Quality decreasing over time – Tenda WiFi Review

I’ve had my tenda system for over a year and so I’ve had this app to manage it. The system itself is okay, however this app has decreased in quality over time. Now, I have to reconfigure over 50 devices in my home because of the poor quality. It’s all explained below. As I said, the system itself is okay but the only (supported) way to manage it is this app. (If you search the internet there are other highly technical ways to get in.) Initially the app worked okay, it connected to the devices and managed them. The first problems stated a few months ago. The app introduced new methods to register for an account. Suddenly I couldn’t access my devices anymore. I had to register for an account again and it reported that my account wasn’t found. I did that but the confirmation email contained a confirmation link using and IP that was INACCESSIBLE via the router! I figured that out and disconnected from my Wi-Fi to use cellular internet to confirm my account. Once that was done I still couldn’t access my devices because this was a new account and my devices were not associated to it. I have lots of people always connected to the internet so resetting the devices to get access wasn’t convenient. Since my network was working I just left it alone. Today I got up early, before everyone else, to do the reset and gain management control over the system again. The reset was easy enough and I connected with the app to the default Wi-Fi, like was done during the initial setup over a month ago. I updated the firmware on all the devices via the app, since I had to factory reset the system, and that completed. Then I went to configure my Wi-Fi settings. BAM! The app no longer allows spaces in the Wi-Fi password! I can’t configure my Wi-Fi settings. Typically this isn’t a big issue but we have some devices that we move between locations that only support a single Wi-Fi configuration so I have the WiFi at all locations configured the same. Now, I’m left with having to reconfigure all the devices at my home (50+), all the guests devices that come over (i.e. parents phones), the WiFi at my other locations, all the devices at those locations and as a kicker I’m left with a less secure Wi-Fi password! While I had been happy enough with my Tenda system this is likely enough to justify replacing it with a better quality device, all because of a shoddy app. I guess then I can hack the system and configure it properly so I can still get some value out of it.
Review by DMarcucci on Tenda WiFi.