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I hate the gen 3 wall connector.

It creates a wifi access point in your garage that you cannot turn off:

  TeslaWallConnector_<unique-id>

some people were able to downgrade their firmware to a version that didn't do that, but i guess this article shows telsa got rid of that ability.

I would love to be able to hack any firmware to disable that.

I also read that a connected tesla car can force an over-the-air firmware update maybe through the charging cable or wifi, but I haven't verified that.

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The SSID stops broadcasting after the unit is commissioned, unless you're using power sharing between multiple units. In that case the SSID is used for the units to communicate.

by commissioned you mean "connect it to your home wifi and let it talk to tesla"? (i won't do that)

because it hasn't gone away after configuring the setup stuff (amps, etc)

Mine did

And make sure the firmware is up to date. Mine is at 26.2.2.

Yes, obviously. If you didn't want that, you should have bought another charger, maybe Bluetooth only, and add your home-grown layer on top of it.

Is it possible to connect it to your wifi but block it talking to the internet? I'd be curious to know if that stops the built in SSID.

Can I ask why don't you want a Tesla charger talking to Tesla? Seems a bit odd if you already own a Tesla vehicle that is just piping the data to Tesla all the time.

Thank you. This information is not listed anywhere and I am currently getting quotes for solar panel build.

I put mine on an isolated IOT network.

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