{"id":22826,"date":"2025-08-25T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/?p=22826"},"modified":"2025-08-26T00:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:58:43","slug":"how-to-setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup wifi for ford vcm3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Ford Vehicle Communication Module 3 (Ford VCM 3) is the latest generation of the Ford IDS &amp; GFDRS Vehicle Communication Interface supporting all current European production vehicles and is future-proofed with CAN-FD and DoIP communication protocols. The VCM3 features a new backup capacitor keeping the VCI powered up during low voltage conditions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Setup wifi for ford vcm3\" width=\"810\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JaAlG4t_h9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Setup wifi for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/goods-10655-Original-Ford-VCM-III-Ford-VCM-3-Diagnostic-Tool.html\">ford vcm3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Connect the connector to the vehicle OBD<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1073\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-1.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-1-900x516.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-1-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. Connect to the computer by wire or wireless,<\/p>\n<p>3. Open the management tool and install the patch to identify the connector<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22837\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1026\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-2.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-2-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-2-900x396.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-2-768x338.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1026px) 100vw, 1026px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Now demonstrate the connector to connect to the LAN<\/p>\n<p>(1) Click LAN Settings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1038\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-3.jpg 1038w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-3-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-3-900x400.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-3-768x341.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1038px) 100vw, 1038px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(2) Click &#8220;Refresh List&#8221; to search for WIFI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-4.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-4-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-4-900x405.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-4-768x345.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(3) Select the WIFI to connect<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-5.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-5-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-5-900x403.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-5-768x344.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(4) Enter the WIFI password in the password box and apply the configuration<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1035\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-6.jpg 1035w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-6-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-6-900x397.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-6-768x338.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1035px) 100vw, 1035px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(5) Wait for the prompt that the connection is successful, and the LAN configuration of the connector is connected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"982\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-7.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-7-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-7-900x419.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-7-768x357.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Click on the configuration settings to ensure that the computer and the device are in the same LAN<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-8.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-8-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-8-900x408.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-8-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. Refresh the list<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-9.jpg 806w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-9-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Select the device and click Apply Configuration<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-10.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-10-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Open ODIS and the recognition is normal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1073\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-11.jpg 1073w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-11-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-11-900x401.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-11-768x342.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1073px) 100vw, 1073px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to turn off the LAN mode, click Forget WIFI in the LAN settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-12.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-12-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-12-900x419.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/How-to-Setup-wifi-for-ford-vcm3-12-768x358.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More topics for Ford,please refer to:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/category\/ford-trouble-repair\/\">Ford Trouble Repair<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"notranslate\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"notranslate\" style=\"all: initial;\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Ford Vehicle Communication Module 3 (Ford VCM 3) is the latest generation of the Ford IDS &amp; GFDRS<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1941],"tags":[3689],"views":4072,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22826"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22839,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22826\/revisions\/22839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obd2tool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}