1 Wifi with 2 Router with each of them having AP - how?

[Tietziano]

Gruezi from freezing Zurich,

Unfortunately i was not able to find an answer yet, so any help in solving this is very much appreciated. 

Devices:

2 Nest Wifi Router 

5 Nest Wifi Access Points

Plan: 

1 Wifi spread over two hard wired Routers with each router having several APs.

Why?

1 Wifi for house (router(1) +  3 APs) and Office (Router(2) + 2 APs 

Setting up the mesh with 2 routers and 5 APs works, but unfortunately all the APs connect to the primary Router only and the second router is automatically set as an  hard-wired AP. Which doesnt solve the problem of covering the office area which is out of wifi range.

I hope the drawing helps a bit

[olavrb]

Unfortunately, the way mesh / 802.11s works, it does not travel through ethernet. Meaning, devices close to the 2nd wired nest wifi will still go to the primary nest wifi router for mesh connectivity.

The better slternative here would be to hardwire all devices. Or maybe actually not wiring the 2nd Nest Wifi router, if you don't want to buy more equipment.

There are other topics about this with more info, just search for "nest wifi 802.11s". 🙂 For instance:

• https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Nest-Wifi/3-Nest-Wifi-routers-and-a-point/m-p/12551/highlight...

[EdwardT]

Hi folks,

@olavrb, as always, thanks for helping out — appreciate it!

@Tietziano, how's it going with your Google Nest WiFi? Still need our help?

Thanks,

Edward

[EdwardT]

HI Tietziano,

It's me again, I wanted to check back in to see if you have other questions and concerns. Feel free to let me know if you do. 

Thanks,

Edward

[EdwardT]

Hi Tietziano,

Just checking in to make sure that you saw 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

[Jeff]

Hi, everyone.
Just one quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks.

[Jeff]

Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks