Probably.

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Apr 19, 2024
1:50:49pm

fredgarvin All-American

Probably.

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IT guys: I use(d) Google Home to monitor the wifi / devices at a rental home...

byujdmba

Apr 19, 7:21am

Go set it back up and then put the router in a locked closet so nobody does this again

Mike Honcho

Apr 19, 7:23am

And do this. They shouldn't have access to that stuff.

Schultz is back

Apr 19, 7:24am

Yeah, but then if it needs to be physically restarted, someone has to physically

robin

Apr 19, 7:32am

Or plug it into a smart plug in the locked closet.

fredgarvin

Apr 19, 8:38am

And perhaps provide a way to cycle the power outside of the locked closet, if manual intervention is needed.

Breaded Hamster

Apr 19, 8:44am

Wouldn’t that require connection to the frozen router? How would you control the

robin

Apr 19, 1:46pm

Probably.

fredgarvin

Apr 19, 1:50pm

Change your Google account password, give it to someone to fix, then change it

scootsy

Apr 19, 7:23am

You should be able to just reset it to the old name and password and everything

Schultz is back

Apr 19, 7:24am

Yes, if you can change the SSID and wifi password back, everything should automatically reconnect.

HungryCoug

Apr 19, 7:31am

Put it in the contract that you can charge them if they tamper with the router

RexIdaCoug

Apr 19, 7:25am

Sounds like he gave them permission, but they didn't do what he said. Either way

Schultz is back

Apr 19, 7:26am

If the network is down, how do you restart the Nest via the home app?

RexIdaCoug

Apr 19, 7:39am

From what he said it doesn't sound like the network was down

Schultz is back

Apr 19, 9:37am

Fair enough. I guess I assumed the Internet was down.

RexIdaCoug

Apr 19, 10:26am

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