topic Re: Google mesh placed in line in Nest Wifi

Google mesh placed in line

Keriann9 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 22:24:27 GMT

My house is.. "long". Can I place the main unit in a spot (the only spot with ethernet access) and then the 2nd and 3rd ones in a line extending out in one direction? In other words, the 3rd one will be pretty far from the main unit, is that OK as long as it's a certain distance from the 2nd unit? Or do they all need to be in proximity to the main? Thanks

Re: Google mesh placed in line

Juzdu — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 01:25:59 GMT

Yes, you certainly can, it's one of the features of a mesh network. Just keep in mind that if you have them 'daisy chained' like that, you won't get the same wifi performance as you would if you had them in a 'hub and spoke' type arrangement with the router in the middle, as the 'backhaul' from the furthest mesh point back to the router takes a bit longer. Depending on what you're doing you likely won't even notice, it's a matter of milliseconds.

That being said, you might want to consider if you can hold off a bit, rumours have begun regarding new Google/Nest Wifi that supports Wifi6 (e.g. https://www.androidpolice.com/google-working-on-new-nest-wifi-router-wifi-6/). The current gen only support wifi 5 and I understand it's hardware-based, so a future software upgrade won't help. Wifi 6 should be significantly faster with much further reach than the current generation.

Re: Google mesh placed in line

Jeff — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:24:08 GMT

Hi, Keriann9.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw Juzdu's reply and to see if you still needed some help on this or if you were able to get it sorted out. If you are still needing some help, just let us know and we'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks.

Re: Google mesh placed in line

Jeff — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:21:10 GMT

Hey, keriann9.

I'm just following up once more to see if you still needed some help here. If theres' more we can do, just let us know.

Thanks.

Re: Google mesh placed in line

EdwardT — Tue, 03 May 2022 17:44:59 GMT

Hi folks,

@Juzdu and @Jeffrey, thanks for the help!

@Keriann9, Just checking in to make sure that you've seen our response. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Thanks,

Edward