topic Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name in Nest Wifi

How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

Cjdhoward717 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 23:28:51 GMT

I have a three year old google mesh wifi gen 1 (3 points and one connected to my internet modem). I wish to upgrade to the newest google nest wifi but I don’t want to loose the WiFi name and would also like to use the old points to augment my mesh along with the newest points. What is the best way to do this? Can someone point me to any instructions?

Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

David_K — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:40:06 GMT

If you want to use your existing devices, you have 2 options.

(Recommended) Option 1: Set up a new network with Nest Wifi as your primary router and Google Wifi or Nest Wifi point as a network extender

This option means resetting your existing devices, setting up Nest Wifi as the primary router, then adding your Nest Wifi and/or Google Wifi points. This gives you the best possible setup as it means you can take advantage of the improved range and speed of the Nest Wifi router, but it does mean you'll lose your current Wifi network settings and any custom schedules, meaning you would need to configure those again. You won't lose the network name though, you would just need to configure it again.

Option 2: Add Nest Wifi router to an existing Google Wifi network

This option means you'll leave your existing devices as they are, adding your Nest Wifi router and/or points as addons to your existing network. This option doesn't take advantage of the improved range and speed of the Nest Wifi router, but it allows you to keep your current Wifi network settings and custom schedules.

Full details:
Use Nest Wifi and Google Wifi devices on the same network - Google Nest Help

Worth highlighting if you're looking at Nest Wifi Pro, and not Nest Wifi, Nest Wifi Pro can't be combined with Nest Wifi or Google Wifi.

Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

Cjdhoward717 — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:51:27 GMT

Thank you so much…

Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

David_K — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 21:07:14 GMT

No problem at all, enjoy Nest Wifi if you go for the upgrade!

Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

AbigailF — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 01:06:17 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for lending a hand, @David_K.
@Cjdhoward717, I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help. Please let me know if you are still having any concerns or questions from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Thanks,
Abi

Re: How to upgrade without loosing WiFi name

Jeff — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:33:52 GMT

Hi all,

As we got our resolution here, I'm going to mark this one as resolved in the next 24 hours. Thanks to all who helped and contributed. If anyone has any other needs, please feel free to let me know before the lock.

Thanks,
Jeff