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.

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

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 The system has been superceded so you'll often find it on special.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 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.

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.

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?

Nest Wifi is just the newer version of WiFi. I currently have the 2nd Generation of Nest WiFi. I was able to use my old Google WiFi pucks as extenders. They are backwards compatible. I did have to reset them at the time. One had been used as a router. Then I just added them as extenders.

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.

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've had TMHI for 2 years now. I have a Google Nest mesh system with 1 TP link extender. I connected my primary Google Nest hub to the KVD21 hub via ethernet cable to the back of the KVD21 hub. I then used the HINT app to turn off the KVD21 wifi radios. Been working great ever since.

No. Unfortunately on Google Nest devices you don't have the option of setting that. At the same time though, we've been getting really good speeds and my mesh Network has never failed with the T-Mobile internet hub.

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 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.

UniFi is the answer. Love it. I’ve used Netgear, Early Google, Nest, and others. They are trash compared to UniFi.

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 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 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

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 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

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