@ litzdog911,
Please try the following and let us know the status.
1) Reboot the Primary Almond 3.
2) After connecting the Ethernet cable from Primary Almond 3 LAN port to the secondary Almond 3 WAN Port.
3) Tap on Wizard on the second Almond 3-->Join Existing Home Wifi System-->Now tap on Add Almond on Primary Almond 3 and go with the wired option.
Sorry Ashok. Still not working. Here's exactly what I did:
First I tried your suggestion.
1. Just to be safe, I shut down all the other Access Points in my home (an original Almond, the new Almond3 (currently configured as an AP), and an older Linksys)
2. From the Primary Almond3 (PA3), I disconnected its existing LAN connection to my network switch, so the only connection is from the WAN port to my FIOS gateway/router for internet access.
3. I rebooted (power cycled) Primary Almond 3 (PA3)
4. Connected 10-ft ethernet cable between PA3 LAN port and new secondary Almond 3 (SA3) WAN port [
Does distance matter?]
5. Power up Secondary Almond 3 (SA3). It was previously factory reset from earlier attempts.
6. On SA3, navigate menus
- English, N. America Region
- Using Wizard: Choose Location = Upstairs; Join Existing Home WiFi System
- Shows "Found a Primary Almond". [
seems promising!]
7. On Primary Almond 3 (PA3)
- Add Almond, Wired Connection
- Pairing Almond: "Waiting for Almond to join ...." Eventually goes to "Having trouble pairing your Almond" display. [
How long should I wait???]
- SA3 eventually goes back to Language selection display, then back to "Found a Primary Almond".
8. Following the exact directions on PA3, I factory reset SA3 while PA3 is still showing "Waiting for Almond to join ...."
- SA3 resets to Language display, then shows "Found a Primary Almond" But Primary Almond just keeps waiting!
So, at this point I figured what the heck, let's try factory resetting the Primary Almond 3 (PA3). So that's what I did. Here's what happened:
1. Factory reset PA3. Follow Wizard steps to edit WiFi settings back to desired settings. Finds my Almond cloud account (good!). Asks if I want to Add a New Almond, so I proceed.
2. Power up Secondary Almond 3 (SA3), which is still connected to PA3's LAN port. PA3 shows "waiting for Almond to join ...."
3. SA3 shows "Found new Almond" while PA3 is still waiting. PA3 eventually goes to "Having trouble pairing?" display.
4. Followed instructions on PA3 and factory reset SA3 while PA3 is still "waiting". SA3 goes to "Found a primary Almond", but PA3 just keeps "waiting". I waited for several minutes and eventually see "No Almonds Found" on the Primary Almond 3 display.
So why is this being so stubborn? Is the distance between the two Almonds a factor? Should I try a "Wireless" connection instead of Wired, and then maybe convert that to Wired somehow?
I would really love to get this working so I can post a positive review on Amazon. Thank you for your help!