8.2 Wireless Settings Page

This page enables you to configure basic wireless settings to allow your HomePod to connect to an 802.11b/g Wi-Fi wireless network.

Network Name (or sometimes referred to as the SSID) is the name of the wireless network that HomePod should connect to. The network name is defined by the access point. Any wireless computers or devices (such as HomePod) that connect to the same network name will form one network. You can find out what the network name is by accessing the web config page of your access point.

Note: For Apple Base Station users and other advance access points, make sure the SSID of your access point is not “hidden” or set to "closed network".

By default, the Network Name field is set to “ANY” and HomePod will automatically detect and connect to the strongest access point in the surrounding area. For most users this is the preferred and most convenient setting. But if you have multiple access points with different network names around you, or if the HomePod somehow is not connecting to the access point of your choice, then you will want to specify a network name manually.

A Network Mode is the topology in which a wireless network is set up. An Infrastructure network mode, which is the default setting, uses one or more access points to form a wireless network. This is in contrast to Ad-hoc (also referred to as Peer-to-Peer) network mode, in which two wireless devices communicate with one another without the existence of an access point. Ad-hoc is useful if you want to connect a HomePod to your computer and listen to its shared library directly without an access point.

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