unattached studio

[sarahanderson]

Good evening, 

I purchased the nest wifi with one point. I was hoping to use it in my studio that is about 10-15 ft from my router, but in a different structure.  When I try to run a mesh test, it says that I need to bring the point closer to the nest. If i purchased more points could I eventually get good reception out there?

[MichaelP · Accepted solution]

Hello @sarahanderson 

It's unlikely more points would improve the connectivity to your outbuilding. If it is that close, and not getting a good connection now, it's likely the construction materials of the outer walls of your home and/or studio structure are blocking the 5GHz WiFi signal used to connect secondary/point units back to the primary/router unit. For example, brick, concrete, stucco, plaster, older homes with metallic foil vapor barriers, etc. If that is the case, you might get some improvement by arranging to have the Nest WiFi Router unit in a window that faces the studio and having the Nest WiFi Point unit in a window that faces the house. However, my typical advice for getting coverage to outbuildings like this is to run an Ethernet cable and connect a secondary Google WiFi unit (or another Nest WiFi Router unit set up as a point) to it.