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Out of curiosity: are these running their own wifi mesh network, or do they actually rely on a working wifi router? Do … do people realize that power cuts occa
by dylan-m 9y ago
Out of curiosity: are these running their own wifi mesh network, or do they actually rely on a working wifi router?
Do … do people realize that power cuts occasionally coincide with house fires?
- gwbas1c 9y agoHonestly, I'm not sure. I thought they had a backup mesh network. I bought them because they speak in English instead of making a series of nonsense beeps; they're easy to silence when you burn something in your kitchen; they send a push alert when they need batteries instead of needing to chase down a random beep in the house; ect, ect. I really don't care about a backup mesh network as long as they are loud enough when there is no network.
- dylan-m 9y agoAh, looked it up, and it seems they must have a separate protocol that they use for interconnect: https://nest.com/support/article/Are-my-Nest-Protects-still-interconnected-if-my-Wi-Fi-goes-down https://nest.com/support/article/Are-my-Nest-Protects-still-.... And apparently it's even sort of a standard. Nifty :) Your comment about requiring wifi frightened me somewhat, but I guess they wanted to check Nest-specific things or something?
- gwbas1c 9y agoI honestly don't know. I couldn't get a straight answer from my realtor. A few days later I was at a bar while their alarm system was getting inspected. I asked one of the pros about the situation and he told me that Nests require a working internet connection in order to pass state inspection, and all of the alarms have to be Nest.