Ranger built in Hot Spot

[VAMike]

The answer is it can’t be done and the vehicle will not recognize its own wifi network as you’ve found out. But my understanding is that it’s by design - not sure why. I am pretty sure that the wifi updates are designed to be downloaded when the vehicle is stationary and it will keep receiving updates for a period of time even after the vehicle is off.

And there's no point in worrying about it because ford almost never releases sync updates, and there's a good chance you'll have to use a usb to do the update even if you have a wifi connection. They're really, really bad at the software thing.

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[t4thfavor]

The truck can't see it's own WIFI because it doesn't need to. The data modem is connected to the trucks computer so the computer has internet already connected (It's how the FordPass works). The computer then shares it to clients using it's wireless adapter. So if Ford wanted the truck to be able to get OTA updates, they would have programmed it to do so. Currently it can only do via Wifi in your house because that's how Ford has it programmed. One change of programming, and the truck would pull it's updates from it's cellular modem, no wifi needed.