I decided to try it with my old Android phone. Charged the battery back
to life and resurrected my Google account on that phone, then retried
the connection to my Nest Thermostat. Off course, everything went
flawlessly, not even weird waiting moment ...
I tried to bypass the new router by powering it off and approach the
thermostat near the house so I can connect it directly to the main wifi,
but the app is still freezing after few minutes (same error) I think i
will simply get refund and buy anothe...
It's not an extender, but a router (Dlink DIR1750) it is configured for
exposing the same Wi-Fi as the home. The router is newly installed in
the garage. Thermostat Nest is in the garage
The thermostat is installed in my detached garage. I installed a D-Link
router to share the same wifi to my garage (just like a repeater). The
router is a D-Link DIR-1750 (AC1750). Maybe there is something blocking
the connection in the new router. D...