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Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interval

Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:56 am

Last week I had some issues with my Nest thermostat. I had opened a support ticket with Nest Labs and they responded me with the following message:
It sounds like your battery may be draining or there is some sort of interference with the communication on Nest.

The best way to resolve this is to adjust 2 settings in your router. This will completely resolve your issue. Change your DTIM interval to 3 and your beacon interval to 211. Once you have done this, reset your Nest and this issue should not arise again.
How can I change the DTIM- and the beacon interval?

I have a 2011UAS-2HnD Routerboard running RouterOS version 6.6.
 
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Re: Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interva

Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:21 pm

You can't change such settings in RouterOS, and I think most of other manufacturers also don't offer it.

Which frequency does Nest use? Maybe simply changing the frequency will stop interference
 
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Re: Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interva

Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:14 am

You can't change such settings in RouterOS, and I think most of other manufacturers also don't offer it.

Which frequency does Nest use? Maybe simply changing the frequency will stop interference
Most of wifi router support change DTIM & Beacon Interval, it's basic wifi setting.
Large DTIM & Beacon Interval can save battery, but low performance & increase delay
 
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Re: Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interval

Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:58 pm

in terms of the beacon interval alone,  i dont see how that would in anyway affects the battery life of a client device (or a nest in your case).  Please correct me if im wrong but the beacon interval is essentially how often your AP transmits its SSID and other basic info like channel and B/G/N protocol, (right?)

How would that affect a client device's battery?  from the client side i would assume a beacon frame is only useful during the initial connection / handshake (since your NEST will always connect to the same AP,  that is the AP it was initally setup to always connect to).  Additionally,  its not like the NEST is a type of device that would be roaming around and need to process other beacons to find a better signal.
 
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Re: Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interva

Tue Jun 28, 2016 1:19 pm

Most of wifi router support change DTIM & Beacon Interval, it's basic wifi setting.
I have never seen it in a typical home WiFi router, which should be the target platform for such devices.
When the Nest can only work with changed settings, return it as unfit for use.
 
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Re: Nest thermostat and setting the DTIM- and beacon interval

Sat Nov 19, 2016 11:41 am

With RouterOS, you might possibly want to play with Multicast Helper settings to see if that changes anything.
Otherwise TP-Link routers/AP are cheap, they all have that option under advanced settings and might save you some headache.

@Normis they are already hunderts of wifi options why not supply those as well ?

Interesting reading http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.c ... r-WLAN.htm.

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