Google Wifi - Nest Wifi

I've been using Google's 2nd mesh wifi router since 2021 with no issues at all. Even with brief power outages it comes back on with normal operation without the need to do anything on my part.

We recently moved into a new home and now have gigabit internet. I have tried two different systems so far: the Linksys Velop system with two points. I would only get the speed I pay for in the room the router is in, but as soon as I go into the next room, it drops to around 200 mbps. Upstairs, it drops even further, even with the second point, unless you are hardwired into the second point. I am currently using the Nest Wifi router with four points, but I now only get a maximum speed of 500 Mbps downstairs and 150 Mbps upstairs, even with two points upstairs. Unfortunately, the Nest points don't have Ethernet, so I can't check that speed.The house is 1,328 sq ft. I just need a system that gets my speeds better for both downstairs and upstairs, as it is needed in both areas.

Google. Gen 2 router and 1 Gen 2 point. And 2 Gen 1 points

For the past two years, I've used an old Nest Wifi (non-Pro) 3 unit mesh system to connect all 4000 sqft of my property's smart devices, including those in a secondary two story building behind my main house. As you might imagine, the connect at the fridges is not good, and I've finally had enough. Last week, I had an electrician come and wire two CAT6A Ethernet ports, one upstairs in the main structure, and another in the secondary building. My goal is to run a state of the art WiFi 7 three points mesh system supported by a wired backhaul. My issue is, I have yet to come across a "best" WiFi 7 mesh system that could be described as both high performing and extremely reliable. Dong Knows Tech seems to really like the Asus BQ16 Pro, but when I read about it on Reddit, I see nothing but complaints about disappearing AP's and poor network stability. Other brands all have similar negative anecdotes shared. The only brand that I haven't read negative performance feedback about is Ubiquiti, but their options seem to be very convoluted, and the value for the money spent seems to frequently be in question here. At this point I've used the search feature so extensively on this subject that I'm completely overwhelmed. Can anyone on here please help me to navigate all the ambiguity to point me towards a solid option?

I have a Nest v2 router switched with 4 Nest aps. All are wired, and I haven't had any issues roaming. When they were not wired, I had extensive issues.

I have a Nest v2 router switched with 4 Nest aps. All are wired, and I haven't had any issues roaming. When they were not wired, I had extensive issues.

I bought a router and 3 extra points of the 2nd generation Nest Wifi. I had wifi issues all the time. A device would be connected to a point but have no internet. You can find forum posts of people complaining about this very same issue without any resolution from Google. I switched to Deco and have had 0 issues.

I have the previous version of Google's Nest mesh system. It uses the Home app which does other things and is generally very easy to set up and use. The system has been superceded so you'll often find it on special.

I have been running Google WiFi for years without any problems. Coming from a Cisco WiFi system, I had a bad time with one... I use a Google Nest router with three Google WiFi access points connected via a LAN switch (backhaule). I have 43 devices on my network. I can walk around the house (three storey building) without any connection problems. It is important to note that there are four different Google WiFi modules available. 1st generation Google WiFi This is always a router and an access point. It also has two LAN ports, which is important if you want to connect a PC/PlayStation or use a backhaul via LAN. 2nd generation (Google) Nest WiFi You can buy a router OR an access point here! They have the better WiFi/CPU/RAM, but the access points have no 2nd LAN port, so no backhaule... However, they are compatible with the 1st gen, so I use this one as my router, but the very cheap 1 Gen as my access points. 3rd Gen Also better WiFi, generally improved version, very expensive, don't know too much about them. You can compare the ones [here](https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6300732?hl=en).

I use IP pass-through with a Google nest router and Google Wi-Fi points

Thank you. Good to know. For the Google/Nest WiFi I currently have, the app does say "Wired" for the point that's hooked up to the CAT7, so I think it's working. There's no other direct indication of the wired backhaul in the Google Home app. The one point that's not wired generally shows a weak connection, though it's only 20-30 feet away from both the main router and wired one with a few walls/the floor between. Unfortunately that's also the one closest to the detached area, so getting a signal out to there is proving difficult with this Google setup.

Sorry; Nest WiFi (H2D). That’s now the main router and I have a Google WiFi (AC-1304) connected with the wired backhaul, and a Nest WiFi point connected wirelessly.  Why are all WiFi product names so awful and confusing? Is it really so hard to just to number sequentially? 😄

Thank you. Good to know. For the Google/Nest WiFi I currently have, the app does say "Wired" for the point that's hooked up to the CAT7, so I think it's working. There's no other direct indication of the wired backhaul in the Google Home app. The one point that's not wired generally shows a weak connection, though it's only 20-30 feet away from both the main router and wired one with a few walls/the floor between. Unfortunately that's also the one closest to the detached area, so getting a signal out to there is proving difficult with this Google setup.

Sorry; Nest WiFi (H2D). That’s now the main router and I have a Google WiFi (AC-1304) connected with the wired backhaul, and a Nest WiFi point connected wirelessly.  Why are all WiFi product names so awful and confusing? Is it really so hard to just to number sequentially? 😄

I went from a Nest 2gen to the Nest 6e and both points backhauled. My router always got 800 up and down but couldn't get over 100 on any wifi device no matter where I was in the house. I'm getting 600-800 on my Pixel Fold and the same on my MacBook. The wife's iPhone 16 gets over 500. So far I'm pretty happy.

Had a Google nest wifi mesh which kept needing a reboot. Thought I had a lemon. So I got version 2 which had issues again. Maybe needed a boot every week. I gave up on Google / nest hardware. I switched to one of those $300+ giant spider looking router and it’s been running smoothly for almost 2 years now. Absolutely no more issues.

Had a Google nest wifi mesh which kept needing a reboot. Thought I had a lemon. So I got version 2 which had issues again. Maybe needed a boot every week. I gave up on Google / nest hardware. I switched to one of those $300+ giant spider looking router and it’s been running smoothly for almost 2 years now. Absolutely no more issues.

I have the same issue with a Nest WiFi Point. The router is fine but the extender can't go more than a week without locking up the network and needing a reboot. It is also emitting noise on 300MHz that I can pickup throughout the house and garden.

TLDR: looking for recommendations on a new mesh network to replace our Google WiFi mesh network. Long version: In the last 3 days, our Google Nest mesh network has been dropping signal with multiple points going offline for no apparent reason. It’s happening sporadically and the only consistent fix is to wait 2-10 minutes for the mesh network to fix itself. I’ve tried rebooting each Nest Gen 2 point, the Nest Gen 2 router, and the Fios modem, but it still keeps randomly dropping the mesh signal between Nest points. I’m about ready to just sell all the Nest units and invest in a new mesh system. Our home is 3 finished floors (including a basement where the Fios modem is located). The house was built in 1920s with wood frame and plaster / lathe walls (no chicken wire luckily) so we need something that is strong enough to broadcast across 3 floors. Unfortunately the Verizon Fios modem is hardwired in the basement and cannot easily be moved without work from Verizon. I also can’t hardwire from the basement to the upstairs, so everything has to be wireless. I’d ideally like to keep an entire mesh network under $250 if possible. Our internet is around 500 mbps so I don’t need the latest and greatest speeds; just enough to support two work from home adults on video calls each day. Current setup: We have one Google Nest Gen 2 as the router connected to a Fios modem in the basement via ethernet. From there we have two more Nest Gen 2 points in the basement (one in gym and one in a home office), a Gen 2 on the first floor, and a Gen 1 on the other end of the first floor. No points on 2nd floor (bedrooms) as the signal is strong enough from first floor.

Historically we had no issues with coverage — at least once we added a total of 5 Nest points in our 1700 sq ft home. They worked fine for 2 years until this week. We haven’t added any new devices to the network this week, so I’m not sure why the coverage is suddenly dropping unless Google made an update to one or more units, or one of the Nest points is failing.

I’ve tried google/nest and eero mesh networks. Google was decent but I had the old pre wifi6 ones, so I shifted to eero and wasn’t impressed really - constant upsell for features that I believe should be standard and issues with devices moving from one mesh outlet to another while walking around. Finally I got ASUS zen WiFi XT9’s - had one issue where I needed to factory reset after a firmware update, but overall they are rock solid, I get 500mbps (that’s my plan max speed) download via WiFi everywhere in my house and run security cameras and smart lights outside, definitely recommend them.

I have a nest mesh system with one point. At odd time the point will lose the connection and needs to be rebooted . wifi signal will start to drop on the point first. 24 devices on the point.

Mesh only. I use Nest WiFi and I'm very happy with it, I hear good things about other mesh systems. My home has 3 points, in combination they serve the entire indoors, one helps a ton with the front of house and the other immensely improves coverage for the three cameras I have in the back yard. Just mesh, 2-4 points based on size and layout of your property.

What exactly do you do with your internet? I stream everything and work from home. I pay Comcast for a 150Mb connection and I use the regular Nest Wi-Fi, with one Nest Wi-Fi point, and another old Google Wi-Fi puck for a three point mesh system. I have no issues with anything I do and I can't imagine upgrading my internet connection or Wi-Fi hardware in the next several years.

After years of struggling with many solutions to make Nest mesh Wi-Fi work throughout my house, I gave up and disabled all my access points. I hardwired a PoE outdoor access point in my attic, and now I have great signal inside and outside with no speed problems. I kept my Nest router, so nothing else has changed in my network, and my Wi-Fi worries are over!

As someone who had several Google OnHub units in my mesh system right until the end and now has the pucks meshed around a Nest WiFi router, I'd advise waiting for Google to announce end-of-life for the pucks before making any changes.  And they're due for new Wi-Fi hardware this year. 

The Nest Wifi is great and can be a hub for the OG Google Wifi pucks in a mesh setup. My Nest Wifi serves 4 pucks (all wirelessly) and it's rock solid. A pair of Nest Wifi units in a mesh setup is probably great.

I want to ditch my Google Nest mesh router. Here's why. Yesterday our community had a half-hour electrical power outage. When it came back on, my Cox Internet service didn't. After doing several reboots of my Motorola Docsis 3.1 modem without success, I had a Cox Tech out who convincingly proved to my satisfaction that there was nothing wrong with their network - both his metering device and another modem easily connected to the Internet and worked through my Google Nest router. So, I went out and purchased an Arris Surfboard SB8200 I brought it home, and after about half an hour it was connected to the Cox Internet. I could plug an ethernet cable from my computer to the modem and be on the internet. Now it was time to reconnect my Google Nest router to the new modem. Was not able to re-establish connectivity. Got Google Tech Support to actually call me back, and a very nice and somewhat knowledgeable fellow tried to get the thing working. Nothing worked! The guy was in the Philippines, I said I had to go to bed. Two hours on the phone, trying this and trying that and the guy was stumped. His last suggestion was that I call Cox and ask them to set up a bridge mode on my connection. I don't know exactly what bridge mode is, but that was a bulls\*\*t suggestion if I ever heard one. I WILL NOT allow myself to be put in the middle of Cox and Google. He'll get back to me tomorrow and if he doesn't have a workable solution, I am in the market for a new router and it won't be Google. I had a router and one connection point and that was good enough for most of my two-story home. The connection point was near a window and reached out into the backyard. Sometimes that was flaky but still within acceptable limits for me. But certainly less than great. And I realize I am bone-tired of the Google Nest and its smartphone-app-only setup. Everything is opaque, nothing is clear, no way to log into the router and see what the heck is going on in it. It's performance had been adequate but not great. I'm looking for something else, and fast. I am talking to you through my IPhone's hotspot and I and my wife are tired of that. I see that the Deco BE11000 gets some good reviews here on performance issues. Can someone tell me what setup is like. Are there options besides a stupid smartphone app like Google's?

I used the Nest Wifi for many years now and no problem. My brother in Texas loved his Eero 6.

I was using the older Google Wifi with 4 pucks. Finally upgrade to the Nest wifi with 2 routers +1 point as mesh. All my Google home speakers works fine on either system. Nest Wifi router on sale at Amazon.

Hoping someone can help me out. I need to replace my near 5 year old mesh system. It’s currently a google nest WiFi AC2200 2nd Gen (2 pack). 1 of the nodes keeps going offline and I get intermittent loss of signal on various devices. I have an iPhone 16 pro, iPad Pro (6th gen), 2018 MacBook Pro and about 30 or so other devices including 2 smart tvs, 4 echos, ring doorbell camera, ring floodlight and many govee led strips etc. The iPhone 16 pro and iPad Pro (6th gen) is the newest tech that I currently have so I would like a router that can take advantage of this and also work great with my 30 or so other devices. My internet provider speed is only 1 gig. I assume I would need a 2 pack of which ever I go with. I already know i can’t afford the 7 max. I could probably do the 7 pro 2 pack but from reading that doesn’t seem to be a smart choice? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks.

NEVER had any issues with Google support, but agree with others, Nest Routers are ASS, look to Asus, firewalla, Unifi, lots of other choices far superior

I have used Google/Nest Wifi for the last 8 years, starting from v1. Then, I added a couple of AP v2. In a new place, I've started with Pro version with 6e support. For some people, it doesn't work just due to the size of the space. Google/Nest AP may cover smaller areas compared to other vendors but work flawlessly when you have enough APs. I tried Tplink in the past and had speed losses between APs, no matter if it reported great signal in a mesh network.

I have used Google/Nest Wifi for the last 8 years, starting from v1. Then, I added a couple of AP v2. In a new place, I've started with Pro version with 6e support. For some people, it doesn't work just due to the size of the space. Google/Nest AP may cover smaller areas compared to other vendors but work flawlessly when you have enough APs. I tried Tplink in the past and had speed losses between APs, no matter if it reported great signal in a mesh network.

I dumped my entire nest and google WiFi mesh network and went Ubiquiti. Best decision I ever made. Period.

Technology aside (I.e. UniFi WiFi 7 better than WiFi 6 with my old Google/nest WiFi setup) the level of network control provided by ubiquiti software is FAR superior to Google home. UniFi tells knows whether problems are with specific clients, APs, or your ISP. I can create VLANs for just cameras and security. Separate ones for business and can filter application etc

Yes it is bottlenecking your speed. all Gens of Google/Nest Wifi are 1GB wan. So \~800 is about maxing the 1GB. otherwise any number of physical reasons why your mesh isnt as strong as it could be. wiring the access points to a switch and then connecting the switch to the Main GoogleWifi router will help greatly

I have owned every version of Google/Nest WiFi and I will not get them again. There are companies out there that are fully 100% focused on this stuff and they do a better job of it than Google does who has its attention focused on other products. My Nest WiFi pro pods are very unreliable and have had connection issues daily for months now with no fix in sight.

Yeah I've had the Nest WiFi for about 6 years now and it's been a never ending battle. Had those problems early on, tried working with their customer service a few times and surprise surprise, their script always blames the ISP and they never take responsibility for their products. There was a period of about a year where they worked pretty well and then over the last year, they would disconnect a couple times a week. Sometimes I can restart the network from the app but unplugging each device usually works the best for a few days. I'm done with Google hardware, they just don't seem to care about customer service and making a quality product. Looking around for a new system, TP link has good reviews but security concerns being Chinese owned. Eero is unfortunately Amazon owned and D-link, which was a leader back in the day now makes sub par systems. Can't decide where to go.

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.

this is a great price and will work well for what you are wanting it to do. The nest devices get constant updates unlike some of the other mesh models. Eero is the only other device to get constant updates but the 6e version is almost tripple this price. The wifi 6e is also going to be good to get devices onto the fastest network. That is a bloody good price aswell. I am in Aus aswell. Just recommended someone else to do this setup (they are on 1000/50 FTTP Plan) and they get almost full speeds throughout the house. I currently only personally have 1 of the original google wifi devices at my parents house and its been rock solid for years and they even got some wifi security cameras. the wireless backhaul will just jump to the best available. so if it can use the wifi 6e as backhaul it will, if it needs to jump to 5ghz it will. Id expect to see 500-700 on the PS5.

We use a Google Nest mesh network with 2 access points with TMHI. Been using it for 2 1/2 years now with no problems. Also, added a TP-Link extender for the backyard and again no problems. FYI.

I have my Google Nest Mesh Wifi connected to the TMHI hub via ethernet. The primary access point is connected to the TMHI and I have a secondary access point in another out building around 50ft away. All works well. Also, I checked the speed on my Nest Mesh wifi compared to the TMHI wifi and the Nest Mesh is faster. FYI

No. This is a piece of hardware that requires other pieces to work. UniFi sells business and enterprise networking equipment. It requires a management system to be in place. A cloud key or Dream Machine is needed to configure this. Think, professional use only where professional knowledge is necessary. Return this to where you purchased it. If you want to use Mesh, pickup a TP-Link Deco system, Eero, or a Google Nest WiFi system for a ***proper*** functional system that won’t make things worse. Don’t buy garbage called “range extenders” or “WiFi boosters”.

Skip extenders and go mesh Error, Deco or nest will cover all 3 floors reliable. Keep the motorola as modem turn off it's WiFi and let the mesh handle everything.

I had a lot of issues with the google nest wifi- for the past year or so I have used an Asus ZenWifi which works better for me, and I do have usable network access from my shed which is about 100 Ft away from the house. My biggest issue is getting a signal past the walls/siding in our house- there is 'double' siding because the house originally had asbestos siding, and a former owner put vynil over it. I get by this with a small enclosure holding one node just out side the walls of the house.

I recently switched from a Nest WiFi mesh (3 routers and 1 point) to 3 XE75 (AXE5400). The range and speed are significantly faster, and the app is way better. At the edge of our home, I used to barely get 10-30 Mbps (and with dropouts) with 4 units and now get 300+ Mbps with 3 Decos. Game changer.

I have a fairly immense smart-home setup with plenty of lights, outlets, and security cameras connected. I have had Google Nest Wifi (2 router, 2 points) for quite some time and generally liked it, other than the frequent glitches where one of the wifi "points" would stop working and take down anything attached to that point. I considered dropping $200-300 on the upgrade to a Google Wifi Pro mesh setup but kept seeing bad reviews on Reddit and other forums about it not being worth the upgrade, so I held off. Well, a neighbor gifted me a Google Wifi Pro system for free that they got through some offer with their ISP or security company. And I am so happy I didn't spend any money on this, because it's absolute garbage. Whereas I could regularly play online gaming on my PS5, stream movies, and videochat with work with no issue, I immediately noticed issues with this alleged "Pro" system. which by all specs should be faster and more reliable than the Nest Wifi. Videocalls, which were never choppy before, would cut out multiple times a day. I'd lose my internet connection, something that never happened with the older system, at least once per 30 minute Helldivers 2 game. It would drop me entirely from the game and force me to close the game and re-open it to be able to rejoin my friends' mission. Which, in the middle of a timed 30 minute mission is critical. I never had these issues with the old system but it was so far with the "Pro" that now after 3 weeks I am taking it out and replacing it with the old Nest Wifi system. This time I've upgraded to 3 routers to make the Nest Wifi mesh, which I read on here give better coverage and speeds due to having twice as many antennae inside. The impact was immediately noticeable. I jumped back onto Helldivers after swapping out the routers and didn't have a single other game drop for 2 hours. I'd like night any day, except one system is twice as old as the other. I'm just baffled how Google has put out such a terrible product, that they're charging a premium price for, and nobody has more publicly called them out for it in forums like CNET or other electronic reviews. This product is criminally bad.

This is so true. I had a Google Nest WiFi. It was fine, but I wanted to run a Firewalla firewall and the lack to backhaul support ended up being a pain. I have an ASUS now and it’s great. Zero complaints.

I use Google nest mesh, it's similar to eero but, ya know... Google. If Google fiber is available in your area, it comes with it. Rock solid, covers my whole house, including 8 Sonos units.

Avoid Google Nest. They often go offline and lose connection requiring reboots. It got so bad that I had smart switches with rolling nightly reboots. Google support was a special kind of useless.

Yes, it definitely preforms better. We have the router and 2 extenders in a 3000 sq/ft home with wired backhaul. We have 1g and did the upgrade thru Google as our Nests were lackluster (to say the least). Still extremely limited with administrative tools/adjustments, and the main router is quite large... but performance wise, I regularly get > 1g up/down within 30 ft of the nodes via wifi on my iPhone 16. Wired is just as good. Obviously YMMV, and I will likely upgrade in the future to something with more customization when I have the budget, but unquestionably a step above the Nest,

I have 2 separate ISPs with one on deco and one on google. the only issue I have seen so far with Google is 1 mesh device will randomly go down and the doorbell feed never shows when someone rings the bell

I use Google mesh Nest. My main access point / Router is on second floor and I have a point on our main floor. My sim rig is in the basement below my main floor point. My wifi speed tests always give me a 416 Mbps up with 166 down. I’ve never noticed any sort of major connection issue with iRacing. My ping in iRacing consistently reads 99 or less in the iRacing U.I. I’m in Canada using Rogers High speed internet.

I have 2 points and the router and I get point drops daily. I’m only at 1300sf house and they’re at the corners and center of the house. It’s by far the most annoying part of having these.

I used to like the nest but never got the speeds promised until I bought Asus rog router and mesh link wow I’m getting the whole gig almost every where in the house

I switched to google nest, covers my 4000 ft with only a single remote. Extemely easy to install.

I keep getting messages saying the non-router node has gone offline and it affects my kid's internet on that side of the house. 1700 sqft single story so we arnt talkinga about a big house. I'm not rich lol. -

Hey I am having the same problem with the Nest and wanted to go to the TP Link Deco. I wanted to ask if you ended up going with and most importantly are you happy?

I recently changed from using the Google Nest Wifi Mesh to the TP Link Deco Wifi Mesh, and the Deco is honestly performing better and hasn't disconnected repeatedly like how the Google Nest Wifi Mesh was. I just wanted to make this post for any people who are currently using the Google Nest Wifi Mesh and are experiencing constant frustrations and/or internet disconnections and are unsure of what to do or what new Wifi Mesh to change to. Definitely change to using the Deco.

Google seems to have a habit of making things work in the beginning, then their devices just randomly stop working properly.

With Google's Wifi Mesh you have to reboot them several times each month & it still doesn't fix anything. Lol!

We’ve got a Nest mesh- main router in the front of the house and access points in the center of the basement and in the two back corners of the house. So basically in a Y formation. That’s roughly 1600sqft total coverage and we don’t have any issues.

We use a Nest WiFi mesh at my mother-in-laws and it gets the job done. They are really simple to setup.

I gave up on Google Nest Wifi this year and went full Unifi. I've had Google gear in various forms since they had the OnHub. Like a lot of google products, it gets worse in each iteration. Unifi blows it out of the water.

I didn't return it, I've had OnHub, then Google Wi-Fi, then Nest Wi-Fi. They all now sit in a big box in my office, I'll put them on eBay or something. I moved to a full Unifi setup. My stack had been needing an overhaul so I replaced a number of items so my wired network can do a minimum of 2.5Gbps. I replaced an older 48 port Dell switch with a 24 port Pro max 24. My AP's all got replaced with Nano HD's (4 in total) (not 2.5Gbps but anything that needs those speeds is wired anyway) I have an Express 7 router as my main device, that will eventually be replaced by the Cloud Gateway Fiber when it comes back in stock. When I replace it, the Express 7 will become a Wi-Fi 7 AP and replace one of the Nano's. Hope that helps.

gosh i hope so. i just updated to a new ISP with 1g up and down. and am ditching my Nest mesh today . discount on eero 6+ at AMZ and they arrived a few hours ago. this new ISP has a PLUME router - you can see my post about the issues i have had with sonos. .. including just an hour ago - suddenly saying it cant find my system ... has happened several times since monday (new install) hopefully the switch will help

I was an early adopter and had stuck with it until recently. Suddenly my wifi become very slow, I spent days with Google support trying to resolve the issues. Including resetting the system twice and waiting overnight as recommended by Google support. All of this did not resolve the issues. I dumped it and bought a TP-Link Deco 3 price mesh and my wifi has never been faster, very glad I made the switch.

Same, I don't get the hate. Cheap, easy to set up and maintain, good signal throughout my living space It was definitely an upgrade from the more expensive Nest system I was using

Better move on. I used google nest for over a year now and was getting tired of the constant drop and speed and rebooting networks. It’s a common complaint in Reddit and no solution in sight from google. I switched to Asus and it’s performing much better

You have both advertising the same ssid? Wifi devices transition fine between the 2 routers? I'm thinking of doing this. Tired of crappy mesh. First Nest mesh started getting jittery, then switched to tplink deco's and after 1 year, there was latency and packet drops all over the place. I might as well just get 2 nighthawks routers and do what you did.