Amazon Echo fails to connect to WiFi

@lynkosi

AT&T cannot block WiFi connections that use a valid password to connect. Have you followed the instructions at Amazon Echo WiFi ?

Echo's do not require UPnP.  I have two Echo Dots.  And no UPnP.  It connects only as a client to the Amazon servers.

Yes,  The set up begins, the progress bar starts then stalls every time.  

Same here.  They sent a new one thinking it was the device and the same problem occurs.   I was hoping someone else had discovered the solution.

@lynkosi @JefferMC @my thoughts @BingoD

Let me repeat back my understanding of the issue that everyone is experiencing:

1. You go through the process of initially configuring the Echo by selecting your WiFi network
2. WiFi password is entered successfully
3. Echo appears to move on to the next steps in the installation process but stalls

First step, on your AT&T provided router/gateway make sure that you have disabled IPv6 as the AT&T current implementation can cause issues on a home network.

In reading several articles on the Echo here are some considerations:

1. Make certain that your AT&T provided router/gateway WiFi SSID names are different
2. Make certain that you use the 2.4 GHz WiFi, at least initially
3. I am not familiar with the interface in configuring an Echo but if you can determine what, if any, DHCP assignments were made and advise

By default AT&T provided router/gateway uses 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 network with its address being 192.168.1.254. However, by default, DHCP does not use the full Class C. You may want to take that into consideration.

IIRC, the setup for the Echo is similar to my WiFi-enabled thermostat.  You have to run the Alexa app on your Smartphone and it connects to the Echo in AdHoc mode to tell it the parameters of your Wireless Network, then they're both supposed to revert back to your infrastructure Wi-Fi network.

 I'm not sure what response helped you get connected. I have had the same problem with my Amazon Echo. Tried to connect it numerous times to my AT&T U-verse Internet without success. Can you walk me through - in layman's terms - how I get my Echo connected?

Thank you