Google nest wifi

[Legendme]

Hey. I'm running a google nest in my home. I only have 1 Ethernet port which in is my lounge room. I have the router plugged into it. I have 2 wifi points to make a mesh. First one is also in the lounge for the google services and other in from master bedroom. In the kids bedrooms we have 2 nest devices but they are not wifi points.

Now the connection to the wifi point in front bedroom is not very good and so the device keeps disconnecting and going off-line.

My question is... can the wifi points work off each other or do they only work off the router wifi?

If I swapped out the wifi point in lounge for one of the nest devices in the kids bedroom would the wifi point in front bedroom get a better connection due to the closer wifi point or would it still try using connection from the router only?

[David_K · Accepted solution]

@Legendme 

Google has good guidance on this here:
Where to place your Wifi devices - Google Nest Help

One thing that's not explicitly stated is you should aim to place your primary Wifi point as close as possible to the centre of your home. That's because the Google Wifi and Nest Wifi mesh system uses a fewest hops approach. If one of your secondary points can get even a weak connection to your primary Wifi point, it will do that instead of going through an intermediary Wifi point that may physically be closer. That's why not installing them in a straight line, and placing your primary Wifi point close to the centre of your home really helps, along with all the other guidance in that article above. If you still experience issues after that, you can consider extra Wifi points (though not more than 5) or look at hardwiring all your Wifi points.

Hardwire Wifi devices with Ethernet - Google Nest Help