I’m using this guide to make a voice assistant out of an Atom Echo, and everything is going great, except that the Echo can’t see my wifi network if I set the SSID to be hidden.
The problem is, I have a dedicated IoT network, and I’d prefer it didn’t broadcast its ID. How do I get the Atom Echo to connect with my wifi and still keep the SSID hidden?
Have you read the esphome docs?
- fast_connect (Optional, boolean): If enabled, directly connects to WiFi network without doing a full scan first. This is required for hidden networks and can significantly improve connection times. Defaults to
off. The downside is that this option connects to the first network the ESP sees, even if that network is very far away and better ones are available.
Very much appreciate the info. I’m still learning my way around smarthome stuff, and this is my first esphome device. I ran several general internet searches and didn’t find anything on this specific issue. Now to go learn how to change config files on this thing!