Nest Wifi Router

My old gen 1 Google nests still work perfectly and if service is below 1 gig you won’t notice much improvement. I do use wired backhaul for a remote one to cover a large home with 4 of them. As a bonus you can get them on eBay practically free.

Nobody recommending Google Nest? Been running on gen 1 mesh for over a decade and it still rubs strong. Looking to upgrade to wifi 6, though after I got wifi security cameras.

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? 😄

It works. I have the gen 1 nest wifi with only dual band not the quad. Over wifi I get 430/ 50. Im on gigabit so I ran eithernet for the pc.

In my 30 years of IT, consumer routers rarely die in a dramatic puff of smoke. The Wi-Fi usually starts getting slower and\or your connection to the router drops & reconnects. These start as occasional things, but as time marches on the speeds get slower & slower and\or the drops more frequent. THAT'S when you need to look at new routers. 'Cos if it ain't broke now, don't fix it. As far as new routers, I don't do "new". For the past... 3 years? I've been rocking Nest Wi-Fi. But it's the *previous generation* (the 2019 model, I think? Not the 2022 version?). It was NOS at... walmart.com, I think? For $99. It was a great value for the time. I haven't priced a consumer router in a while, tho'.

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.

Eero, google nest, orbi. But you would buy a whole new mesh WiFi setup. If you already have a to link router you wouldn’t go buy a eero to extend off the TPLink