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Sep 21, 2021
1:14:05pm

Garn All-American

is it better to get 3 routers, or should would google wifi access points work

I am pulling 1 gig down on fiber network.

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Garn

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Moving into a home that has cat5 to every room. I have been using the Nest

Garn

9/21/21 1:02pm

Can Nest do an ethernet backhaul?

El Jefe

9/21/21 1:05pm

It can with the right version. There are access points that don't have ethernet

BlueBlood

9/21/21 1:08pm

is it better to get 3 routers, or should would google wifi access points work

Garn

9/21/21 1:14pm

I moved from google wifi to nest and am much happier.

BlueBlood

9/21/21 1:16pm

the router does, but the access points do not as they don't have a port. Google

Garn

9/21/21 1:11pm

you can just buy more nest routers and wire them into the mesh, works great.

BlueBlood

9/21/21 1:13pm

so last dumb question, can I feed my basement rental from one of them with

Garn

9/21/21 1:18pm

mmmm, I don't think so. I think that's beyond the capabilities of the nest.

BlueBlood

9/21/21 1:20pm

I think I will just do a regular router in the furnace room and send one line to

Garn

9/21/21 1:24pm

That's a tough setup because Nest doesn't support mesh + bridge mode

BlueBlood

9/21/21 1:37pm

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