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Hoot_Foghorn · 02-25-2025

I have two Nest Protect devices. One went off-line yesterday pressing center button yields voice prompt "checking network" after which a green circle is displayed.The Nest App keeps reporting the thing to be off-line.I have excellent WiFi, both in 2....

Hoot_Foghorn · 01-05-2025

The Nest App reports my two protect devices are allocated an ipv4 address from the RFC1918 range I'm using on my private LAN. The App also lists the mac address it is using on WiFi.If I scan my network (a ping sweep) I don't see its IP nor Mac Addres...

Hoot_Foghorn · 06-01-2022

I have added several routines to my smart home. While on vacation my household members cannot find the routine I use for a morning routine. The routine is not visible in their google smart home app. How do I move or copy my personal routines to the g...

Hoot_Foghorn · 12-02-2021

Hi All,I have multiple nest mini speakers in my homeI know how to broadcast. This question is not about broadcastingI would like to be able to have a two-way conversation where I would use a command like "Open a channel to the office speaker" or some...

Hoot_Foghorn · 02-27-2025

Feedback from google support is "The problem is in your home network. If you can't fix your network then call your ISP for help." Of course, when the Nest Protect is the only device that cannot maintain a wifi connection then it is your network at fa...

Hoot_Foghorn · 02-25-2025

@Patrick_Caezza @kcruzgonzalez,Your earlier posts on ping and protocol in use by Nest Protect was informative but it doesn't give a clue as to how a Nest Protect that gets stuck in the mud can be re-activated. When in low-power mode it doesn't respon...

Hoot_Foghorn · 04-26-2022

Understood @Cindy1 . I underestimated the problem thinking it was about the smart home app.

Hoot_Foghorn · 04-23-2022

I understand your predicament. But I still think you might have missed an option to control group volume.See the attached iPhone screendump:Do you have access to the option in the Google smart home app?

Hoot_Foghorn · 04-22-2022

I happen to be skilled in continuity, fault tolerant and redundant architecture. Also expert in analytical troubleshooting and problem avoidance. I would not use a battery powered device whose failure can cause damage without a wired backup. Good luc...

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