoying.
From what I understand the watch & iPhone use bluetooth 4.0 with a theoretical max distance of 100m, but in reality with walls, other radio signals interfering, etc you're looking at maybe 20-30m (or about 60-90ft in old money).
However, if the watch is connected to the same wi-fi as your phone (say your home router), then you can leave the phone charging and you can go anywhere that your watch is still able to pick up the wifi signal and still get notifications from your watch.
So from what I understand, if you connected to the wifi of a large company that spanned 3 buildings, all on the same managed network, then you could leave your phone in building 1, go to building 3 (could be a few miles away) and as long as both the phone and watch are connected to the same network they can interact, despite being large distances apart.
However, if the watch is connected to the same wi-fi as your phone (say your home router), then you can leave the phone charging and you can go anywhere that your watch is still able to pick up the wifi signal and still get notifications from your watch.
So from what I understand, if you connected to the wifi of a large company that spanned 3 buildings, all on the same managed network, then you could leave your phone in building 1, go to building 3 (could be a few miles away) and as long as both the phone and watch are connected to the same network they can interact, despite being large distances apart.
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I have an Edimax Wifi extender so in my house I have 'Zoom' (the router) and 'Zoom643BB2' (the extender) I do find this a pain and would prefer just one large network covering the whole house.
If the iphone was on 'Zoom643BB' network & #watch on 'Zoom' network or vice versa should all be okay?
cheers
I have an Edimax Wifi extender so in my house I have 'Zoom' (the router) and 'Zoom643BB2' (the extender) I do find this a pain and would prefer just one large network covering the whole house.
If the iphone was on 'Zoom643BB' network & #watch on 'Zoom' network or vice versa should all be okay?
cheers
Network names don't mean anything with regards to devices communicating. Are they all on the same subnet & IP address range? If you can communicate between 2 standard windows laptops connected to the same workgroup over the extender/router, then should be fine.
thanks for your reply
the IPs of devices are the same when conected to either the router or wifi extender. 192.168.x.x using 'Fing' for iphone.
Its just that when I walk around the house if my iphone is airplaying to #TV and I join a different network the airplay stops I would prefer a 'clone' of the router and just one network.
I was hoping the # watch wont loose connection when moving around house as airplay does. (I understand #watch uses bluetooth and wifi to pair)
Cheers
the IPs of devices are the same when conected to either the router or wifi extender. 192.168.x.x using 'Fing' for iphone.
Its just that when I walk around the house if my iphone is airplaying to #TV and I join a different network the airplay stops I would prefer a 'clone' of the router and just one network.
I was hoping the # watch wont loose connection when moving around house as airplay does. (I understand #watch uses bluetooth and wifi to pair)
Cheers
192.168.x.x is not the same IP address range. If one is on 192.168.0.1 and the other is on 192.168.1.1 they wont talk to each other without the router having to do some work.
Should be on 192.168.0.x or similar. Only the last part of the IP address should be different. It can be done with having them on different ranges, but it's not as straight forward.
True, but 99% of peoples home kit are set with 255.255.255.0, so that's what I'm assuming here.
Aye, the click to accept wifi question had occurred to me for the same reason; I can't have my phone on me at all times and frequently have to leave my phone in areas with no cell reception (so pop the device in airplane mode to avoid draining the battery searching for signal) and so putting them on the same wifi network will be amazing, however the public network is a 'accept once, reconnect automatically' system, so presumably it automatically logs your MAC and recognises you, I'll be interested to see if the watch works with this system. I'm sure I'll cope if not though, I have up till this point
yes both networks (the router & extender) have same IPs- 192.168.2.x where x is different
should that be okay?
have you any experience that these extenders (details below) being better for seemless transition between networks ie walking around the house?
About this item (amazon UK)
Product Description
'TP Link's TL-WPA4220KIT extends your Internet connection to every room of the house through your homes existing electrical circuitry. The TL-WPA4220 features a WiFi Clone button enabling Super Range Extension, which means it can automatically copy the SSID and Password of your router. In this way, the TL-WPA4220 simplifies your WiFi configuration and allows for seamless roaming within your home network. After pressing the button, you can place the powerline adapter anywhere you want for wired or wireless access and enjoy seamless networking across your entire home or office.'
thanks again much appreciated
should that be okay?
have you any experience that these extenders (details below) being better for seemless transition between networks ie walking around the house?
About this item (amazon UK)
Product Description
'TP Link's TL-WPA4220KIT extends your Internet connection to every room of the house through your homes existing electrical circuitry. The TL-WPA4220 features a WiFi Clone button enabling Super Range Extension, which means it can automatically copy the SSID and Password of your router. In this way, the TL-WPA4220 simplifies your WiFi configuration and allows for seamless roaming within your home network. After pressing the button, you can place the powerline adapter anywhere you want for wired or wireless access and enjoy seamless networking across your entire home or office.'
thanks again much appreciated
Should work fine, but I don't have experience with them and getting more seamless transition to be honest. Something you might have to look into.