topic Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home in Nest Thermostats

Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

marcusvictoriou — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:09:30 GMT

My handyman installed my thermostat and it's working. Now I need to enable it so my google app can see it. It's at my vacation home about 900 miles away so I'm not connected to that wifi network. How do I configure access remotely? thanks

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

David_K — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:53:51 GMT

You’ll need to be able to touch your thermostat to add it to your account in the app. This means that you won’t be able to add it remotely.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

Hakalau — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:05:19 GMT

Can someone else do it for me? I live 2000 miles from my rental.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

David_K — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 18:55:58 GMT

The device running the Google Nest or Google Home app, which controls your thermostat must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your thermostat.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

someguysNEST — Fri, 20 May 2022 16:45:49 GMT

Accordingly, you cannot remotely control your thermostat from phone or via internet unless you're connected to same WiFi network as thermostat, that is your home network, in ALL cases. Is this correct? Essentially, this means you have no remote operation capabilityfor your home thermostat. Is this correct as well?

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

David_K — Fri, 20 May 2022 19:25:11 GMT

No, this just refers to setup. Once the thermostat is added to the appropriate app and connected to Wifi, you can control it remotely using the app.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

someguysNEST — Sat, 28 May 2022 15:46:59 GMT

David,

My NEST learning thermostat (Gen 3?) is not connected to my home WiFi, but otherwise controls the house temperature. Since it was not setup to connect to home WiFi at setup, what steps do I need to take now to get it connected to home WiFi. Thanks

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

David_K — Sat, 28 May 2022 20:06:22 GMT

Follow these steps:

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9223192#Learning-E

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

Pari1 — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 23:06:46 GMT

Can handyman set up the Nest on his phone ( I assume it need to get username & password) then can log in the account and adjust it from far away ?

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

RemoteNestGuy — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:25:16 GMT

OK @marcusvictoriou @someguysNEST

I'm in same situation. Just had handyman set up new Nest Learning thermostat in my moms house on East Coast, and I'm here on West Coast. I guess i sorta understand the initial setup has to be on the same wifi network otherwise can you imagine the hacking/chaos/remotely freezing or melting people? Anyway, got my brother to go there, put Nest on his phone, use my login info, then he ran thru the setup once, and now I can control / troubleshoot her Nest Thermostat remotely across the country.> not sure why the Tech Support couldn't convey that info to you in a straightforward manner.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

RemoteNestGuy — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:27:22 GMT

Yes you could give the handyman your login info (trust the guy?) and he/she could do the initial setup. Then you can control remotely from then on, as long as the Nest keeps connection with that wifi.

Re: Nest Thermostat remote access setup at vacation home

Mrschris10 — Tue, 02 May 2023 17:17:22 GMT

We just left our Nest Thermostat 2 days ago and it's already offline. I assumed I would be able to reset it remotely, but can't find a single thing about how to do that besides taking it off my account. And then I have to be there to put it back on. How is this possible? That the device is not resettable or rebootable remotely? Am I missing something?