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Frequently Asked Questions
uHoo requires an 802.11 b/g/n @ 2.4 Ghz WiFi. uHoo supports both open and encrypted (WPA and WPA2) wireless connections. WiFi networks configured within an enterprise or office network that requires certificates are not supported.
If your WiFi network is a captive portal, such as those used in malls, airports, and some offices, you would only be able to connect to them if they place your uHoo’s MAC address (written on the bottom of the device), into their unrestricted list of devices.
You also need to ensure that firewalls are not blocking outbound connections. This is rare in a home network. However, an enterprise network may place restrictions on certain ports and IP addresses. You would need to work with the company’s IT team to allow access to uHoo’s cloud.
Yes, you need a Wi-Fi connection. The uHoo monitor works with the uHoo cloud to allow you to monitor your home remotely.
You would need to reset the device in order to clear the WiFi network stored in its memory.
Just get a paper clip and power off your uHoo device. When you power it back on, please press the button on the back of the uHoo device using the paper clip for 4 to 5 seconds or until the light turns into a solid blue light. This process needs to be completed before the device connects to your existing WiFi network. If it connects before the process completed, you would need to repeat the process. Alternatively, you can reset the uHoo device in a location where the WiFi network that it is currently connected to is not available.
Once the device already has a solid blue light, please unplug the device and plug it back in. When you plug it back in and it is a solid blue light, you can start the setup process. If it is not a solid blue light, please repeat the reset process.
Resetting the uHoo device will not delete your data. It will just clear the WiFi network stored inside the uHoo device and bring it back to setup mode.
If you have firewall restrictions on your router, please remove restrictions on http and https to uHoo’s cloud and also open ports 80 and 8466.
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The Importance of Wireless De-sense Test
Allion Labs / Jim Wang
The rapid growth and the pervasive uses of wireless communication technologies (e.g. 5G, W-Fi, and Bluetooth) makes our lives easier, but also brings various wireless signal interference issues. One of the common RF interference issues is caused by De-sense, which we want to discuss today.
Read more →The Wi-Fi Ecosystem: what drives its growth and how do we make sure the Ecosystem works?
Allion Labs / Ryan Huang
What is the Wi-Fi ecosystem?
Simply put, users have different behaviors and habits in using various brands and types of devices under different scenarios, and this is why we have a diverse Wi-Fi ecosystem.
Read more →Bluetooth Lip Sync Delay and Allion’s Solutions
Allion Labs / Felix Kao
2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of Bluetooth technology. At first, Bluetooth was utilized by Ericsson as a transitory technology in the 2G dial-up era of Modems. Over the course of years, Bluetooth has eventually become an irreplaceable hegemony of Personal Area Network.
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A brief introduction to Bluetooth applications: BT Pointer and its interoperability issues
Allion Labs / Flash Liu
Bluetooth is a personal wireless communication technology commonly used in the connections of PCs, smartphones, and personal mobile devices for information transfer and exchange. The Bluetooth SIG introduced the newest Bluetooth 5.0 in 2016, boasting an effective transmission distance of 300 meters and speed of 2Mbps.
Ever since Bluetooth 4.0’s adoption of the Low Energy Technology, products that support Bluetooth have gradually increased. In recent years, the application of Bluetooth has expanded from general computer-related merchandise to medical and home care, vehicle-mounted devices, and IoT smart home appliances, etc.
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Operating your Wi-Fi network on the 5GHz band? Make sure you deploy DFS first!
Allion Labs/ Flash Liu
The under-capacity, over-crowdedness and poor efficiency of the 2.4GHz band have long been common knowledge. The number of channels on the 5GHz is greater than that one the 2.4GHz. However, a large portion of these channels is DFS channels. The advantage of the 5GHz is reduced by more than half if the DFS channels are not in use.
What exactly is DFS? Why is it so influential?
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Next-Generational Wi-Fi System: Wi-Fi Mesh AP- I
Allion Labs / Ryan Huang
Nowadays, the Wi-Fi network plays an indispensable role in our lives. Consumer electronics products frequently used by family members, including smartphones, tablets, and the application of IoT such as smart TVs and household appliances, all have to link to Wi-Fi network to enjoy online functions and cloud services. To ensure all household IoT devices can be connected to Wi-Fi network, full coverage Wi-Fi was born.
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Everything you need to know about Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of our lives. Before Wi-Fi was invented, wireless connections were conducted via infrared technologies. Users had to carry their devices with them and sit next to each other so that the data could be transferred wirelessly. With Wi-Fi, users can now transfer data wirelessly even if they are a few meters or even a hundred meters away from each other. This “wireless” experience has definitely brought convenience and fun to users worldwide.
The Evolution of Wi-Fi
The application of Wi-Fi was first established by the IEEE, which ratified the CSIRO invented Wi-Fi—802.11 as the industry’s standard Wi-Fi technology in 1999. Since then, all Wi-Fi technologies are based on the 802.11 standards, and the Wi-Fi Alliance has become the key player in promoting and solving issues related to Wi-Fi connection and interoperability. Thanks to the early established standardization, the Wi-Fi technology has advanced significantly in just 20 years and made a huge impact on our lives.
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Can Your Smart Assistants Work With Other Devices? A Test Analysis from Allion’s Interoperability Validation
As we mentioned in last article: Smart Enough? The Three Most Frequent Issues in Smart Assistant Applications, smart assistant can be vocally activated to provide entertainment support, help search information, and control other smart devices in houses, offices, or hotel rooms. Generally, a smart assistant, to complete these tasks, has to work with other devices, such as going online with wireless access points (AP) or synchronizing with smart phones via Bluetooth. However, we found several interoperability issues after paring up six smart assistants with 20 APs and 20 smart phones. In this article, we argue that, even for the products that have been certified by Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, interoperability issues can occur during the complex matches among the various products in the market. Read more →
Smart Enough? The Three Most Frequent Issues in Smart Assistant Applications
Voice recognition has become the prevalent technology for remote authentication. To fulfill people’s imaginations for “convenience,” tech giants such as Amazon, Google, and Apple started to develop their own voice recognition systems and have invented and brought “Smart Assistant” to the market.
Generally, a smart assistant can be vocally activated to provide entertainment support (e.g. music and radio), help search information (e.g. wiki, translation, and recipe), and control other smart devices in houses, offices, or hotel rooms. These clever helpers later become the focus for those manufacturers who attempt to step further in the IoT era. Read more →
Validate your Smart Device with Real World Factors: Allion’s Heat Map Analysis Program
According to research firm IHS Markit, the number of IoT devices will increase on average 12% each year from 27 billion in 2017 to 125 billion in 2030. As more devices go on the Net, the limited wireless channels have become more congested that brings plenty of connectivity issues to the real-world and further deteriorates user’s experiences.
Unlike one-to-one communication of traditional devices, communication of IoT devices has become one-to-many. The performance of IoT devices should involve in three factors: product capability, network connectivity and user environment/ behavior. Vendors thus need a new methodology to verify products before launching to the market. This article will discuss a new methodology of IoT device validation “Heat Map Analysis”, which is used to perceive real-world factors and further discover and resolve common wireless connectivity issues.
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We all face Wi-Fi issues at some point — either once in a while or on a daily basis. Heck, I have been there and it can be quite frustrating! In a world where everything is connected, this could lead to a ripple effect.
Not only do you have to keep your users happy, but you also need to make sure that medical devices, lighting, wearables, smart devices and even your refrigerators require Wi-Fi access. To ensure seamless and always-on connectivity, we need to make sure Wi-Fi can keep pace with changing network trends.
SonicWall ensures this by bringing you new features and enhancements across its Wi-Fi products. Our Wi-Fi portfolio now includes 802.11ac Wave 2 SonicWave access points and a cloud-based management dashboard.
SonicWall WiFi Cloud Manager (WCM) is a scalable, centralized Wi-Fi network management system, simplifying wireless access, control and troubleshooting capabilities across networks of any size or region. Accessible through SonicWall Capture Security Center, WCM unifies multiple tenants, locations and zones while simultaneously supporting tens of thousands of SonicWave wireless access points (APs).
So what are some of the new features and enhancements added to WCM?
Although the new WCM release packs a punch by delivering a ton of features and enhancements, in this blog we will discuss the top five of these features and its benefits. These enhancements are significantly beneficial to higher education, government, retail and hospitality markets.
Amplify guest experiences with Captive Portal
Have you ever walked into a hotel and after connecting to their Wi-Fi network and been prompted for login, using your room number and some personal info? This is exactly what a captive portal enables.
A captive portal is a web page (also called a splash screen) displayed before the user can access the internet using a desktop or mobile device. With SonicWall Captive Portal support, businesses can amplify brand awareness and customer satisfaction by providing customizable screens for Wi-Fi access.
This portal also provides customized access to guest users through its splash page. Also, the login data can be collected and repurposed for marketing purposes. Captive Portal controls data usage on the network and provides legal protection as users may be required to agree to terms and conditions set by the business.
Boost wireless performance
A school is an example of a high-density use case. Students are congregated in classrooms, hallways and auditoriums, and yet still expect uninterrupted Wi-Fi connectivity and superior experience. How do you ensure seamless coverage and high performance in these spaces?
Radio Frequency (RF) enhancements provide superior Wi-Fi performance. Features such as Global Dynamic Channel Selection (DCS) and Radio Resource Management (RRM) drive maximum performance by always enabling wireless access points to choose the best channels and boost connectivity in multi-AP environments. It further minimizes interference from neighboring channels through auto-channel and power assignment. This way, APs are always using the best channels and power levels. This feature uses the third radion on SonicWave access points for analysis, thereby not affecting performance on the client-serving radios.
Enhance Wi-Fi security
According to 2020 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers recorded 9.9 billion malware attacks in 2019. While, serious data breaches and exposures, such as the one that hit Canva leaving 139 million credentials exposed in the education sector.
Cybercriminals are finding new ways to attack. Focused ransomware and phishing attack targets include educational institutions, hospitals and government institutions.
It is becoming increasingly critical to ensure maximum security to the end-users regardless of how they , are connected — wired or wireless. To ensure the best protection over Wi-Fi, SonicWall offers advanced security services on its access points. These security services include the multi-engine Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) sandbox, Content Filtering Service and more.
In this release, the advanced security services get an upgrade. We have added multi-engine Cloud-AV support to provide increased security and efficiency. This acts as a ‘pre-check’ to Capture ATP sandboxing. It is an additional security layer to filter data that passes through the Wi-Fi network. It improves efficiency by caching known signatures, thereby reducing the number of files that are sent to the cloud for analysis.
Control bandwidth and prioritize traffic
This feature allows admins to control data usage on the network. Based on the network usage and needs, data can be allocated or throttled. While using Wi-Fi during an event, you may notice that the performance degrades as the load on the network increases. Most likely, the network admin would have enforced bandwidth restrictions.
With Wireless Bandwidth Management Control (BWM), organizations can enforce bandwidth restrictions on their Wi-Fi networks. It allows admins to set bandwidth values and prioritize traffic in the network.
Analyze RF spectrum
Wi-Fi radio channels are limited and often crowded, which leads to interference. When interference increases, Wi-Fi performance decreases. RF interference can be better analyzed through spectrum analysis. This feature provides visualization on RF spectrum and give you a deep understanding on the RF environment so that you can spot anomalies quickly and mitigate them.
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