Speaker 2
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Speaker 1
with one of the nodes today, and I, it's not under warranty. I paid for support. They determined that there was nothing that they could do to make it work, even though it was working in the morning, after, it went through a reset and after the reset it just was unusable. Is it possible for me to purchase a single node for that W, you know, I have the base unit works, the the one node works, and this would be the second node which I need to replace. Is that sold as a as a single standalone? So, that's that's the thing that confuses me. Like, you know, Amazon Best Buy. They sell, I guess, the WH WD301
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Speaker 2
[silence] Yes, if there's available one single device on the, on your local stores or or any any online store like Amazon or Best Buy.
01:00
Speaker 1
which I I I thought that that that meant it was a a base, that it couldn't be alone. a node, couldn't it? is it one of can it be both? Oh. Oh, okay, so the the devices are the same. It's not that you you have to have a node and then the the the children are separately designed. They're all the same. It's just a matter of whether you get one or two or three. Okay, so if I was able Okay, so if I was to buy just one of them, even it it won't it won't it'll be comp I could turn, I could add that, I could make that the second node, even though it's just one unit. Okay, and and the second question I had is is I know that these are outdated already, they're four or five years old. Is the system that I have compatible with like
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Speaker 2
Yeah, um, actually the nodes are the same. Okay, it's just how you set it up. Yeah. They're all the same stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, they're all the same. It's a matter of configuring it. So you can either swap the nodes. Yes, you can make it a child node. Yes. Yeah. Um, yeah.
02:00
Speaker 1
But should I or is it worth doing or, or do I need to stick to the same exact model number to make sure everything works? But that where we, I spent the whole afternoon just trying to get everything to reconnect. I had to reset all of my cameras. I, you know, I, cuz things changed with the it would mess everything up to change out that parent, right?
03:00
Speaker 2
Well, if you're going to purchase an upgraded node, we would suggest you set that up as a parent node, okay? Because it has better specs compared to the ones that you already have. So, you set that up as the parent node, the upgraded one, and you set the older ones as your child nodes. Yeah, it, it would take time. Yeah, that's a downside. Well, as long as you just set up the same wireless settings, it shouldn't [silence]
03:00
Speaker 1
You know, it didn't, they did have the same Wi-Fi settings and then they worked for a while and then they they wouldn't work because there was a a strange thing that happened uh where where the the the Wi-Fi got something went weird with the Wi-Fi uh you know, uh detection of my network, um parent mode and and it's and it made it so that it was only only accessible through links so it couldn't connect directly so none of my devices worked, I had to uninstall everything. It was a mess. I just don't want to do that again. So I just want to make this as seamless as possible, but I do need apparently to replace that one node and um
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Speaker 1
So you're suggesting that the simplest, if not the most perfect solution would just be to buy a single W-H-W, would, it would be called W-H-W-01 or something like that? 03 or 1. Okay. And so I, I would just, when I hook up the, the, the, the extra node that I would purchase that that's that, that would, that would be simple. I don't have to undo the, the, the nodes that are already working. Mhm. Okay. Thank you very much for your, your advice. I will do that. Thank you. Bye-bye.
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Speaker 2
Yes. Yes, it's still compatible. It's still compatible, WHW01 is is inter compatible with the WHW03. So they're they're they're both intelligent routers so it should communicate. Um Yeah, it's just adding the the new child noteser. Not a problem. Okay. Thank you for your time, sir. This
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