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Sep 21, 2021
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Garn
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I think I will just do a regular router in the furnace room and send one line to
the nest and another line to the apartment. Can ethernet backhaul work if I do that?
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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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