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FURRYe38
Jun 22, 2022Guru - Experienced User
New - RBR850 / RBS850 Firmware Version 4.6.8.5 Released
Security Fixes:
Fixes security vulnerabilities.
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Bug Fixes:
Fixes Armor activation ...
Timtech
Jun 25, 2022Apprentice
I have used the RBK53 for several years with one router and three satellites and never had an issue with the Nest thermostats.
I upgraded to the 853 and both Nests disconnected and ran down power several times a day from day one of the install. I kept testing for days. Charge them back up and see if they lasted longer. They never did. Both would drain and disconnect. Then I seen a post about the work around of doing the guest network. I believe you commented on it a year or so ago. I added a guest, connected all the Nest Thermostats to it and never had an issue. I just upgraded to the 4.6.8.5 hoping that was the fix. As a test, I only moved one thermostat back to the Primary and it ran the power down over night and disconnected.
With the 853, I have one router and two satellites. The router and the Nest that disconnected after this upgrade are on my second floor and about 15 feet apart with 1 sheet rock wall between them (not brick, concrete, stone, etc). The two satellites are on the first floor over 100 feet away, through the floor and several sheet rock walls.
I only seen the thermostat connect to the router. Why would it jump on the primary SSID and not on the guest? I don't see an option for fast switching like I did on the RBK53 which I did have enabled for years.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I don't like having a second network.
Thanks in advance.
Timtech
Jun 25, 2022Apprentice
I should add my home is ~4,800 square feet with the basement which I don't have a satellite there. Everything in the basement pulls from the two Satellites on the first floor (at each end of the house).