Nest (Google) - Nest Wifi Pro

Nauh, if anything the Pro is better. But honestly, I’d ditch it all completely. I thought it would be seamless, it is, but has zero advanced customization. When these die, I’ll get back on to Asus or something that can take custom firmware. Anyway, the Pro has Ethernet port on each AP, so it can use a wired backhaul.

Nauh, if anything the Pro is better. But honestly, I’d ditch it all completely. I thought it would be seamless, it is, but has zero advanced customization. When these die, I’ll get back on to Asus or something that can take custom firmware. Anyway, the Pro has Ethernet port on each AP, so it can use a wired backhaul.

Nauh, if anything the Pro is better. But honestly, I’d ditch it all completely. I thought it would be seamless, it is, but has zero advanced customization. When these die, I’ll get back on to Asus or something that can take custom firmware. Anyway, the Pro has Ethernet port on each AP, so it can use a wired backhaul.

I got the Nest Wifi Pro It was around 150$ on sale and while it's not perfect, it does what it needs for Virtual Desktop wifi6e experience.

Same. Is use the google wifi pro. On the gateway, make sure static point to third party router. Turn off wifi in the gateway. Then go thru all firewall settings and disable, including the NAT. Just enabling passthru does not still mean not blocked. But overall, i am betting you have internal network issue. Sometimes when see that, peeps enable passthru but never turn off the gateway wifi, and devices dropping had previously been on gateway wifi, so it is bouncing between the wifi reconnecting

I dumped Google's Nest Pro for the TPlink BE95 and been great! Real wired backhaul, and wireless if you want. I think that you probably want a wired backend. Do you have coax cable in your home? You can link everything up with Docsis 2.5 GBps using those runs without having to run new wire. Alternately, you could look Ethernet over power. I think they have 2.5 Gbps for that too.

If the router works fine keep it and just have the verizon tech install the verizon rental router to run their checks and as soon as they leave you can return the router at a UPS store or verizon store. their router isn't known for being the best and did have quite a few issues when it first launched

This is not correct, I have plenty of older security cameras including Arlo ones that use 2.4 and the WiFi 7 router from spectrum is band steering them to the correct band. I also had an nest WiFi pro system with 3 nodes and it is nice but if you have Gig like me the nest WiFi pro will cost you speed your paying for as my system even plugged in to the main node could only get 750mb down where the Spectrum one also hardwired and wireless gave me 1150mb down no issues and everything connected right up when I switched the SSID to the same as my old network.

I have the Google Nest Pro and the Netgear 6 mesh (forgot the name). I have a firewall that split the two meshes apart: Netgear for trusted, Google for iOT. The criticism I have for Google is that it does not have an AP mode, so all the devices are hidden. Any suspicious traffic comes from the same IP. I can't allow my work PC to access the NAS, for example, while blocking everything else. Otherwise, it works quite well, especially if you have a Google household (I do).

You really don't want a combination modem/router for a couple reasons. One is that WiFi technology has been progressing quicker than cable modem technology. Also, Spectrum's going to a 'high split' network design which will increase upload speeds, but will also require a new modem (which they'll provide for free if needed). Currently, they only let you use their modem for that service. For friends of mine that have had issues with WiFi, I ended up gifting them Google NEST 6E units, just to see how they liked the experience. Those worked really well and evened out speeds/dead zones, namely in multi-floor or larger single-floor houses. I bought them Open Box from Best Buy. I'm sure the Eero setups are fine too. Like others said, TP-Link has a weird situation going on with the US Government and it is probably a good idea to avoid that. Apartment or single floor house? a regular router might work. I've had really good luck with the ASUS stuff. Buy from a place that has some degree of a return policy just in case it doesn't really improve things for you. I'd go with a WiFI 6E solution regardless just to give you something semi-future resilient. WiFi 7 just came out and the hardware seems to be pretty expensive. For a lot of people, the Spectrum solution is 'good enough'. Since most routers and mesh systems have a lot more features and are easy to set up with a cell phone app, I'm a bigger fan of saving the 10 bucks and getting something great instead. Also, agree with the other people that mentioned moving the modem to a more centralized location isn't a bad idea. That would be true with your own router as well. Spectrum can help do that for you, just give them a call.

I’ve tried every single WiFi google nest router(google WiFi, nest WiFi, nest WiFi pro) and out of them they all had slow speeds. I ended up getting the eero mesh system and those work flawlessly

I switched from Eero to Google Nest Wifi 6E and I've been loving it!

Those first gen google mesh’s are still solid af just replaced mine with Nest pro 6e’s

Mesh system (bridge) - google wifi pro is my pick for many reasons

I returned mine because it was very minimally configurable. It wouldn't even let me set it up without internet access, and I wanted to use it in an offline lab. That said, it's probably fine for regular users if you have no intention of ever digging into things. Nest products in general are infuriating though, they randomly break and don't provide any lower level access to troubleshoot and fix. I say this as a former Google engineer who still owns a bunch of nest junk (caveat I never worked in that division). If you had to get one, I'd choose it over TP-Link though

I use google nest pro. On the 1GB plan with Aussie BB. Works fine. As others have said there’s plenty of better options but if you like the google nest the pro range are a good option as each unit has a port to plug into if you need to hardwire something.

I have 4 nodes with over 69 active devices and I can play with two xboxes at once with low ping and little lag. When playing with one device it's flawless depending on servers. Verizon fios 1gbps directly connected to the nest wifi pro.

For the average consumer, Eero is a much better fit though. Sure, if you like to tinker or have one off use cases, Unifi is the much better option, but Eero does a great job of providing a product that just works without ever really needing to touch it. I've had Asus, Netgear, Linksys, TP-Link, Google WiFi, and Eero, but I've had meshing issues with all except for Eero. My current setup is Unifi with Eero in bridge mode.

The Eero 6E pros are a huge improvement over Nest wifi pro. I just made the switch recently. I've never regretted a system as much as I did the Nest Pro.

I have, but I have read similar WiFi connectivity issues with the nest pro routers (we will regularly drop WiFi data, but not connectivity, while Ethernet has been stable). Is there anything key that needs to be said to upgrade to the newer units via chat? Honestly, a lot of my trepidation is more so in the time factor. Within the time I could call in and argue and threaten to cancel between multiple reps, I could just go and buy a new router and be done with it. Albeit, not for free…

I'm in the same boat...have Google nest pro and the constant dropouts are aggregating. Tp link seems to consistently rise to the top for mesh but I'm worried about the chYna implications and if they'll get shut down at some point. Or do I just go ubiquiti....anyone have a preference? Tp link is obviously a cheaper solution but I'm looking for stability and some of the ubiquiti chains also complain about random dropout's.

Yes it’s tri-band as the Nest Pros are only dual band.

Your PlayStation 5 will work perfectly when hardwired to a **Google Nest WiFi 6e Router**. The Google Nest WiFi 6e router has Ethernet ports that allow you to connect devices like the PS5 directly to the router using an Ethernet cable. This connection will provide a stable, low-latency experience, which is ideal for gaming, especially when playing online or downloading large game files. Since the PS5 does not yet support Wi-Fi 6e (it supports Wi-Fi 6), a hardwired connection will often provide faster and more reliable speeds than a wireless one.

We use google wifi pro. Have the router and two AP’s covering 4400 foot three story house. Have an additional AP that came with the set sitting unused cause I don’t need it. This replaced the first gen nest wifi which was ok but laggy at times. Much happier with the Google wifi pro. Have not had to reset any of it since installation several months ago. It’s not the fastest or the cheapest but it’s not ugly either. I am running them wired. My primary complaint is that when the internet is down, the google home app provides no information

I’m having a lot of success with the Nest Pro

Nest WiFi pro with one point. Have 40 devices connected (obviously not all running at the same time). Small 1200 aq ft single story home but with 6500 property. No issues

I use pro. I should put my 4 old ones on eBay.

So in my experience, you should start with the supplied Nest Wifi Pro units. You will get two from Google, which in mesh will be *plenty* for your 2 story/1400sqft home. I work from home and I'm a fairly heavy user and everything works pretty well from my experience. You're arguably less of a power user than me (previously used a Unifi dream machine) so if you don't need to tinker why use something else? Also importantly, the installer will do all the setup including placement of the two Nest units and make sure it works before they leave.

I've had great reliability with the nest 6e system for clients in the past. I just recently got FiOS again and wanted to see how their router does. If you already have the nest system I'd stick with it as it will blanket your home better with 6ghz signal. 1 room over from the FiOS router and my phone hops back and forth from 6ghz to 5gz. 2 rooms away I only get 5ghz. It's not a big enough deal that it hinders my speeds too much but I'm not getting as good of a connection as possible.

I had ResTech internet at one of my apartments previously as well and was happy with the google nest router.

I had the Google nest WiFi router and WiFi points for 3 years. The WiFi would randomly drop, sometimes new devices wouldn’t even be able to connect and it was just bad all around. I switched to eero and had none of the same issues which is when I realized it was Google nest issues and not network issues or I would have trashed the Google nest sooner.

I had the Google nest WiFi router and WiFi points for 3 years. The WiFi would randomly drop, sometimes new devices wouldn’t even be able to connect and it was just bad all around. I switched to eero and had none of the same issues which is when I realized it was Google nest issues and not network issues or I would have trashed the Google nest sooner.

I ended up getting the google nest because it was on sale. It still wasn’t giving me the entire 1000mbps but as long i was close enough it would get around 600 to 700. But afterwards i found out that my pc wifi receiver wasn’t capable of wifi 6e anyway so i decided to just go down to a lower tier.

I have it, and it’s “ok”. I am looking to replace mine with the Eero Pro or Max 7. I think that is a much better system overall and also now offers an outdoor unit, which is super handy.

I have it, and it’s “ok”. I am looking to replace mine with the Eero Pro or Max 7. I think that is a much better system overall and also now offers an outdoor unit, which is super handy.

Absolutely, I've had every generation of Google/nest mesh systems, with varying results and bad coverage outside to my RV and back patio. Also random dropouts and disconnects throughout my home. I bought the eero 6e system and it is so much more stable than anything I experienced with Google mesh. Even before adding my outdoor 7 AP I was getting so much more coverage around my yard. Now with the 7 outdoor added it's amazing! Super stable and great coverage.

I have sold mine. 2 story house 150 sqm 4 nests The QoS was just not good enough. I guess it would have been fine for the casual grandma and grandpa playing wordfeud, watching Netflix and reading the dailies But we pump bandwidth and we burn the bytes. And Nest wifi is lacking. Definitely not for gamers. Replaced it with the Asus ZenWiFi Pro ET 12 and never looked back

I consider myself to be a power user, not necessarily a sys admin, and I'm looking for a new router that will be more configurable than my current Google Nest Wifi Router, but I don't need think I need OpenSense/ Open WRT. Specifically, I'm looking to play around with VPN, VLAN and possible subnets. I plan on using my Google Nest as an AP only downstream of the router ( at least in the interim before I can buy more capable APs) so a wired router is fine. In the future, I'd like to expand to include a home server(s) to run a print server, NAS, and Home Assistant as I tinker more, but just trying set the bones in place now.

I personally had huge issues with nest- Computers would randomly drop from the network, my ps5 would lose its connection every 30 minutes and my Sonos simply would not connect. I swapped to Eero and every one of those issues vanished. I can’t speak for everyone, but my experience was terrible 

I personally had huge issues with nest- Computers would randomly drop from the network, my ps5 would lose its connection every 30 minutes and my Sonos simply would not connect. I swapped to Eero and every one of those issues vanished. I can’t speak for everyone, but my experience was terrible 

It's a good buy when you get it half price which normally happens every 3 months. Very limited settings so if you buy Chinese devices to save money like tablets and use gaming devices don't get it.

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

Except that it doesn't work. I used this for a while but it's very limited. You can't block specific apps for specific time periods, for one thing. I did use it to turn off my son's internet at a specific time but even that quit working. Appears to be a common problem so this headache is not a solution to me. 

I'm in the UK on Virgin Media 1GB cable connection at home. I've been using Google Nest WiFi Router for the last 5 years. After I bumped my service to 1 Gb, I never quite got the full advertised bandwidth. It away reported 850-900 Mbps download, ~85 up and latency ~30+ms. I didn't think much of it as it was still plenty fast for my needs, but about 10% slower than advertised. Yesterday I replaced it with a Unifi Express 7 (same ethernet cables). Speed test now reporting 1.15 Gbps down, 100 Mbps up and latency at 13 ms. So on or over advertised ISP speeds 👍 I always thought it was the Virgin service, a bit shocked to see it was the Google Nest Router, particularly the latency drop. And I couldn't be happier with the new kit. Loving the granular control, visibility, speed etc etc

Spectrum employee who also couldn’t play his PS5 bc of the shit router. Recently bought the google nest, it was on sale last week for $40. Haven’t had a problem since I switched to it.

I had a nest wifi in past returned it. They force updates which normally broke the wifi.

It does. I bought two Nest Routers as a set on Amazon. The second acts as an AP.

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

After 6 years with Google Nest Wifi, I just switched to TP Link Deco. It’s been flawless and just posted about how to reuse old points as speakers only. They are not top 5 on any list, maybe even top 10.

After 6 years with Google Nest Wifi, I just switched to TP Link Deco. It’s been flawless and just posted about how to reuse old points as speakers only. They are not top 5 on any list, maybe even top 10.

Don’t know what you’re referring to with 3G. That’s a cellular reference not WiFi. In any case, the Google 6E router has been just great for me. I’ve gotten better speeds on it than my Eero 6E setup did. The Nest mesh router, no, it’s terrible and you’re much better off with your own system. I can’t believe Google still sells that trash.

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 you're trying to achieve is already possible with the Nest Wifi. The feature is named [Family Wifi](https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7506043?hl=en-CA) >Family Wi-Fi is a group of parental control features that you can use with Nest Wifi Pro, Nest Wifi and Google Wifi networks. Google Nest Wifi parental controls allow you to pause the Internet to any device on your network as well as block adult content.

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.

A lot of people here will tell you wireless mesh doesn't work any better than tin cans and string, I think because network professionals are overrepresented here. For an "average family" it will absolutely get the job done. I've had very good luck with a Google Wifi Nest (not Pro). Bought used for $15. Added a few of the old Google Wifi white pucks in a mesh system. In most rooms there's a desktop computer or other stationary device connected to a puck by ethernet, which cuts down the wifi traffic.

I use mesh (Google Nest Wifi as the router, with old Google Wifi pucks as mesh points). It's fine. Same system has worked in 2 completely different houses and I feel no compulsion to work in wired backhaul to any of the mesh points. But everyone's mileage varies. The important thing is to be prepared to experiment with placement to make it really work. Also, use unmanaged switches ($10 on FB Marketplace) and connect stationary devices by ethernet to nearby mesh points. The less wifi traffic the better, no matter the system.

I use mesh (Google Nest Wifi as the router, with old Google Wifi pucks as mesh points). It's fine. Same system has worked in 2 completely different houses and I feel no compulsion to work in wired backhaul to any of the mesh points. But everyone's mileage varies. The important thing is to be prepared to experiment with placement to make it really work. Also, use unmanaged switches ($10 on FB Marketplace) and connect stationary devices by ethernet to nearby mesh points. The less wifi traffic the better, no matter the system.

What kind of walls? I helped a friend recently and their old home had concrete walls, Google did the best of the three Mesh systems I tested, Deco next, I ended up adding more points for better line of sight, but got her up to 400MBPS where she couldn't hit 50 before. I have a much smaller home, 3000SQFT and my Deco Mesh works great, but I have it backhauled with just the main router and one other MESH point. Used Nighthawk router with 2 AP's before, my current setup increased my speeds everywhere and eliminated those outside dead zones where I have cameras. Good luck.

You will be disappointed with just Mesh in a house that big. At a minimum, you should backhaul wire it. I have used several and TP Link, although it is frowned upon by most here being a Chinese product that could be banned, and Google performed the best for me (12ksqft restaurant, 2 levels).

I just bought one and used it for two days. It's a 2025 and hardware 1.0 version. It took me an hour phone call with the Support to resolve WAN connection issue to be able to start to use it from the get-go. I have Xfinity. For some reason, 2 out 3 times, the WAN light is red after connecting the cable modem to 10G WAN port. I don't have this issue with my old Google WIFI router. So the Support asked me to unplug cable model for 2 minutes and plug it back on and then log onto Web UI and go through "Quick Internet Setup" to detect connection. After this, WAN issue was resolved. I was able to use it. I updated the firmware to the latest version: 3.0.0.6.102\_37548. Over the last two days, it suddenly rebooted four times. The longest hours it's running so far is 18 hours. I am still researching this rebooting issue. It looks like might be a firmware bug somewhere as I couldn't see anything from system log that would explain the reboots. Whenever it rebooted, I touched the router and it wasn't overheating. I can totally understand why the reviews are so mixed. I will probably have to keep it as it's the only WIFI7 router at $200-$300 that supports 2.4G/5G/6G, VPN, 10G WAN port, 4x2.5G LAN ports, and 5G Mobile tethering...

I cannot get my Deco Xe200 to connect to the network despite many hours on the phone with customer support. My OLD SLOW google wifi is rock solid. With the new push from congress on May 15, I'm done fooling with it and sticking with what works.

What I liked about the eero vs my older Google WiFi was that I could force 2.4 in the garage so I got better coverage. I’m usually just streaming music but it can then reach the backyard.

It depends if the specs meet your needs I still use Google WiFi, it's fine for what I need.

I personally use a Google Wifi, I'm not sure if it can be used as a repeater out of the box tho. The nice thing about that one is you have an Ethernet port on the device itself and it works flawlessly, I used it when I traveled if I was taking my PC with me.

I only use 1 ethernet port of the gateway to the Google wifi. It's because the Google wifi wants to act as the router. Any additional wifi points will connect wirelessly (mesh). If you have additional ethernet cables for other devices those would connect to a switch that would get it's main connection from the second port of the Google wifi. Gateway -> Google wifi -> switch -> additional ethernet connections (to PC, or more Google wifi pucks if you want them wired instead of meshed)

I’m curious about this because I have the OG Google WiFi and it’s been rock solid. I’m scared to upgrade, but I do want to get to WiFi 7 and off of Google at some point.

Went from Google WiFi to TP-link Omada. Night and day improvement.

Absolutely true. I just removed 4 Deco X75s (had zero issues with them - just wanted a more advanced setup with VLANs for a hybrid personal/business network) and 3 Google WiFi pucks (had some issues with these). Everyone talks about issues but I haven’t had any with UniFi or with Tp-Link.

Yeah? I’ve got google wifi + 1 extra access point to create a mesh because the google wasn’t covering my whole 2 bedroom apartment. I’m wondering if I should try another brand

To add to what others are saying, in addition to GWifi being quite locked down and having no way to access configuration via a browser (only via the Google Home app), the other problem is support. When Google no longer feels like supporting this version of the hardware, they will essentially brick it. They did exactly that to my old OnHub units. I cannot trust Google for networking hardware.

Yes using wifiman, UCG Ultra, and U6+ access points (that annoyingly do not have secondary Ethernet ports, had to use an older AC Pros in one spots). I have a concrete house with thick walls. Anyway, signal and throughout probably 20% less than before in my trouble spots. Signal is just not as strong as Google Wifi Routers. But they bugged out a lot more so I guess.

I don't know how much Google Wifi has changed since I tried it and quickly got rid of it, but I found it very unconfigurable compared with most brands. But it might suit someone who prefers not to have settings that can accidentally be set wrong.

An Asus with merlin is a great entry point. If you're feeling game, a dedicated mini pc running opnsense is probably the most expandable option. I went straight from Google wifi (lol) to virtualized opnsense and didn't have too much trouble, virtualization definitely upped the complexity though. It painlessly runs as an exit node for tailscale, all I need to do is connect to tailscale and I'm effectively in my network

That’s been my experience, old Google WiFi working very well so I’m reluctant to mess with it.

I did that in the past with Google WiFi. The VM did an update and it never worked properly again. I'd really like not to use VM at all, but it's that if 26mbps over copper for me

Interesting. I used to have Google WiFi which worked well until one of the VM router updates stopped it all working. Maybe I should blow the dust off, reset it and try again. I just don't enjoy fiddling with these things any more

I recommend whole home setup either Google or eero

No. I had issues with Google Wifi when they blocked the video signal from the Google Nest Cameras to be displayed on the Google Nest Displays. Now after all their shenanigans with Google graveyard Nest devices, I'd go back to a more open architecture (i.e. DD-WRT with WDS)

No. I had issues with Google Wifi when they blocked the video signal from the Google Nest Cameras to be displayed on the Google Nest Displays. Now after all their shenanigans with Google graveyard Nest devices, I'd go back to a more open architecture (i.e. DD-WRT with WDS)

As I recall you'll have to rent a router from Spectrum or supply your own anyway. I switched from Spectrum to Google last year and It's way, way better. I have the Google router in a closet for backup and use my own home-built router. Most connection are ethernet except TV and phone are WiFi. Everything works great!

Did you keep your google pucks as access points? I’m still in google wifi but I’ve been thinking about virtualizing my router.

Mesh all day. I’ve got the Google ones. They’re about 5-6 years old. Also, my own surfboard docsis 3.0 modem. I can’t even remember when I bought that one, not sure how much longer it’ll work but it’s still kickin’