Set up issues with Tenda Nova mesh

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi there,

I am a total beginner and hoped home assistant green would have been easy to install.

I plugged to my router but can’t seem to find the server. from the nova app, i understand I could asign a fixed IP address to home assistant or modify DCHP/DNS settings (things I know nothing about).

I was using home assistant app from iphone. I am logged into the same wifi network. i have also tried, with no sucess, to connect to all recommended server from home assistant troubleshooting guide from a PC running windows.

Any help and advice would be much appreciated.

jack

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Just to be clear…

  • You are running HA on a Home Assistant Green
  • You have a Tenda Nova mesh network
  • You want to control Home Connect appliances

I don’t think the fact that you have a mesh network should make any difference.

Have you set up the Home Connect integration?

There seem to be quite a number of preparatory steps to work through - were they all completed successfully?

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Thank you for your reply. To better clarify:

  • I have just bought an home assistant green
  • I plugged the Ethernet cable to the ISP modem router. All lights seem to work
  • I have tenda nova mesh connected to the same modem. My phone is connected to the mesh wifi network
  • I launched the Home assistant app from an iPhone it and can’t find the server. I have tried all different recommended server addresses.
  • I have a nova mesh network which I imagined may be messing up the HA hardware bit.

(Apologies for any references to home connect, I confused the name with home assistant. Will edit previous post)

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Leaving aside the Home Assistant app for a moment, you should be able to connect to HA with any normal browser on the same network:

http://homeassistant.local:8123

You can use the exact URL if you know it:

http://192.168.1.130:8123

A static IP address can be helpful later on, but you shouldn’t need it for this.

It won’t connect without the port number (8123), and if your browser normally uses https you may get a warning message about the site being “not secure”. You can ignore this - HA uses http by default.

I have a mesh network (not Tenda Nova) and I’ve never noticed any impact on HA.

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Many thanks. I solved the issue plugging the HA into the mesh instead of the router. Would you say this is suboptimal or may cause issues in the future?

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Now I think of it, that’s how mine is connected - to one of the mesh nodes, rather than to the router. No issues here.

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I had a similar issue - put the mesh node that is plugged into your ISP router into bridge mode and it should suddenly all work