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Is Nest mesh the solution ?

Shawfield
Community Member

Hi

I am in a new home that is very highly insulated internally, and our 500mbps internally wired internet is strong, but WiFi signals are extremely poor ( 50mbps if we are lucky )

As we have internally wired ethernet points in each of our 4 rooms, I am wondering which Nest system is best able to plug into each room's ethernet port and deliver WiFi at a better speed than we currently have.

We use internet for streaming UHD TV in 3 of the 4 rooms plus the usual browsing and online shopping on Phones.

thanks in advance

Any help appreciated

 

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JuanCH
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi Shawfield,

 

Thanks for reaching out! I understand you're looking for the best Nest system to connect to the Ethernet ports in your four rooms to improve Wi-Fi performance, especially with your new home's high insulation. I can definitely help with that!

To find the best option for you, I'd like to know the following:

  • Are the Ethernet ports connected to a switch or are they all directly connected to your current router?
  • Where exactly are the four Ethernet ports located in relation to each other and to the main router?
  • Are there any other potential sources of interference in your home, like large appliances, mirrors, or other wireless devices?

Please keep me posted! 

 

Regards,
Juan

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JuanCH
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi Shawfield,

 

Thanks for reaching out! I understand you're looking for the best Nest system to connect to the Ethernet ports in your four rooms to improve Wi-Fi performance, especially with your new home's high insulation. I can definitely help with that!

To find the best option for you, I'd like to know the following:

  • Are the Ethernet ports connected to a switch or are they all directly connected to your current router?
  • Where exactly are the four Ethernet ports located in relation to each other and to the main router?
  • Are there any other potential sources of interference in your home, like large appliances, mirrors, or other wireless devices?

Please keep me posted! 

 

Regards,
Juan

Shawfield
Community Member

Thanks.

The ISP's WiFi 6 router is connected directly by wire to the 4 internally wired and numbered ethernet ports situated next to the router in the ground floor service cupboard. Each of the 4 rooms in the house has a numbered ethernet port in the wall ready to connect to a nest router

Shawfield
Community Member

Neighbours report very poor WiFi signals from the ISP's router ( 50mbps instead of the incoming 500mbps fibre connection ) throughout the house mostly due to extremely high levels of internal insulation. Hence looking at wired connections to each room, so that WiFi is strong in each room, for TV's, laptops and Phones (  no gaming )

JuanCH
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi Shawfield,

 

Thanks for getting back to me! The Nest Wifi Pro router is the best choice for your situation because all its units are full-fledged routers with Ethernet ports. Since you can only buy a Nest Wifi Pro 3-pack from the Google Store, you can simply purchase a single additional Nest Wifi Pro router to add to the three included in the pack.

This allows you to take full advantage of your home's pre-wired Ethernet, a setup known as "wired backhaul." Using a wired backhaul is the most reliable way to create a mesh network since it bypasses the signal degradation caused by physical barriers, like highly insulated walls.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

 

Sincerely,
Juan

Shawfield
Community Member

ok. This is how I understand it to work, please correct me if incorrect.

I plug 1 of my Google wifi routers into the ISP router and go through the setup process in the Google Home app to assign it to my mesh network then unplug from isp router and move the Google WiFi router to room 1 . Then  repeat that process for each of the 4 Google wifi routers so I end up with my ISP router connected to each of the ethernet ports in my 4 separate rooms via the patch panel and each Google WiFi router connected by wire to the ethernet port in each separate room and because I have setup all Google WiFi routers to be on the same mesh network, they all seamlessly broadcast the same WiFi network in each of the 4 rooms

Is that how it works ?

thanks

tjliebro
Community Member

Don't. Nest wifi is garbage 

It's not Nest it's the original Google WiFi, each with their own ethernet port. I've used one Google WiFi router as an extender, connected via ethernet switch in my current home for 2 years and it's been really good in giving me a fast WiFi in the back of the house where the ISP router cannot reach as the walls are so thick