{"id":1251,"date":"2026-01-09T06:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/?post_type=support_topics&#038;p=1251"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:50:37","slug":"having-trouble-setting-up-smartwiz-art-on-orbi-wi-fi-try-this","status":"publish","type":"support_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/support-topics\/having-trouble-setting-up-smartwiz-art-on-orbi-wi-fi-try-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Having Trouble Setting Up SMARTWIZ+ art on Orbi Wi-Fi? Try This!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"821\">Some NETGEAR Orbi mesh Wi-Fi systems restrict local discovery traffic (mDNS \/ broadcast), which can prevent SMARTWIZ+ art from completing its initial Wi-Fi setup.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"823\" data-end=\"1007\">This video shows the <strong data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"872\">most reliable workaround<\/strong>:<br \/>\nusing your smartphone\u2019s Wi-Fi hotspot (tethering) for the first setup, then switching the device to your home Orbi network afterward.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1076\">\u2705 This issue has only been observed with NETGEAR Orbi systems<\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1138\">\u2705 After setup, SMARTWIZ+ art works normally on Orbi Wi-Fi<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1170\"><strong data-start=\"1140\" data-end=\"1170\">Steps shown in this video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1311\">\n<li data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1215\">\n<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1215\">Enable Wi-Fi hotspot on your smartphone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1261\">\n<p data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1261\">Complete the initial SMARTWIZ+ art setup<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1311\">\n<p data-start=\"1265\" data-end=\"1311\">Switch Wi-Fi connection to your Orbi network<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p data-start=\"1313\" data-end=\"1420\">If you are using an Orbi mesh system and experience setup issues, this method has a very high success rate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 960px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1251-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wifi_connection_issue_workaround_en.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wifi_connection_issue_workaround_en.mp4\">https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wifi_connection_issue_workaround_en.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMARTWIZ+ art \u2013 Orbi Wi-Fi Setup Workaround<br \/>\nAlternative setup method for NETGEAR Orbi mesh Wi-Fi systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1251","support_topics","type-support_topics","status-publish","hentry","support_topics_category-smartwiz-art"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"yan@disign.org","author_link":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"SMARTWIZ+ art \u2013 Orbi Wi-Fi Setup Workaround Alternative setup method for NETGEAR Orbi mesh Wi-Fi systems.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_topics\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_topics"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.disign-store.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}