Smart Skills: Configuring a Wi-Fi WattBox to Connect to a Wireless Network

Video transcript:

We’ve all been there, that same TV keeps locking up and the customer has to power cycle it to fix it. It would great to have IP power control behind that TV but you can’t get an Ethernet Cable there. For situations like this, why not deploy a Wi-Fi enabled Wattbox?

To connect a Wi-Fi-enabled WattBox to your wireless network follow these five simple steps:

Step 1: Connect the WattBox to the network using an Ethernet cable.

Step 2: Log in to the WattBox browser interface.

Step 3: Enable the WattBox to use wireless.

Step 4: Connect the WattBox to the wireless network.

The first step is to connect the WattBox to the network using an Ethernet cable.

To change the WattBox’s network connection from Ethernet to Wi-Fi, you first have to connect the WattBox to the network using an Ethernet cable. After you enable the wireless settings, you can move the WattBox where you need it.

Step 2: Log in to the WattBox browser interface.

In your web browser, type the IP address of the WattBox in the address box and press Enter.

Type wattbox in the Username box and wattbox in the Password box and click Log In.”

Step 3: Enable the WattBox to use wireless.

Click the Configure tab.

Click Wireless IP Settings.

Click Enable.

Click Go Back.

Step 4: Connect the WattBox to the wireless network.

On the Wireless IP Settings page, click Scan.

Wait for the WattBox to scan for available wireless networks.

Locate the wireless network you want to connect the WattBox to in the search results and click Select for that network.

On the Password dialog, type the wireless network password in the Password box and click OK.

On the Wireless settings submitted, press the save button to save and connect dialog, click Close.

On the Wireless IP Settings page, click Save.

The WattBox reboots and connects to the wireless network. You can now unplug the Ethernet cable and install the WattBox anywhere on the job site where the wireless network is available.

By connecting a Wi-Fi-enabled WattBox to the wireless network, you can get IP-controllable power anywhere on the job site! Even behind that TV.