If you change your Internet Service Provider (ISP), you should not see a change in your ability to manage your Rain Bird WiFi controller from within or from outside of your home WiFi network, as long as your router settings have not changed**. If your router has changed along with the ISP and there is […]
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Using a Mobile Device as a Hotspot to Connect a WiFi Controller
Most phone WiFi hotspot features can be used as the local WiFi signal to connect your WiFi controller to the internet. This is useful if there is no Local Area WiFi Network available in the range of the WiFi controller. There are some drawbacks to this configuration that should be noted: When your phone is outside […]
WiFi Controller Connection When Internet is Not Working
The Rain Bird App does not require an internet connection to talk to the controller if the controller and mobile device are on the same local WiFi network. This means the mobile device is outside of the range of the local WiFi network, then they will not connect. Also, there are features that will not work […]
Rain Bird WiFi Controllers Not Compatible with Satellite-based ISPs
Rain Bird WiFi controllers are not compatible with satellite internet service provider modems without advanced network configuration. Rain Bird live support does not provide help for this advanced configuration due to the variability of these systems.