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prosportal
Mar 11, 2018Aspirant
Failure Connection (Honeywell WIFI Thermostat)
I have had a Honeywell Wi-Fi Thermostat (RTH6580WF) for a number of years now. Within the past 6 months, I purchased a Nighthawk R6400. Since then, i always get "Connection Failure" on my thermostat;...
- Mar 13, 2018
Try dropping 2.4 GHz mode mode from "450 Mbps" to something lower (changes from 40Mhz mode possible to 20Mhz mode)?
michaelkenward
Mar 12, 2018Guru - Experienced User
These things usually come down to the device you are trying to connect.
Have you sought help in the places where they support the Honeywell Wi-Fi Thermostat?
prosportal
Mar 12, 2018Aspirant
I have not. I began this troubleshooting expedition by connecting it successfully to other routers. So far, I have been successful on a Linksys router and my phone's hotspot, but the thermostat will not connect to my nighthawk router's wifi. Therefore, I have reached out for assintance on this forum first.
- FURRYe38Mar 12, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Try setting manual channel 1, 6 or 11 on 2.4Ghz.
prosportalwrote:I have not. I began this troubleshooting expedition by connecting it successfully to other routers. So far, I have been successful on a Linksys router and my phone's hotspot, but the thermostat will not connect to my nighthawk router's wifi. Therefore, I have reached out for assintance on this forum first.
- duckwareMar 13, 2018Prodigy
Try dropping 2.4 GHz mode mode from "450 Mbps" to something lower (changes from 40Mhz mode possible to 20Mhz mode)?
- prosportalMar 14, 2018Aspirant
So, it looks like this thermostat will ONLY work on "Up to 54mbps" which has a negative impact on all my other devices, but suppose that's the limitation of wireless- G