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ToddPals
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Jul 01, 2017
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Nest Thermostat

I did the MAC lookup and added it as approved in my router but the Nest still will not attach to the R7800 router.  It cannot be this hard...right?  Come on you smart folks out there.....give me the ...
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    Jul 01, 2017

    No need to use any MAC filtering with NESTs. 

     

    Ive had both of my NESTs connected to my 2.4Ghz radio since day one. I use UpTo300Mb on 2.4Ghz, manual channels 1, 6 or 11 and WPA2 and AES only.