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rh00
Mar 17, 2018Tutor
Orbi and New Nest Hello
Just replaced Ring Pro doorbell with Nest Hello doorbell. Then found out it's not compatible with most of the Orbi products! Why won't Orbi work with Nest and is there an immediate fix coming our way...
rh00
Mar 19, 2018Tutor
Thanks for your suggestions. Apparenly the new Nest Hello and several of the Nest Cameras so not work well with mesh wifi systems and Orbi is one of them. I've talked to very senior tech support at Nest and they seem to be looking to Netgear for a fix. I hope they colloborate and get this fixed for the long haul.
The suggested fix does not repair the issue with Nest Hello but may with some fo the other products. Thanks again!
JustMakeItWork
Mar 19, 2018Apprentice
The Orbi isn't a 'true' mesh networking system so it shouldn't be exhibiting the typical issues that you'd find with say a Velop or similar. That it works fine with a Google Wifi, which is a 'true' mesh networking system is interesting too. That said, I'm receiving a Hello on Friday and will post here if it works fine or what steps I took to get it to behave.
- rh00Mar 19, 2018Tutor
Thanks for your input. Just to be clear, Nest senior Support folks said the Hello will NOT work with the Google Home WiFi because it is a mesh network setup. Good luck with the new Hello, when it worked for a few minutes, the video was cystal clear and the audio the same!
- tesserabApr 01, 2018AspirantI found that Nest Hello will connect to ORBI base unit but not satellite.
- Retired_MemberApr 02, 2018
Is this another case of the 2.4/5G confusion, where the Nest will not connect to 5G?