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'.