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Google Wifi to Ethernet

Boril
Community Member

I just migrated from OnHub to Nest wifi as per Google insistence. My house is long and while my fiber internet (and Nest WiFi router) is at one side, my office is on opposite. I had two OnHub points added to the mesh and the last one provided ethernet port to dumb network switch for my wired gadgets. It seems now when I replaced OnHub with Google WiFi router/point the ethernet output port can't do that same function. Is there a way to add ethernet connections using Google WiFi point and not the primary Nest router? Of course I can always put a 3rd party wifi to ethernet adapter but I want to implement this only using the rather expensive Google hardware.

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Boril
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The only solution I found and implemented was to add a WiFi repeater (TP-Link) which I use not as such but as WiFi to Ethernet bridge. It is located close to the Google WiFI point (which in reality could have been a Nest point since the ethernet port is useless for my needs) and provides ethernet output through a simple network switch to couple of wired devices. That solution works, the wired devices got addresses from the primary Nest router and are visible on Google Home WiFi. But I found the fact that the original mesh technology of OnHub was cheapest and most versatile then the latest implementations of Google and Nest puzling.

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olavrb
Platinum Product Expert
Platinum Product Expert

Like OnHub, Google Wifi 1st gen and Nest Wifi router have ethernet ports and can be used like you describe. I use this myself with 2x Nest Wifi router in wireless mesh.

What happens when you try?


I don't work for Google.

Boril
Community Member

I had to make hybrid Nest and Google 1st gen WiFi mesh specifically for my problem with the location of the Nest router (that has ethernet ports) and the Nest point (that has no such port).  So I introduced Google 1 gen WiFi point (which more closely resembles OnHub router/point) that has ethernet ports. That Google point has no wired input since it is far from the originating Nest router and is only WiFi connected to the mesh network, but I try to use it as a wired router and use its ethernet out (local network) port as source for wired network connections via another simple dumb switch to couple of wired devices. This does not work. None of the hooked devices gets IP address from the Nest router and is accessible online. I saw here talk about wiring the primary Nest router to secondary Google WiFi and then get wired signal from it or directly connect switch to the Nest router ethernet out port, but that is not my design here and is not feasible at my network architecture. I started being sorry for rushing to upgrade to Nest WiFi mesh before researching its limitations.

Jeff
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi, Boril.

Sorry for the issues you're having with the WiFi setup. It looks like you've done a fair amount of troubleshooting already and have ran into some roadblocks. As it's been a little while, I wanted to hop in and follow up to see if you have tried to continue with this and to see if you have made any progress or have concluded that the product is simply not for you. If you want to keep trying to troubleshoot this, I would be happy to hop in and help out.

Thanks.

Boril
Community Member

The only solution I found and implemented was to add a WiFi repeater (TP-Link) which I use not as such but as WiFi to Ethernet bridge. It is located close to the Google WiFI point (which in reality could have been a Nest point since the ethernet port is useless for my needs) and provides ethernet output through a simple network switch to couple of wired devices. That solution works, the wired devices got addresses from the primary Nest router and are visible on Google Home WiFi. But I found the fact that the original mesh technology of OnHub was cheapest and most versatile then the latest implementations of Google and Nest puzling.

Jeff
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Thanks for sharing that solution, Boril.

I can see how the changes are a little frustrating to work around. I appreciate your patience in sorting this out and sharing with the community how you got it sorted out. Since we have our resolution here, I'll go ahead and close up the thread, but if you need anything else, please feel free to open a new discussion.

Thanks.