In the UK. My Sonoff devices were all working fine yesterday. Today, they are all showing as offline and are flashing indicating that they failed to connect to the server. I have checked the network and pinged the servers with no problem, but they will not connect to the servers, even after being turned off and on for a period. I assume this means that the severs are down, but there is no notice if this. When will they be up again?
Exactly the same here in France...
At the moment the led is not blinking, but the app is not able to turn on or off the SONOFF module...
The SONOFF have a very good hardware, but a very poor server software and all the SONOFF solution is not usable....
Itead need to tell us what's going on before we all refuse to buy their products again.
Odd - Suddenly the devices have all connected and are working again. Although I would obviously prefer there to not be any down-time, I do think there needs to be some means of notifying us if there is a problem with the servers planned or not, preferably with some notice if it is planned maintenance.
I haven't had my Sonoff devices long, but I hope this is temporary and is not a sign how it will be.
Ho lo stesso problema, hanno funzionato soltanto il primo giorno (28 dicembre), poi continue interruzioni causate dal server. Anche adesso sono inutilizzabili, penso che restituirò ad amazon.
Ho-ho! Got the same in Russia couple hours ago. %)
Host eu-disp.coolkit.cc was available.
Local wi-fi && Inet uplink was Ok. Sonoff devices' LEDs (s20, th16, etc) showed good connect to the server (steady light). eWeLink app (Android) showed "unavailable nettwork" in devices' settings.
But right now everything is ok. Looks like servers are under construction?
Thank you Dennis for sharing that with us. My devices have been working since they came back online, however, I am now having trouble with the link to Google Home. The linking of the Smart We Link service to Google Home works and shows the devices, but when I try to get Google to switch them, the response is "Sorry there was an error and I am unable to control your home device". The devices do work fine from the eWeLink app. I wonder if that is related.
Another thank you Dennis for sharing your response - that is the most information we've had about the current situation so far. I have been following the facebook page which has been lacking! https://www.facebook.com/EWeLink-1194108247346790/
I've been a user of Sonoff devices for must be 12 months now and up till now have been very impressed. I can accept problems with the service but what I find very disappointing is a lack of communication. I hope this improves or I will have to look for alternative products.
As to current status - my ewelink app is currently fully functional although was showing no network earlier this morning, my devices work with Alexa but IFTTT functionality is still down.
Confirming that IFTTT is still down. It seems that reply to Denis is now official status https://www.itead.cc/blog/explanation-on-service-disruption-on-eu-region/
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When you can power up the Sonoff products or other eWeLink supported products normally but fail to control it (offline), the first thing you should do is to check how the LED indicator of your product blinks. Mostly, the offline problem is caused by network connection.
Note: 1.If you change the wifi, you'll need to delete the devices, and re-add them via the new wifi, or they will be all offline.
2.One router can bear a limited number of devices (including phone, PC, smart devices), most routers can provide a normal wifi for about 15 devices, but if the wifi is poor, this will be reduced.
3.After successfully add devices, it doesn't matter what network your phone connects with. But if the wifi Sonoff products connect with is unstable, Sonoff devices will be easily become offline.
Usually, there are three kinds of blinking statuses(here we take the Sonoff Basic for example):
1. The LED indicator quickly blinks one time and repeats (blinks once every 2s), which means the device has failed to connect to the WiFi router.
2. The LED indicator quickly blinks twice and repeats, which means the device has connected to the router but fail to connect to the server.
3. The LED blinks once every 1s, and the device is offline.
The device has successfully connected to the router but hasn’t been added to the user’s account. Please power off the device and restart, then wait for a while. If the device is still offline, please delete it and re-add.
If you have deleted it and tried to re-add for several times but still failed, please try below:
Prepare another phone, enable its hotspot. Use your phone to connect the hotspot WiFi and add devices to eWeLink. If it is online successfully, this means that the problem is due to WiFi. Please check your router settings.
After judging the problem, you can troubleshoot the problems accordingly with below solutions.
Other Issues to Cause Offline Problem
Upgrading Firmware Causes Offline
In some conditions, upgrading firmware will cause MAC address change, then your device will become offline. Below is the firmware list that will cause MAC address change.
When this happens, please bind your device’s MAC address to your router’s binding list, as follows:
Go to Router Settings -> Close MAC Filter -> Connect your device to the router -> Add the device MAC address to the MAC Binding list -> Enable MAC Filter
If you don’t know about your firmware well, please submit a feedback on the App eWeLink.
10 Solutions to Failed to Connect to the WiFi Router
1. Wrong WiFi Name or Password
You may have entered wrong WiFi name and password in the pairing process. Please delete the device and re-add. Please make sure you have entered them exactly and select remember password.
2. Weak WiFi Signal
Your device may be too far away from the router, which causes a weak WiFi signal. Please try again with stronger WiFi signal.
Note: our devices can't connect to 5G WiFi, only 2.4G WiFi supported.
3. Phone Unable to Connect to WiFi
Your router or phone may come across some error, which causes a connection failure. Please make sure your phone can access the WiFi router and works normally. If your phone has WiFi network in the Access Point but the device still fails to connect to the router, please refer to below solutions.
4. Too many devices connect to the AP
There might be too many devices connect to the AP which connects to with the router, please turn off the devices or turn off the AP and try again
5. Too Many Connections to One Router
You may have too many devices connecting to one router. Most of the routers have connection limit. Please disconnect other devices, then power off and restart your device.
6. Change DHCP Settings
You may have too many devices connecting to one router. Please reset DHCP address pool in router settings, then power off and restart the device to connect again.
7. Router Error
Router error. Please restart your router and try again.
8. MAC Address Prohibited
For some security reason, your MAC address may be filtered and prohibited. Under such a condition, you should remove it from the prohibited address list.
9. MAC Address Conflict
Close all other connected devices to this router and try again.
10. DHCP tenancy term problem
Prohibit DHCP or extending DHCP tenancy term when DHCP is open.
Under the condition of disabled DHCP or open DHCP, you can extend the lease.
* eWeLink keeps prompting “Network Unavailable”, what to do?
Please ping our server URLs on your PC:
If your location is in Asia:
cn-long.coolkit.cc, cn-api.coolkit.cc, api.coolkit.cc.
If your location is in EU:
eu-long.coolkit.cc, eu-api.coolkit.cc, api.coolkit.cc.
If your location is in Oceania:
cn-long.coolkit.cc, cn-api.coolkit.cc, api.coolkit.cc.
eu-long.coolkit.cc, eu-api.coolkit.cc, api.coolkit.cc.
If your location is North Ameria or South America:
cn-long.coolkit.cc, cn-api.coolkit.cc, api.coolkit.cc.
How to ping? Check this tutorial.
If the result shows the connection between the server and WiFi is well, your network is OK.
If the result shows the connections is bad, please change your phone’s DNS to 119.29.29.29.
Still failed? Please change router’s DNS to 119.29.29.29, then ping the corresponding URL again.
If the result shows the IP addresses don’t run, please send the related URL to your network operator, let them help you. For example, if you are Asian user, please ask the network operator to parse these two domains: cn-long.coolkit.cc, cn-api.coolkit.cc, and api.coolkit.cc.
8 Solutions to Failed to Connect to Server
We are upgrading the server or there exists server error. If the server is running normally. Please check below:
1. Unable to Visit the Internet
If the extranet cannot be accessed, then use your phone or PC to visit the Internet. If successful, try to connect your device again.
If you have stopped paying Internet fee or extending your network service, your can’t visit the Internet.
2.Bandwidth Occupied
You may have downloaded too many files at the same time, which occupied most of the bandwidth, thus your device did not have enough bandwidth to connect to the server. If so, please stop downloading and try to re-add your device.
If your other apps can be run normally, only eWeLink display offline, the problem should be your wireless carrier can’t resolve the address of eWeLink server. Please manually change DNS to 223.5.5.5 or 223.6.6.6, then re-connect.
3.More than one router with the same SSID (name)
You may have more than one router with the same name, and your device may have connected to the non-networked one. In this case, you should reset your router name and choose the networked one to connect. Then try to connect your device again.
4.More than one DHCP server on one network
There may be errors existing between router topology. In this case, please check the connection way between routers, then try again.
5.ARP Attacked
If you have checked all above and found them no problems, maybe some terminal of the local area network you are locating has affected ARP virus. We suggest you to manually bind gateway and MAC address, then try again.
6.Firewall Settings
You may have opened firewall or some security software. In this case, please temporarily close them and try to connect the device again.
7.DNS Server Inaccessible
After making all above checks and finding them no problems, the possible problem should be DNS error. Please manually change DNS server address and try again.
After making all above checks and find no problems but still failed, the possible problem should be DNS error. Please manually change DNS server address to 119.29.29.29. Then try to re-add your device.
8. IP address conflict
Please close all other connections that connect to the router. Then try to re-add your device.
9. Ping server address to check if server is normal
You can also ping our server address on your computer. Please select the server address according to your location. Then send the result to our support. If you don't know how to ping, please check this post (https://iihelp.iinet.net.au/How_to_run_a_ping_test).
EU:
eu-disp.coolkit.cc
Asia:
cn-disp.coolkit.cc
US:
us-disp.coolkit.cc
Please submit a feedback on eWeLink, describe your problem in details. If you have a hardware problem, please submit a new ticket in our Smart Home Forum. We will follow up on your ticket.
Our support will deal with your issue as soon as possible in working time. Our working time is Monday ~ Friday, 9:00 to 18:00 Beijing time, Time Zone:8.
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