And here’s yet another “feature”. My Ring doorbell (running on battery, not linked into house chime) connects fine to my WiFi extender. Tried to connect a Ring Chime to that same extender, and also to EVERY OTHER NETWORK my router outs out. Two separate chimes, both “setup failed to complete”. iPhone, Android, same result. Had that Ring Chime replaced by Amazon, same result. After 4- count them, 4- support calls with being disconnected more than once, I got the following solution (not yet tried). Apparently the Chime has issues when trying to connect to a WiFi network with…are you ready… SPECIAL CHARACTERS !. While the Ring Doorbell has no issues with secure SSID’s, the CHIME does!
This is really unacceptable. Secure SSID’s are required for all your networks, this Chime “feature” is probably the reason why Ring hacks have made the news recently. The (3rd level?) support person I spoke with gave me this solution, says it has worked previously.
So now I have to try to change the SSID of my WiFi extender, and of course that will break the doorbell as well as other stuff I have hooked up to it, requiring a re-install of several devices. I think this filed under “you gotta be $h1tin me”. Looks like my Firestick, Ring Doorbell, TV, Roku, and 2 other devices have be reset and reinstalled. Will I do it? Not sure, may just return the whole thing (Doorbell and all) and stick with my Skybell.
Thanks a lot, Ring…