[rblatz]

I spent an hour yesterday getting the wall connector back on my wifi. Apparently last October when I added wifi 7 access points my network started working in WPA2/WPA3 mode and the wall connector wasn’t compatible with that. Ended up having to create a second SSID with WPA2 only support to get it back online.

Supposedly the newest update fixes that, but I haven’t taken the time to test that out.

But WiFi is shocking my fragile on these wall connectors, I’ve had a lot of trouble keeping it connected to my home network over the years.

[f001]

Does the tesla wall connector offer Ethernet? Honestly I feel like most devices that are not expected to move around should at least offer it as an option (exceptions being for things where it’s not feasible like smart bulbs, smart locks, etc). If anything it’ll remove congestion for things that can’t realistically be wired.

[nerdsniper]

OTOH it would be super cool if we normalized wiring light sockets, outlets, and wall switches with low-voltage ethernet cable and had a simple way for mass-produced lightbulbs to plug into a wired network.

Too many problems to count:

- High voltage and low voltage wiring should generally be kept separated for safety reasons. Light sockets could probably be moved to low-voltage-only to power just LED bulbs but this wouldn't work for wall outlets which need to be 120-240V. Plus I like having the option to install 120V halogen bulbs wherever color rendering really matters!

- We'd also have to "normalize" having a separate network just for IoT stuff that only communicated in/out of its own LAN boundary via an actually-secure gateway with generic open protocols. (Pipe dream without government enforced standards similar to or piggy-backing on building codes)

- (Most) electricians notoriously suck at understanding low-voltage wiring.

- Probably more that I'm too lazy to think about but these two are already show stoppers for the next 10-30 years.