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I had a single original Google WiFi puck in a 2 bedroom apartment and loved it. When I bought a house in 2020 i upgraded to the Nest WiFi, basically what you have in the screenshot there. I was able to use my Google WiFi puck as a mesh AP and I had 3 pucks in the whole house. I did NOT use wired backhaul setup as it was not feasible and the throughput was absolutely awful. For context, I have gigabit from my ISP. With Nest WiFi I’d hardly ever get more than 100mbps on a single device regardless of how close I was to the puck. I replaced the whole system with a single Eero 6E and made no changes to my ISP/modem etc and now get 800mbps downloads on a 5ghz or 6ghz device with no loss of coverage in my home. In conclusion, switch to Eero or anything but Google. Google gave up on this product.

Agreed. I've just given it up and use only the single router. The mesh/edge points are just too unreliable and it's not worth the hassle every time the family has a problem. It's just another lesson on Google's values. A bit sad because I thought I was buying a system that would be maintained with great software updates.

I can second this, had the originals and they died pretty quick Now we have the newer versions for about maybe 2-3 years now and we are always dropping connection on them Route works fine but we have to reset the mesh constantly

That's weird. Mine have been really good up until recently. One of them is starting to have problems where it's dropping out and buffering traffic but the other two are fine. I do have wired backhaul to all of them. They're all at least 3 years old. I'm starting to think about some Ubiquiti gear though, just because the price of the new Google Nest stuff is pretty pricey for what you get.

The Ubiquiti stuff is really solid equipment, especially with the various Dream unit heading it up. Makes a very neat and easy to manage system. You do need some networking knowledge but all in all, it's pretty easy. Definitely falls into the set it up once category. In terms of ease of use and configuration, I've had great luck with my 1st Gen Google pucks. 3 of them cover my entire 2400sq-ft home using both wired and wireless backhaul. Plug it in, install the app on your phone, do the basic configuration and ignore it for years. Just works.

Turn off the wifi from the Cogeco modem if that's the model you have. I personally like the Google mesh wifi simply for ease of use. Setup is super easy and if you don't control anything or have to put restrictions on the network for children the easy of use is worth it. Just my 2 cents 3 pack on Amazon is currently 260 https://a.co/d/gl8D4aP

I still use the 1st gen Google Mesh Wifi and it works great. I'd like the newest 6e version for access to higher speed, but they still work great. If you are in fact using wifi 6, then you have the newest 3rd generation Nest Wifi Pro. It's not the one with the Google home speakers built in, right?

No issues. Frankly it's people not following directions or the app itself not completing certain functions. Others are just people not wiring correctly or being impatient during setup. Some of the stalling setup issues I have encountered and can be resolved by force quitting the app and crossing your fingers that you don't have to start all over. BTW, if you are technically inclined installing OpenWRT on your old Google WiFi pucks breathes alot of life into them. Setup is not easy, but it's very rewarding. In fact I recommend using one as an access point with a different WiFi name added to your MESH. Perhaps even one that is dedicated to IOT devices and guests.

If you mean the Google WiFi 1st gen white pucks, you are **long overdue** for security patches. Last firmware update was [3 years ago](https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/13800967?hl=en). If you are technically inclined you can install OpenWRT on it or at the bare minimum upgrade the primary Internet facing puck to 2nd gen (Nest WiFi 1st gen). However, thatis probably next to be 'forgotten'. If you can find it cheap, it'll be worth it.