Google Nest Wifi - Home Wi-Fi System - Wi-Fi Extender - Mesh Router for Wireless Internet - 2 Pack

Tips: 1- Do not be affraid of installation, it was very simple. The routers and the points -or 2 routers in this case- create a mesh by themselves wihtout any user intervention. The app guides you through the process. As a tech guy, this was so easy I feel guilty :p 2- This mesh will improve your WiFi speed across the house for any internet service up to about 600-700 Mbps, I daresay. WiFi has its limitations, anything above that is wishfull thinking due to the harware constraints of our current phones and devices. But... the real improvement is not the "speed" itself (read below). 3- This is the 2 router pack, not the classsic "router" and "point/Google assistant" pack. I chose this one expressly since the routers have ethernet LAN RJ45 jacks (ports), which the "points" lack, because my house is already wired with LAN ethernet cable and I already have plenty of "hey google" things around =) Note: you will need proper harware to get anything above 50 Mbps, e.g.: Cat. 5e or Cat. 6 cable , and if you use an ethernet switch make sure it is Gigabit compliant, otherwise stick to the standasrd WiFi mesh, you'll be surprised: this WiFi mesh will be faster than a 10/100 cable or a "Fast Ethernet" switch. 4- It is fast, indeed, but take note: since the mesh talks in both directions, there will be a natural minimal speed loss when connected to a "point" (or the secondary "router" in this case). E.g.: when the mesh is connected wirelessly (pure WiFi mesh), I get 100 Mbps near the router and 50-70 Mbps near the "point"; but when wired (ethernet backhaul between the 2 routers) I get 80-100 Mbps near the "point". I think this is expected, completely normal due to the 2-way wireless communication between both mesh devices. 5- My ISP installed a coaxial Modem/Router combo unit in my house, I was affraid of the dared double-NAT menace, but to my relief they got allong surprisingly well. Actually, I kept my original WiFi network and the new nest mesh network up simultaneously for a couple days, while migrating everything (the easy and recommended way would have been to disable the old WiFi network and use the same SSID name and password on the new one, but I wanted to experiment a little). Anyhow, although they seemed to work fine together, I decided to turn off the ISP Modem/Router's WiFi radios to avoid any possible interference. WiFi can be grumpy when crowded. 6- I chose the newest "Nest" WiFi mesh routers over the previous "Google" WiFi mesh or the Nest points because they have: a) faster WiFi conection (AC2200 vs AC1200), b) bigger area coverage (205 m2 vs 140 m2), c) more antennas (4x4 vs 2x2) and d) the capability of transmitting data to multiple devices simultaneously (MU-MIMO vs no-nothing). THIS is paramount. The improvement is noticeable when the kids are watching video streams and playing games while I hold to that important zoom meeting. (Note: The Nest points do have MU-MIMO, too, but lack the extra speed and extra coverage of the Nest routers. In exchange, they double as Google assistant speakers, so choose your potion) 7- Get both apps, Google Home and Google Wifi. They seem to be migrating everything from Google WiFi to Google Home, but meantine get both! Google WiFi gives some extra options such as a speed test of all connected devices or information about the connection type between points, wired or wireless. In conclusion, the real "speed", the improvement over a standard WiFi network is not measured in Mbps by Speedtest, it's not even the extended coverage or the transparent, automatic handling of WIFi when moving around the house without hiccups nor the beamforming technology which sends the WiFi signal straight toyour device: it's how it handles devices and distributes bandwidth, making each device in my house faster individually, all at the same time, keeping my data transmission speedy and steady when the kids are squeezing the WiFi signal and my internet bandwidth. The only thing I would have wished for is WiFi 6 support (future proof). Otherwise well done, Google. I'm impressed. I have spoken.

It is not often that I install a technical upgrade that is so very significantly better than what it is replacing. But this product really is a game-changer! I originally bought a Nest WiFi system with a router and three Nest WiFi points. I followed the pretty simple instructions, and the installation was amazingly simple. The whole thing is a paradigm change, since instead of the user worrying about wifi bands and various router parameters, these marvelous little router/points do the "worrying" for you -- and you end up with high-powered, very effective solutions. My initial installation was in a private house, where it replaced a single standard router. We had long suffered with relatively poor wifi when we were not near the router, but had adjusted to that as a fact of life. That was part of why we over-ordered the Nest WiFi points... we wanted the new system to be good! Installation was a breeze. The system did what it did all by itself, and in like ten minutes was up and functioning. Gingerly, out of curiosity, I unplugged the Ethernet cable from my "main" PC and connected it to wireless. The speed tests rated my wireless Internet speed almost as fast as my wired speed! My experience was good enough that I quickly decided I did not need the third Nest Wifi point at all. I then decided to buy this router and use the now-spare point in an installation in my parents' house. They had a Google Chromecast installed, so I figured the install might be more complicated, but it was just as quick and just as perfect as my initial install, with the same great results. For my initial install, I had ordered a low-cost Linksys switch, since the Nest Wifi router comes with only one available Ethernet port. I ended up not needing the switch, although I did install it (and it works fine). For my second install, I took a chance and didn't bother with a switch. The wireless reception was good enough that I had no need for a switch whatsoever. And the back of that house, which, with a TPLink extender had had only poor wifi, now had really good wifi access! The only problems I had with this was that I had a Sonos system installed in my first location, and Sonos and mesh networks didn't seem to get along well (depending on what connected to what, the Sonos apps couldn't find the Sonos speaker systems). Interestingly, there was some advice online that said something about letting it work itself out, and I just left it alone for a few days, and then it was working just fine! My Sonos apps could connect to any Nest Wifi point and still find the Sonos system! If you want to spend time tuning the innards of a router technically, this might not be the ideal system for you. But if you want something that installs very easily and is high-powered and just works (almost magically!) all by itself, this system is just marvelous.

The Google Nest Wifi is an excellent mesh router system that combines simplicity, speed, and integration with Google’s smart home ecosystem. Let’s dive into the details: Design and Setup: The Nest Wifi system is idiot-proof to set up. Just plug it in, follow the app instructions, and within 10 minutes, your mesh network is up and running. The design is sleek, and the range-extending Nest Wifi Points come in three colors (white, blue, and sand). Performance: Impressive Speeds: The Nest Wifi offers impressive top speeds and strong performance even at range. Stable Band Steering: It seamlessly switches between 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands for optimal performance. Google Assistant Integration: Each Nest Wifi Point doubles as a Google Assistant smart speaker. You get both the Nest Wifi Router and a Point with built-in microphones and decent bass. If you’re already in Google’s smart home ecosystem, this integration is a bonus. Price Considerations: The Nest Wifi isn’t cheap. For comparison: Amazon-owned Eero’s three-piece mesh system costs $249, which is less than a Nest Wifi setup with two devices. Netgear Orbi AC1200 mesh system (three pieces) costs $229 at Best Buy, significantly less than the three-piece Nest Wifi. However, if you’re invested in Google products, the seamless integration makes it worth the splurge......plus it's been on sale recently! The Nest Wifi is as easy to set up as a smart speaker. It spreads a Wi-Fi signal throughout your house, and each Point is a smart speaker. If you want a seamless and speedy connected home, the Nest Wifi is a worthy choice.

Drops out a lot. But overall does give us better coverage! Good value for your money. Easy set up and very easy to use.

I have a house in NY and a house in Florida. Both houses are three stories but the house in FL is almost double the footage. I put an Orbi’s system in in NY and a Google system in FL. The difference is day and night. I have nothing but trouble with the Orbie. Constantly having to troubleshoot. It is very difficult to add any new products. I have spent hours trying to get simple pool timers, WiFi cameras, and lights to be recognized by the Orbie. Every couple of months I have to reset the satellites or the speed drops to unusable. Although I pay for the highest speed service from the cable company I have lousy speed with the Orbie. It’s hit or miss connecting to the Sonos system. Many times get set for a party and no music. Then I have to go to each satellite and reset them. I installed an Orbie outside unit for the Sonos without any improvement. I installed three Google routers in FL, none outside and my boat captured the signal instantly with a rate of 498bps. Before installing the routers I was lucky to get 40bps even though I pay for 1 gig. From the dock to the garage I have great signal. Every TV loads streaming programs so much quicker. The only con I say is there is only one Ethernet port on each router. I have a video phone being turned on this week that needs an Ethernet connection and I’m hoping that the satellite router will work. I also ordered an Ethernet switch which I’m hoping will handle my stereo system which is connected by Ethernet. Set up was very simple using the Home app. One thing they don’t explain is the cable from your modem is plugged into the globe symbol on the left. Other than that it was very simple to install, even for a OGWC. (Old Guy With Computer). There is no comparison and I have always bought NetGear but they lost the race in this one.

I purchased this after issues with my Netgear Nighthawk router. Set up was easy, and simple. Speed is excellent and range is great. To note I have an older home built in the 50's roughly total square ft space is 1200. So all I needed is just the router. I love that I can see every thing that is connected to the router (even when your not at home as long as you have the google app on your phone or tablet!! You can controll remotely as well!!) I love I can see how much data any given device is using. I do like that you can give priority to certain things connected to the router. Great for families with kids. Gives you the option to pause internet connectivity at specific times to specific devices! I had to call customer service because when I first installed it I was getting about 65mbps and have 300mbps internet. I spent probably about an hour with tech support trying to figure out why it wasn't getting over at least 150mbps. Finally after all the trouble shooting the issue was that the google router assigns which frequency to connect a device to. So most computers get assigned to a 2ghz frequency not the 5ghz. Cellphones and some tablets get connected to 5ghz. Your smart devices like TV, Android Tv Box will get 5ghz, and small wifi enabled devices connects at 2ghz frequency. Once I understood that it made sense and was working as it should. However, it would have been nice to be told this first before going through trouble shooting steps. It would have been a shorter support call if they had said that first. Hopefully other Google Support staff are more knowledgeable, and I just got a newbie. I do like that you can test the internet speed directly through the google app. Very convenient. One thing I do not like about it is that you can not choose which frequency to connect a device at. It automatically assigns the device to a frequency (2ghz or 5ghz). This is a little inconvenient when downloading a large file to your computer. It takes longer because it's only connecting at the 2ghz frequency. Hopefully they will add that feature with future updates. It's a small inconvenience for me though. All around I am very happy with the purchase.

BEWARE THIS PRODUCT HAS MAJOR ISSUES that may or may not affect you, depending on how you set it up and use it. I'll share my experience, but you decide whether these issues are essential for your usage scenario or not. Here is the executive summary before I get into technical details. 1) This product is excellent when it works as expected (unfortunately, that's not always the case). Setup is easy and straightforward. 2) The functionality of the device is extremely limited if you opt-out of using Nest Wifi cloud services. Enabling cloud services is a must to have this device provide all of its functions. 3) Local network throughput exhibits severe performance degradation over time if your routers are not hardwired. 4) The router is unable to re-establish Internet connectivity after a power outage (this is precisely the case when using Netgear CM500 as a modem) This review is for 2-pack Nest Wifi routers bundle. Both devices are identical routers, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll be calling the main one Router and the secondary one Point. My initial setup was a true wifi mesh with no hardwired connection between Router and Point. I did extensive post-install testing, and Nest checked all the boxes - 330 Mbps Internet throughput, 600 Mbps over the local network from one device connected to the point to another device connected to the router. All seemed well, but after about 24 hours, I started noticing performance degradation on my local network. At first, the throughput from my Macbook to my NAS dropped down to 100 Mbps, then 50 Mbps, and at some point, it stalled at a snail speed for 150 kbps (yep, kilobits). I got in touch with Google support right away, and they "fixed" the issue by hard rebooting the network and cloud services (make any change in your router's DNS settings, then turn cloud service off/on and reboot the network). However, it was just a temporary fix as the issue came back the next day. I've been in touch with Google support a couple more times, but they were less than helpful. They blamed interference; they blamed the local DNS server; they blamed my MacBook. None of these was the culprit as everything worked well before I bought Nest Wifi, and everything works fine now after I hardwired the router and the point. The only "solution" they could provide was the hard network reboot that "fixed" the issue for less than 24 hours every single time. About a week later, I decided to run a Cat6 cable from the main router to the point, and to my surprise, it completely solved this issue. I'm deducting 2 stars because of this issue. I'm expecting a Wifi mesh product to work as a true Wifi mesh, and hardwiring must not be a requirement. The second major issue I ran into is exceptionally annoying. Nest Wifi router is unable to re-establish Internet connection after a power outage. It's not just a matter of inconvenience as I have to reboot the modem after every power outage manually, but it's also a security concern as our Nest cameras are not coming back online after a power outage when we are not home. Google support wasn't helpful here either. They blamed my ISP and "the extent of the outage", but it has nothing to do with the ISP as I can reproduce this issue by cutting the power on the power strip that both router and modem are connected to. There are numerous similar complaints all over the internet going back 2 years, so it's definitely a well-known issue, and Google still can't get their act together to fix it. How do I know it's an issue with Nest Wifi? First, the network boots up just fine if I swap the Nest router with my old router (8 years old Apple Time Capsule). Second, the modem shows all 5 lights green, but still, there is no Internet connection. Third, if I unplug the Nest WAN ethernet cable, run it into a switch and log into the modem's UI, it shows the link is OK. I have a feeling it has something to do with the timing of each device's boot time. It seems like the Nest router expects itself to be the first one to boot up. Well, you can't expect that if you are that slow... My old router boots up much faster than the Nest router, so that may be the answer here. Anyway, I thought I was clever enough to code a script on my Raspberry Pi, detect this condition, and force-reboot the modem if there is no Internet connection. I thought I was all set, but I was wrong. We had another power outage last night, and as you suspect by now, my network didn't come back online. Why? Because the Nest router wouldn't route packets to the modem. My next idea is to install smart power plugs and control the power from Raspberry Pi. I'm deducting 2 stars because of this issue. This product could have scored all 5 stars in my review if not for the two major issues I described above.

-- 6/2/20 second cut with info So had issues using Google Nest Wifi routers with wired backhaul using Powerline (TP Link tp pa8030p, pa9020p) - it seems the issue was with 2.4Ghz 5Ghz bands on router and powerline adapters which seemed to work otherwise with older 2.4Ghz router but not with Google Nest Wifi. Once I removed PA8030p (which may not work with dual band router?) things seem to have fallen back in place and works much better now. Just an update. Routers are otherwise great and easy plug and play. Interesting with new powerline 9020p adapters I'm able to rely on Nest devices to connect on wifi and work. Hope others add on if they have similar config. -- old first cut of review Giving it 5 start (to start with), just for the ease of set up, information online/google/other sources about these to troubleshoot, and design/look and elegance of devices. For starters, I've set up 2 routers with wired connection (ethernet) at different floors and then using them as a mesh. Will downgrade as necessary if any issues persist. Word of advice for anyone using wired backhaul and setting up (connect different floor routers as wired connection) -- connect them wired at the time of set up (1. set up first router by itself using google home, 2. In that given set up, add/power up and connect via ethernet output from 1st router to input/lan of 2nd router before powering on -- give each device 1-2 mins [white blinking light indicates it's coming on/working through]). Google Home app is great (I downloaded both google home and google wifi but ONLY needed google home for all the set up (including password and mesh/speed tests) Potential issues - - If you move 2nd router (acting as wired point), Google Home app shows old info about strength of signal in new set up (doesn't refresh after few attempts). So that information can be misleading. - With modem in between (optimum broadband coming in the house) - it drops wifi for 10 or so secs every once in 3 to 4 hrs.. apparantly some DHCP or DNS disabling with the router (? - don't know yet, will try to figure out).. can't blame google nest routers for this it looks like. Other connected extender/router also show similar issue - It's hard to know if 'mesh' set up with wired backhaul between 2 router devices is working as I expect it to (i.e. 2nd device is the 'point' rather than it's own router?) -- hard to know and detect. Only can check the 'mesh' strenght which is still great.

1. Ridiculously overpriced for the performance. My Netgear R7000P works much better. 2. "intelligent" switching between 2.4GHz and 5GHz means you *cannot* choose it yourself. 3. Meshing between levels probably works in countries with wooden floors, but with concrete in India, it doesn't work well - horizontal range is less 50 ft between two levels. 4. Doesn't show devices connected unless you agree to the "cloud" option where it will log every single device and probably its activity. 5. No configuration options for power (of the radio), access-control using MAC, etc. Please don't buy this if you're in India.

Been using this product about a year now. It’s pretty awesome! My apartment wasn’t really set up well for me to run an Ethernet cable to my PC, but this still gives you great speeds for whatever you need it for, without the need to run wires. Very happy with the purchase after a year. Plus troubleshooting is really easy with the google home app. Would recommend!

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Got it on time, set up is easy, looks cute, 2 device good cover enough for my 2000sqft concrete walled apartment. I am subscribed to 1GB broadband service which earlier i got 150mbps download speed and 40mbps upload after setting up Nest my internet got a real good boost to 250-280mbps download and 80+ upload speed instantly. From my learning, I strongly recommend to replace your 4+ yrs old router to attain the max provided speed.

Muito fácil de configurar. O sinal do Wifi, principalmente com os dois roteadores, fica perfeito em todos os ambientes da casa. Agora consigo trabalhar dentro do escritório com a porta fechada! OBS: O produto veio com o padrão de tomada americano (pino chato). Sorte que tinha adaptadores aqui. Na imagem dá a entender que o segundo roteador é o modelo com caixa de som. Mas não é. São dois roteadores iguais, com uma entrada e uma saída RJ45 e entrada pro CA. Mas isso não diminui em nada a qualidade. Cada um já vem com um cabo de rede.