tl;dr:
- Can another wifi router be used to extend GoogleNest? (e.g. via Ethernet cable).
- Could it behave as a mesh? (aka use same network id and have devices easily hop between acces points)
- If yes, what are the drawbacks to just getting the Google Wifi Points?
Context
My family lives in a long house and the range of just one wifi point was not enough as such they have 3 wifi routers equaly distributed around the house and connected by ethernet cables. Each router has a different wifi name, e.g. wifi1, wifi2, wifi3 Current problems with the existing setup:
- While going around the house many times you're connected to wrong endpoint and have to manually switch between endpoints.
- Annoying to configure port forwarding for their security cameras, and in case of resets they are not able to set it up again. Would be nice to have easy & safe remote admin feature.
- Annoying to setup wifi for users (each user needs to configure 3 wifi networks).
- Wifi bandwith is ~80 MBytes/s while they have gigabit speedfrom ISP via fiber.
Current battle plan
Currently thinking to either:
- Daisy chain the routers (aka connect routers in bridge mode via the ethernet cable), hope to solve problems 1 & 3. Check for remote admin options for problem 2, & manually set-up channels to sqeeze a bit more bandwith (4).
- Get google nest wifi & daisy chain existing routers, hopefully solve 1, 2, 3 & possibly 4 where the google nest wifi has range
- Get google nest wifi & 2 access points, solve 1,2,3,4 but at extra cost
- Get an alternative wifi6 router from ISP (but might remain with problem #2, as possibly can't remotely configure) . Options include:
- TP-Link Archer AX10
- FIBERHOME SR1041Y
- HUAWEI K562E
- ZTE H3601
I am happy with my Google Nest Wifi in my apartment, especially reg the ease of configuration, speed tests and alerts it provides in the app. That's why I thought to try to include it in the new setup.
I'm not an expert with networks, but can configure a router & fw ports so feel free to include any solutions that you think would work best for a large house with ~10-20 devices connected on average (60 devices connected at peek). If needed I can also look at changing firmwares if it gives beter results.
