I was having difficulty getting mine connected to my 2.4 Ghz WiFi. After a bunch of banging head against a wall, I have determined that the Box-3 will NOT connect if the SSID is hidden. I hope this isn’t a hardware limitation and can be fixed as I prefer not to broadcast my SSIDs. (I created a new temporary SSID and put a MAC filter on it to get it to connect)
If anyone has a fix for this, I’d really appreciate the info.
Thanks!
First I dont own a ESP32-S3-Box but I have the same experience with my Twinkly lights.
When adding a new light I have to broadcast the SSID, connect the light to the wifi network. When its connected I can hide the SSID again and the lights will connect to it even if it is hidden.
Maybe the S3-Box will do the same.
not sure which YAML you are following, posting your code might help.
there are some additional fields you need to mark in your config, check fast_connect specifically.
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.
Thank you! I didn’t use any custom YAML setting this up, I just followed the basic instructions, so it took me a while to figure out where to set that option, but I got it.