Management Chief Cheetah 6,915 Posted February 7, 2016 Management Share Posted February 7, 2016 Has anyone got any experience of home wifi connections? Stuff like the ability to adjust and set your heating remotely or remote home security cameras or maybe control of sockets and lighting. There are a few companies out there and I am quite interested in the technology so do you know anything about it or have you had any experiences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanW + 1,916 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I have a Nest thermostat, and that's just awesome! It was included 'free' when I switched to an energy supplier, and it's actually saved me about £200-250 a year on average since it was installed! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlomeister + 349 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I'd love to get one of those Nest/Hive things but living in a rented flat I don't think I'd be allowed. It's bad enough trying to get fibre installed in the building!! The Ubiquiti project blogs are quite an interesting read @Cheetah, some of the things that people have come up with using Ubiquiti products are so clever and may cost a fraction of the cost of some other solutions. We use their cameras and wireless access points in my day job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanW + 1,916 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, TheFlomeister said: I'd love to get one of those Nest/Hive things but living in a rented flat I don't think I'd be allowed. It's bad enough trying to get fibre installed in the building!! I dont see why not, it just replaced the old thermostat, it took the guy no more than 20 minutes to install at my parents, mine took a little longer but the savings have been very worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlomeister + 349 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 11 minutes ago, IanW said: I dont see why not, it just replaced the old thermostat, it took the guy no more than 20 minutes to install at my parents, mine took a little longer but the savings have been very worth it! I may ask the question then, the worst they can say is no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techie1 + 2,024 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 In terms of WiFi / broadband connectivity, most of the devices I've seen need to be plugged into the router by cable. They then use RF or low energy Bluetooth to talk to the remote thermostats and control units. A lot of these things work on p2p (peer to peer) so you don't need any special settings on your router to access the heating controls or cameras from the mobile network. For CCTV, I've tried using an Ethernet cable to WiFi extender, back to WiFi on the router, but the WiFi extender needed rebooting once a week! Power line seems more reliable, perhaps a power off/on once a month, but nothing beats an ehternet cable all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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