Nest Wifi Pro as AP

[alexjonsson]

Hi,

I have three Nest Wifi Pro's. I want to make sure the connection to all of them is as strong as possible. Without cable they all lose some speed. Therefore I want to put an ethernet cable directly from my fiber box to each of those three. Still, I want it to function as one network, just cabled to each of the devices.

Is this doable?

Thanks,

[RXShorty · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexjonsson 

Yes, you are able to connect the Wifi Pro devices by using an ethernet cable. 😊
The best setup is by using a small unmanaged network switch to connect all the devices.

@olavrb created a very useful image to create such network.

[RXShorty · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexjonsson 

Yes, you are able to connect the Wifi Pro devices by using an ethernet cable. 😊
The best setup is by using a small unmanaged network switch to connect all the devices.

@olavrb created a very useful image to create such network.

[alexjonsson]

Thanks a lot, sounds good. I'm a little confused about this image. If I connect a printer and a computer directly to my fiber box, I guess I won't have them working on the same network as the Wifi Pro devices, meaning for example that I wouldn't be able to print over WiFi .

[RXShorty · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexjonsson 

You connect your fiber box to the WAN port of one of your Google Nest Wifi Pro devices.

So it should be like this:

Fiber box --> Wan port Google Nest Wifi Pro 1

LAN port Google Nest Wifi Pro 1 --> unmanaged switch

WAN port Google Nest Wifi Pro 2 --> unmanaged switch

WAN port Google Nest Wifi Pro 3 --> unmanaged switch

Printer --> unmanaged switch

[Jeff]

Hi alexjonsson,

I just wanted to jump in real fast to see if you saw RXShorty's latest 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 as well for the input, RXShorty.

Regards,
Jeff

[alexjonsson]

Sorry, I forget to reply. Yes, I did get it sorted out, thanks 🙂

[EmersonB]

Hi folks,

@alexjonsson we're glad that it's working now and thanks for getting back to us. Please let me know if you have other questions or concerns as I will be locking this after 24 hours. Feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

I appreciate the help, RXShorty and Jeff.

Regards,
Emerson