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Storm-Ready Wifi Issue: "Connection Status" is "Offline"
My normal internet is out and the storm ready wifi is not working (two days in a row). The app says "you're connected with storm ready wifi", but when I go into the storm ready device in my app it shows cellular data is "unknown signal", battery backup is "unknown". Clicking into device details shows that the "connection status" is "offline". Power is no longer out so battery isn't needed. The light on the storm ready wifi device is solid white. I've gone through the troubleshooting guide including restarting and plug/unplug both the storm ready device and my gateway... many times. No customer service available to connect to. Need assistance.
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5 months ago
Hello @user_u9tbjv thanks for the detailed post and for taking the time to troubleshoot your Storm ready Wi-Fi device. It sounds like it may not be connecting to Cellular LTE. Have you tried moving the Pod near a window or testing it in different locations in your home?
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user_740x5j
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5 months ago
From reviewing the POST on the Storm ready wifi it appears that the Storm Ready device provides secondary/failover internet should the main xfinity cable service fail & the Storm Ready device connects to the X7 or X8 so that as far as clients are concerned it appears the same, just slower. If that's the case it brings up multiple questions
1. This would seem to strongly suggest that the X7 or X8 gateway needs to remain powered up, which is not a problem for me, I just want to understand how to get the most out of the Storm Ready product.
2. Clearly the Storm Ready Device uses Cellular LTE to gain internet access and then sounds like bridges to that signal through the X7 or X8. If so what type of connection does it use to accomplish this?
3. I see that it might be required to move the STORM device to a location to get best throughput. How does one accomplish this, i.e. can I get connected and move the device around until it shows a great signal and is that in the APP or on the Hardware?
4. What if anything does Xfinity do to assure these devices have preferred access, or is it simply a supply/demand issue, i.e. if the segment is full of PHONE users I could see where in a large outage could cause everyone to move to cellular services, hotspots or whatever and that would of course limit availability to the backup devices?
5. Who's LTE service is being used, i.e. I know xfinity resales verizon cell services as their own and would assume they contracted with verizon for this as well, but I suppose its possible they are doing something different
6. Anyone know if there is a product availability/outage site one could see real time and historical availability of the Storm Service
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