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Google wifi with Edgerouter 4

jjgfromnj
Community Member

Has anyone figured out how to set up an Edgerouter with Google Wifi all on the same subnet? Or even not the same subnet? 

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MichaelP
Diamond Product Expert
Diamond Product Expert

Hello @jjgfromnj 

An Edgerouter would typically be used as a router+firewall that creates a new "inner" network. Google WiFi is also typically used as a router+firewall that creates a new "inner" network. Connecting the primary Google WiFi to one of the LAN ports on an Edgerouter would result in an "inner inner" network (double NAT) for the devices connected to Google WiFi. If you also have wired devices connected directly to the Edgerouter, those devices will not be able to communicate with the devices on the Google WiFi network. Not just because they are on different subnets, but also because of the Google WiFi firewall that will block incoming connections.

It is possible to configure a single Google WiFi unit in bridge mode to avoid this, but you give up a number of features, including the mesh interconnect that supports connecting multiple Google WiFi units as coverage extenders, guest WiFi, and other features. Essentially, it becomes a relatively simple single WiFi access point, and I'm not sure it's worth the price.

Yup, you hit the nail on the head. Bridge mode won't help in most homes, as it eliminates the mesh benefits of Google Wifi. It's difficult because GW doesn't allow me to shut off DHCP, and GW doesn't allow advanced routing to a different subnet. I've also discovered that if the other GW pucks are getting an IP from a different source then the base router, they won't mesh.
What I've ended up doing (so far) is having the Edgerouter be on 192.168.1.1, and the DHCP scope is just one IP address, which gets assigned to the GW base router. Then the GW router assigns everything 192.168.2.x. To get to the Edgerouter I have to use the external IP address. It's clunky but it solves my initial problem of having a router that can handle multiple ISP connections, and not have to replace GW with another system for thousands of dollars.

Jeff
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi, jjgfromnj.

It looks like you and MichaelP were ablet to talk this out, but I wanted to jump in real fast to see if you needed anything else or had any additional questions. If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know.

Thanks.

Jeff
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi, all.
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
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

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