2 Nest Routers, Multiple Switches Setup help

[abellaj]

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Original Poster:Mark Griffiths 2281

Hi

I’m after a little advice if possible. I’m struggling with Wi-fi upstairs at the moment and I’ve settled on Nest as my best option. I have a cable running from a downstairs switch to an upstairs switch so have some things hardwired in but the wifi signal is quite poor. 

Would this setup work in theory.

Downstairs

Modem (Lan) -> (Wan) Nest Router (Lan) -> Switch ->

Upstairs

->Switch -> (Lan) Nest Router?

If I was to add a Point to the setup would I have to run it from the initial router downstairs or could I run it from the upstairs one? 

Appreciate the help.

Thanks

Mark

[MichaelP]

Hello Mark Griffiths 2281,

Yes, you can connect a secondary Nest WiFi Router back to the primary via Ethernet. Here's a help page with more details on that: https://support.google.com/wifi/answer/7215624?hl=en 

However, the wired secondary Nest WiFi Router won't act like an intermediary for a more distant mesh-only Nest WiFi Point in any way that would be useful. It will work best if it's close enough to the primary Nest WiFi Router to get a strong 5GHz connection directly from it – typically one or two rooms away at most.

[Hilary]

Hey there: 

Just wanted to jump in here to check to make sure that you saw the response from Michael. Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns as I will be locking this in 24 hours.

Have a great day! 

Hilary

[Hilary]

Hey Folks.

We haven't heard any updates from you. I'll go ahead and lock this thread.

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