Here's one I don't find any reference to. If you have a password protected wifi system and you have signed your Sync 3 into the network, do you have to sign it in every time you want your system to look for updates? When I check to see if Sync is signed in, it isn't clear if it actually is signed in. Anyone got an answer on this one?

 

Once you have entered your wi-fi password into your truck's SYNC 3 system, you should not have to enter it again.

 

does your network HAVE to be password protected? Mine is not, but when it found the network it was asking for a password and would not proceed without - signal strength in the garage as seen by the truck was low (was fine for my iPhone however...), so perhaps that was part of the issue..

 

Once you setup the join the Sync3 unit to your network, it will not ask you to enter the password each time. The system saves the setting. Only time you would need to re-enter the password is if you change the password for the SSID.

 

The short answer....yes. Having worked in security, I would never leave a wifi network unsecured.

 

When you live out on 13 acres ansnknmybhave slow crappy DSL and wifi range that can barey reach the garage, you don't worry so much about your neighbors snooping your wifi While I agree you "should", I'm surprised that the Ford implementation assumes there is one vs listening to the SSID broadcast info and protocol exchange info that indicates if there is a password.