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R7800 and Nest Protect
Hello, I have a netgear R7800 on the latest firmware (.28) and I'm having issues with Nest Protect. Before buying and installing the Netgear I had my (now modem), in router mode and Nest Protect wo...
- Well the replacement Nest unit came and I managed to get it all connected up straight away. Couldn't say why the old unit worked perfectly fine before I moved to the Netgear!
Thanks for the help and suggestions everyone.
A bit pedestrian, but did you replace the battery on your Nest Protect as part of your troubleshooting steps? I believe I read in one of their documents that when the battery hits a certain threshold, wifi becomes impacted. Just to exhaust all troubleshooting steps... I looked in the phone app for mine, and do see where it runs a battery check as part of its maintenance routine, but -as context for this suggestion- I also have a Samsung Smartthings hub, and a few of its sensors. I'd encountered non responsiveness with a couple of the multi sensors. Even though they'd reported 100 percent battery capacity, I changed them out (after trying everything else) and they began working again. Didn't know if you'd explored that already, though.