Can Sovol wifi connect to PC, or do I need to have a router?

[pr1nter]

@Liberty4Ever

My WiFi router is running in DHCP mode and will assign an IP address, and WiFi still doesn’t work on my SV08 or Zero. I think I’ll quit trying to use Sovol printers over WiFi because it’s a waste of 15-30 minutes.

I currently use a $25 VONETS VAP11G-300 WiFi bridge on the SV08 and another on my Zero, but I think I’ll buy a router for my office and use a WiFi bridge to connect it to my WiFi router and I’ll connect the printers via Ethernet cables. If I add enough printers that I need more bandwidth, I’ll run an Ethernet cable from my office to the WiFi router and eliminate the WiFi, with the added benefit of more easily isolating my printers from the internet. I can use the WiFi bridge to connect them temporarily for over the air updates.

I was pulling my hair out trying to get the Wifi working on my Zero for a few days. Finally figured it out. Here are a couple things that helped in my case which Sovol don’t mention at all in the instructions.

• Your wifi SSID name can’t have a an underscore in the name. So an SSID name like “wifi_network” won’t work, it would need to be “wifinetwork”. From what I could find, it’s due to some kind of Linux bug.
• The WPA security mode on the zero needs to be set to “WPA & WPA2” at the highest which you can change through the Linux Network Management console. To access the Linux management console, you need to SSH into the sovol via wired ethernet, then use command “nmtui” without quotes to access the console. Not a linux guy but the process was similar to configuring a raspberry pi so it wasn’t bad. I had tried WPA3 initially but it still wouldn’t connect even after fixing my SSID name per above. Once I switched to WPA/WPA2 it connected to wifi immediately.

Sovol support tipped me off to the nmtui command by providing a youtube link to an Aurora Tech channel review video of their SV08 detailing the process, which I find hilarious because Aurora couldn’t connect to Wifi in her Sovol SV08 review either, hence having to do all the nmtui stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgX14lbYAJw&t=310s that’s the link to the Aurora Tech video with the correct timestamp. Again, I don’t know why they don’t include this info beforehand in the instructions. Hope that helps.