--- title: "Manage saved Wi-Fi networks" description: "Move a deployed SenseAi, SenseAi Embedded or BeamTracker onto a different network from the dashboard's Networks tab, without a phone or a trip to the machine: push a new SSID and password over the device's existing connection, reuse a network your organization has already saved, or delete saved credentials that have gone stale. The device must be online; an offline device still needs Bluetooth provisioning from the mobile app." category: "Connect" source_url: "https://www.iotflows.com/docs/hardware/manage-wifi-networks/" --- # Manage saved Wi-Fi networks Change the network on a device that is already deployed, and maintain the credentials your organization reuses. A *saved network* is an SSID and password stored on your organization rather than on one device. Save the plant's `IoTFlows0` network once, and every later device joins it without anyone retyping the passphrase or needing to know it. **Prerequisites.** The **Owner** or **Administrator** role, see [Roles and permissions](/docs/admin/roles-reference/). **The device must be online.** Getting a device onto a network for the first time is [Connect a device to Wi-Fi](/docs/hardware/connect-to-wifi/). ## Open the device's Networks tab 1. Go to **Devices**. 2. Click **Edit Sensor** at the top right. The sensor cards on the map are not clickable. 3. Find the device you want to move in the **Sensor List** dialog. 4. Click the gear icon on its row. 5. Open the **Networks** tab. All three devices have this tab. It lists every network your organization has saved, plus **IoTFlows**, the built-in default a device looks for when it has no credentials of its own. A tick marks the one this device is on now. ![The Edit Sensor dialog with the Networks tab selected. Above the tab sit the sensor's name, current WiFi SSID, IP address, firmware version and MAC address, alongside the machine it reports for. Below it, three networks are listed: IoTFlows, which carries a Connect action but no delete icon, and two saved organization networks, which carry both. A tick marks the network the sensor is on, and an Add Network link sits under the list.](/images/hardware/hw-wifi-03.webp) *The Networks tab on an online device. This is the web counterpart to Bluetooth provisioning.* ### Networks tab fields | Field | What it does | Applies to | |---|---|---| | Network row | A saved network, or **IoTFlows**, the built-in default. The tick marks the one the device reports being on. | The organization | | **Connect** | Pushes that network's stored password to this device. | This device | | **Add Network** | Opens the form for credentials nobody has saved yet. | Both | | **Wi-Fi SSID** | The network name to send. Required. | Both | | **Wi-Fi Password** | The passphrase. Leave empty for an open network. | Both | | Delete icon | Removes the saved credentials from your organization. Absent on **IoTFlows**. | The organization | ## Push new credentials Do this when the site's Wi-Fi password changed, or the device is moving to a network nobody has saved yet. 1. Click **Add Network**. 2. Enter the **Wi-Fi SSID**. 3. Enter the **Wi-Fi Password**. 4. Click **Connect Wi-Fi**. The dashboard sends the credentials over the connection the device already has, so no phone is involved. It reports **Wi-Fi credentials sent to device**, then **Connecting to Wi-Fi** while the device leaves the old network and rejoins on the new one. Success reads **New Wi-Fi connection added**, and the network is saved for the next device. If the device has not reappeared after 45 seconds, the dashboard gives up with **Wi-Fi connection failed, please try again** and the device falls back to the network it had. Confirm the new network reaches the machine before retrying: see the warning in [Change the network later](/docs/hardware/connect-to-wifi/#change). ## Reuse a saved organization network Click **Connect** on any row. The dashboard pushes that network's stored password and reports the same sequence as above. **Choose this when** the device is moving between networks your organization already runs, for example a sensor joining the cell the rest of its line is on. There is no bulk action. A password change on a network ten devices use is ten pushes, so work down the **Devices** list in one sitting. ![The Networks tab mid-push. Under the row for the network being joined, a green tick reads Wi-Fi credentials sent to device and a spinner below it reads Connecting to Wi-Fi, while that row's Connect action shows its own spinner. The IoTFlows row above carries a Connect action but no delete icon; the saved networks below carry both.](/images/hardware/hw-networks-02.webp) *Pressing Connect on a saved network. The tab reports the credentials sent, then waits for the device to rejoin on the new network.* ## Delete a saved network 1. Click the delete icon on the network's row. 2. Click **Delete** in the **Delete Network** dialog. The tab confirms **Network has been deleted**. **IoTFlows** carries no delete icon, because it is the built-in default rather than something you saved. Deleting removes the credentials from your organization only. **Devices already on that network stay connected**, because they hold the password they were given. Delete a network when the site retires the SSID, or when a stored password is stale. ## When the device is offline A device that cannot reach the cloud cannot be told anything over it. The tab disables **Connect** and **Add Network** and shows an orange **Device Offline** banner: *The device must be online to switch Wi-Fi connections. For initial Wi-Fi setup, please use the IoTFlows iOS or Android app.* **Use Bluetooth provisioning from the app when the device is offline, new, or has no working connection to push over.** That is [Put the device in setup mode](/docs/hardware/connect-to-wifi/#setup-mode), and this page does not replace it. If the device should be online and is not, start at [Troubleshoot a device that is offline](/docs/hardware/troubleshoot-offline-device/). ![The Networks tab on an offline device. An orange Device Offline banner sits above the network list, reading that the device must be online to switch Wi-Fi connections and that initial setup needs the IoTFlows iOS or Android app. Every Connect action below it is grayed out.](/images/hardware/hw-networks-03.webp) *When the device is offline the web tab cannot reach it, and tells you to use the mobile app instead.* ## See also - [Connect a device to Wi-Fi](/docs/hardware/connect-to-wifi/) - [View and manage your devices](/docs/hardware/view-devices/) - [Troubleshoot a device that is offline](/docs/hardware/troubleshoot-offline-device/) - [Roles and permissions](/docs/admin/roles-reference/)