HomePod OG 18.2

[u/TorrentGump]

I’m seeing connection issues with 18.2 on my OGs connecting to 5ghz that had not been an issue at all prior. I’m looking to find out if any one else has encountered something similar.

Before you tell me it’s WiFi, I have very good 5ghz density in my 1500sq ft single story ranch that was laid out based on an RF survey. I have no dead spots and almost any device has a minimum snr of at least 65db as reported by the network controller. I have 5 other minis that have no issue and have even put the minis in the same place as the OGs and see no issues. Thus far I have reset both OGs including deleting them from apple Home and from my apple.id.

After the reset I’m able to add them back but within a day they’re back to “I’m having trouble connecting to the internet” BS again.

[u/IrixionOne]

It’s not signal strength that’s the problem, it’s how your router handles mDNS that causes issues. If your HomePod can’t talk to other devices on the network, especially when switching between the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz APs, they’ll have issues. The mini doesn’t have this issue as they default to 2.4Ghz if I remember correctly.

[u/TorrentGump → u/IrixionOne]

The only devices on 2.4ghz are old gear that don’t support 5ghz and they’re on an entirely different ssid but I agree with you about mdns

[u/IrixionOne → u/TorrentGump]

Have a single SSID and let your router deal with the rest. Even devices that don’t support 5Ghz should connect if your router can manage that.