Adding old Google wifi (Gen 1) points to a new Nest wifi router to extend the mesh

[AmitSharma22]

Purchased the lastest Nest wifi router and point device and would like to add my old Google wifi points to this new network. The specifications said the Google wifi points are forward compatible with the Nest WiFi system.  Are there any documentation on how to set that up?

[olavrb]

Yes there is:

• https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9548099?hl=en

Tips:

• Use Nest Wifi router as primary, it is more powerfull and faster.
• If you have to replace you existing primary puck, it (and thus all other existing pucks) must be factory reset (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6246619?hl=en), then set up from scratch (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9548301?hl=en).
• Use wired backhaul were possible (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7215624?hl=en).
• Wire as many devices you can to one of the points, to offload the Wi-Fi traffic for the wireless devices (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6274262?hl=en).
• Some experience problems with weak mesh connection. Some say disabling all preferred activities help (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9541371?hl=en).
• More Nest Wifi devices does not neccessarily equals better performance. Too many, too close will actually hurt performance (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7183150?hl=en).

[Jeff]

Hi, AmitSharma22.
I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw olavrb'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.

[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