Can't Connect your R1S to TPLink Deco Wifi: Solution Tip

Morgan · 2024-12-22T17:10:59+00:00

Now that I've installed the SnapPlate front license plate holder, I finally filled out the EveryAmp review. Here it is. Hope it helps others: Shipped promptly, so the license plate holder arrived well before we picked up the car. Engineered and built VERY precisely to hold the plate very close to the front bumper without scraping. Installation instructions were clear, would have benefited from one more picture showing how to find the center slots in the grille. Grille Depth Adjustment instructions were also clear; with one half-turn adjustment of three screws, the license plate holder fit PERFECTLY in place. Check the EveryAmp web site for photographs of how much their product blocks the front camera image at every setting. After reviewing the photos, I chose the center setting. I find the camera interference at that setting is trivial for me. There's a lot of competition for the front-of-R1 real estate. My understanding is that Rivian's front plate holder requires drilling a hole in a perfectly good vehicle, and can also block a small part of the camera image. Tow hook mounts take a tow hook out of commission, and can block a sensor. EveryAmp's mount is designed to protect the grille by snapping off when attacked by a car-wash brush, so you have to dismount it (relatively easy to do) and remount it before washing. I'm still happy with the EveryAmp product, which we have installed in our R1S and now R1T. Very best wishes!

Rivian Blue

Member

Dec 13, 2024

When I first got the R1S, I couldn't connect it to our house mesh wifi which is a Deco M9 Tplink system. It could see some networks nearby, but not mine. I've seen some people online with similar problems, but the solutions ranged from add a dedicated router to use the 5G connection for anything needed. It seems it was that my router wasn't showing the encryption protocol the Rivian's want. I found the solution so I wanted to document it here for someone else. Even if you don't have a Deco router there might be something similar for your router.

Issue

The issue is that the Deco M9 has a great app and automatically updates the firmware, but at some point it stopped updating automatically and it didn't have the WPA2 AES Encryption in the firmware until after that time. I found a number of other people with various vehicles on the web with the same issue.

Solution

The solution is to update the firmware manually. It sounds worse than it is. You basically go here: https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/1599/ and follow the instructions for the version of router you have. You download the update tool and then download the lastest firmware (some have to update in succession multiple versions with the tool if they get an error jumping versions i.e you must upgrade to v2, 3, and 4 instead of going right from v1 to v4.

Updated it in about 10 minutes and the Rivian saw it right away. Just wanted to share this tip here and hope it helps out someone out there.

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