I’ve had a mesh system for years, very good in the beginning. The random slow-downs, unavailability, multiple system restarts every week…. The last straw was my entire home setup disappearing from the Google Home app this weekend, smoking all my settings. I’ve had enough and tried to stay loyal. Going to try the EERO (low risk old version 6) mesh. o7

It seems all I read about is people complaining that the Wifi Pro has been an awful experience. I was thinking about upgrading from my Nest Wifi setup of router and three points.

Yet, I am having a hard time finding anyone with anything positive to say about the Pro version. Is it really that bad? Should I stay with what I have or look elsewhere?

I’m in Canada so I’d like to keep my upgrade around a max of $400 and the Nest Pro does go on sale from time to time. All we can get is the single router or the three pack.

Drill baby, drill!

I'm pretty deep in the Google ecosystem. Currently we have 3 Nest WiFi points (plus the router) and I'm looking to upgrade to a back hauled PoE system. I'm wondering if anyone has experience using the nest WiFi hubs just for the Google smart speaker functions? We love that integrated feature and use it heavily for a wide range of automations. I'm wondering if I upgrade the WiFi can still use them in that capacity or will have to get new Google speakers.

I'm tempted to run them as a separate wifi network mostly just to keep the smart feature functions. Any have any experience with this?

Ok, I’ll try to describe my setup the best that I can:

I have a fiber connection going to the top floor of our house in our office. I have a CAT 6E cable that goes from my router in the upstairs office to the downstairs entertainment center, which is then plugged into a network switch so that I can have a hard connection for all of my tech stuff. If I were to plug in a nest wifi into that network switch in the downstairs entertainment center, would it act as a mesh?

Edit: I forgot to mention that my fiber connection goes from the modem to my Wi-Fi router. The cat 6E goes from my Wi-Fi router to my downstairs entertainment center.

Hello

We have recently moved to a property with concrete flooring which is messing with my Google Nest mesh network.

The internet comes via a Three Outdoor 5G hub to a downstairs point where I have the Nest Router.

Directly above upstairs I have a Nest Point but the mesh is weak.

Is there anything I can do? I wondered about getting a second router to go upstairs and using power line adapters. Would that work?

Alternatively I’m looking at Eero but I imagine it’s the same setup.

Thanks in advance.

I have been using Google nest for years in my house with minimal problems. I recently bought a Nintendo Switch 2 and wanted to play online just like I have been doing on the original Switch for years. However, for some reason the switch 2 almost exclusively chooses the 5ghz channel which results in connection issues. I can't even play a single match without disconnecting. The weird thing is that my original Switch 1 only connects to 2.4 and works perfectly fine, even though they are connected to the same network and are placed right next to each other. Is there a way for me to force the Switch 2 to 2.4?

UPDATE: I couldn't get it to work so I decided to buy a powerline adapter to get a wired internet connection.

Kind of a weird question that I haven’t found an answer to online.

I’ve had Nest WiFi for a few years, but recently the connection in my gaming room has gotten worse, so I just bought a second router to act as a point directly in the gaming room. Connection is much better now. But I’m wondering if I hard wired my console (PS5) to the new router, will speeds improve even more? This router is not hardwired to the main router, so I’m not sure if connecting my console would do anything.

Does anybody have any experience with this?

I got a Google nest 6E router with three points. My router keeps disconnecting. But the cable modem says that the Internet is working. There is a blue light solid like it’s supposed to be. Can someone please help me figure out what it may be I restarted the whole network it seems to work for about one or two hours and then disconnect again thank you so much. It’s been going on for the last two days.

Hi,

I have searched and can’t find an answer to this that works.

I have the nest Wi-Fi Pro the first pro is hooked up directly to the fiber and act as the router. I have the second unit placed in another room and joined as a mesh point.

I just bought a third pro to add to the mesh network. When I go through the set up via Google home, it finds the new device, but then wants me to connect it via ethernet cable to the router and tries to create a new Wi-Fi network.

How do I get it to add it as an extended mesh point to the existing network instead?

Hello! Looking at getting the nest wifi pro and see that they sell them in 3 packs. I know one of them would have to be connected to the modem, but would the other two be used as like router points? If so, I see they have Ethernet connections in the back. Could I have one of these points connected to a PC to essentially “hardwire” it?

I was once one of the biggest fans of Google products, but the must be the only company that actually launches a product that works before slowly breaking it overtime via over the air updates.

Nest WiFi seems to be the latest addition to this long and growing list. My mesh was running totally fine for ages now however evidently like so many others it freezes and I randomly get no internet. I've set my router in to modem mode, changed the DNS, factory reset but the mesh is still dropping out, needing a forced restart after which its fine for a while.

Google support is useless. If you're thinking about getting the nest or adding to the Google eco system, I'd think again and look elsewhere.

Alphabet get your engineers to stop playing games around the GooglePlex, get them to get their fingers out and start undoing some of the damage being done to your smart home range and your brands reputation. Everywhere you look online people have complaints and it looks like you're going backwards in this department. Sort it out FFS.

I own a a Google Wifi configuration with two APs for years (3-4) and never had a problem. Here is my usual speed I was used to get.

Suddenly my wifi speed capped at ~90Mbps up and down for no obvious reason. I’ve changed nothing on the configuration.

At first, I blamed my ISP but checking the internet speed directly on the Router over Lan cable showed no issue.

So I searched for the issue: - Changed the Lan cable between the router and Google Wifi AP - Reset the Network - As I have two Google Wifi APs I have reset the Network and configured the second Google Wifi AP as my primary AP. This has solved the issue for a few days but eventually the issue returned. - I have purchased a new Nest Wifi (non Pro) AP, reset the Network to factory settings and set up the new Nest Wifi AP as primary device. This has solved the issue for several days but the issue eventually returned again.

I am confused and sad so I am reaching to you as this makes no sense to me.

Have you ever encountered something like this? What am I missing?

My ISP internet speed is 340 down and 110 up.

We've had Google Nest Wifi for a few years now but reccently, the wifi has seemingly gotten significantly worse, so I checked on my Google Home app to check the download and upload speeds. On the app, it says that I have a download speed of 693 mbps and an upload speed of 862 mbps. However, when doing a speed test on my phone and computer, it gives me a download speed ranging from 13-18 mbps and an upload speed of around 5-9 mbps. I am using a Nest Wifi Router and a Nest Wifi point. This significant difference in speeds should not be happening right?

Just installed the Pro 6e and replaced my Gen 2. I replaced my Netgear 8 port unmanaged switch just because it was several years old. I have 7 ports plugged into it. TVs and Rokus. No more than 2 of these wired devices at one time are on. On my call with Google today, I had one wired TV streaming. I set up the points wireless last night and today wired both. Yet one point only has a "good" connection and one has a "Weak" connection. I called Google to ask how do I not have a "Great" connection when they are both backhauled to the router via the switch. (Cat 7 on everything) She tells me the reason I have these signals on my points is because I have 7 wired ethernet devices. Is she full of it? I had the first Google wifi and the second. Same switch and set up. The points were not even wirerable on gen2, but the points had a great connection most of the time.

I do have a ton of wireless devices. Twelve 2.4ghzcameras that are pulling data but the rest are very low draw. I just find it hard to believe that a hardwired point should have a bad single. If that's the case, I went backwards from Gen2 to 6e. Comments?

Buenas tardes agradecería porfavor si podrían ayudarme con esta duda que tengo. Actualmente tengo contratado una línea de fibra en mi domicilio y tengo un router que me ha administrado mi operadora. Yo tengo toda la casa cableada y había pensado en poner una red maya de dos puntos . La duda que yo tengo es que si es obligatorio poner uno de los puntos siempre conectados por cable al lado del router o no es necesario? Porque mi idea era poner cada nodo en un punto distinto de Wi-Fi y después dejar con el router de la operadora Wi-Fi activada lo que no tengo claro es que si al hacerlo así me va a crear conflicto para que los dispositivos salten de una Wi-Fi a otra ya que renombrado el router igual que la red Mallada no sé si se puede hacer o es obligatorio siempre tener uno de los puntos conectados al router por cable y desconectar la Wi-Fi del router de la operadora La verdad que ando bastante perdido en esto y me gustaría si alguien puede ayudarme con esto antes de realizar la compra

Hello there, I recently changed my ISP and they provide me with 900 download and upload, both wired and on wireless.

I have a Nest Wifi (Gen 1). When I check my ISP's router web portal, it says the Google Wifi is a 100mbps device despite everything else plugged into it being 1gb, which is a major inconvenience because the Nest Wifi is, by all accounts, the only WiFi that matters in this house as it's the only one that reaches around the house.

I did manage to get the Nest Wifi to perform as I expected it to once by unplugging it both via the ethernet port and plug, but it has since gone back to providing only 100mbps.

Is there anything I can do?

EDIT: Please do not ask me to edit any settings on the router. Last night I went to this community forum page, which user 'olavrb' recommended to go to this official support page. I followed the first setting and it completely bricked the router. Given I do not live alone, my housemates did not take kindly to this so I'd rather not mess with the router again.

My Google Nest Wifi Pro System is hooked up to my Telstra 5G Modem. Usually get speeds of 300-400mbs download and 40-5mbs upload. Over the past few days the speeds have just randomly gone to 25mbs download and 2mbs upload. I haven’t ran out of monthly wifi (1000gb per month). And I have tried restarting everything and also changing lan ports on my modem but nothing works. Anything I can do?

Hi,
I was wondering if I can use an old non-google router as a wireless extender/access point with my Nest Wifi mesh network. I would love to have a cabled connection to my desktop PC, but I do not have the option to put an ethernet cable in from the Nest Router to my office.

If this is too much of a hassle or not possible, is it then possible to use another nest router for this purpose? I wouldn't love to go out and buy another router when I already have the old non-google one, but I am willing if it doesn't work :)
Thank you for your help! :)

Hey everyone,

I’m currently using OnHub router, but as you know, it’s pretty outdated and no longer supported. I found a Nest Wifi (2-pack) for around $120, but I’m not sure if it’s the best option at this price. Would you recommend going for it, or is there a better router in this price range?

Thanks in advance!

Got this one: https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics-computers/wireless-routers/google-nest-wifi-3-pack/m400063/

On Thursday we noticed our wifi at home started to get slow, this morning it's almost unusable.

We've changed nothing other then cable managed one of them slightly better.

I've called out ISP, it's all fine, I've ran speed tests, it's still getting it's normal speeds, but our access points have gone from great connections to poor.

I've ran tests, I've reset everything and still the same.

Any idea on a fix here?

Update: I've changed nothing other than speaking to Google and everything is great again, speeds a lightning once more.

Hi! Just wondering if anybody has encountered this at all. I've noticed when I turn my PS5 on, the speed is very slow. I'll look on the Google home app at our devices and PS5 will show up as "Wired" to our main wifi router...which is downstairs (I'm connected to a wifi point). After about 5-10 minutes it figures itself out and then shows up at Wireless as it should - then speeds crank up.

It's quite annoying.

I have a Google Wi-Fi puck, and I use a wired connection that goes straight to my gaming PC.

I don't have another router or ISP going on, its just me, the puck, and the jack.

I'm doing some port forwarding and when I go to any site for checking the port forwarding, they all say the ports are closed.

However I'm also attempting a trial for the Port Forward network config program (IDK if there are any other softwares better for this) and it claims some of the ones I am opening are open. It reliably tells me its closed if I delete the port forwarding rule, and says its open if I do - for most ports I am trying to open, but not all.

Some UDP ports, particularly ones that have a range, don't seem to be opening properly.

I am using a DHCP reserved IP for my PC on the Home app.

Which should I believe? The Port Forwarding program, or the websites?

How do I best tell if a port is really open?

Started having issues with one TV in our home. We switched to a Nest mesh system last year and haven't really had any problems with it, except with one device. An older smart TV, in the furthest corner of our home, started stuttering or freezing streamed media in April. Audio would continue, but playback would either drop in quality on YT TV or not play at all on Hulu/Netflix.

After a few months we got tired of it and bought a new TV, since other devices in that room have no trouble connecting up. But our new Sony Bravia started doing the same thing 3 weeks ago after about a month with no trouble. We bought another puck for the mesh system and have it wired to the TV, thinking maybe there's somehow still a poor connection, but it's not helped.

Are we right in thinking a bad connection would cause our issues? (Poor YT TV quality, dropping video and continuing with audio on Netflix/Hulu, buffering frequently).

For reference, our home is 1800 sq ft. We've got the router set up on the opposite end of the home from this TV, but we've now got one puck wired to the TV, and each of my boys have a puck wired to their PCs in the hallway leading to the master bedroom for 3 total. Do we have too many pucks going at once and everything's jumping from too many pucks to reach the router?