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Upgrading from Google Wifi, Nest Wifi to Nest Wifi Pro
By Waldemar G. on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
The only reason why I am upgrading is because my IPS gave me deal for 1 GBs. I had 200 MBs and that was more than enough for me. I had Google Wifi (gen1) for about 5 years. No problems except I had to buy extra pod to strengthen the signal (i live in condo and i have brick walls). So the signal from my balcony room (storage with concrete walls) was poor to my office. I bought nest wifi and everything was working good (connection was great / good) between nest wifi (router gen2) to 2 google wifi (gen1). I notice that after I got 1 GBs from ISP my speed was still the same 100 MBs on wifi. When I disconnected gen 1s (routers) my speed next to router (testing on iphone 14pro) was 560 MBs. If I would probably just switch my old 2 google wifi (gen 1) to Nest Wifi (gen2) I would be just fine. But since I live in condo I was like let me try that new 6Ghz. So I bought Nest Wifi Pro 3pk. Signal between 3 of them is great. If I would just use 2 it would be “Good signal”. I live in 1500 sqft apt, but my main router is basically in concrete storage (maybe I will drill a whole and put that router inside apt and give update). Speed next to Nest Wifi pro (gen3) router seems to be the same as Nest Wifi (gen2) what I am trying to say is I wouldn’t upgrade if all my previous pods were Nest Wifi (gen2). I wouldn’t expect more than 600 MBs on this routers based on my research online. What I like about google is steady speed, and they are upgrading software for this Nest Wifi Pro (so in future it will get better) Wifi speeds: Shed 500-600 MBs download / 22 MBs upload wifi speed Workout Room about 300 MBs Office 150-300 MBs Overall I don’t play a lot of games. Tried for CS 2 and ping was good, no lags in game. Streaming videos for 6hrs no buffering problems. Overall: If are upgrading from Google Wifi yea thats upgrade. I would not suggest upgrading Nest Wifi (only if you experience network problems or want to see if wifi will be stronger but I don’t see this wifi hitting more than 600 Mbs). Who needs more than 1 GBs internet. Design: I don’t really care about it but looks like nice stone (gen3). If its goes about power connector I am not a fan of it. Gen 1 had better in my opinion because if you connect to multiple plug connector it easy. Missing: Nest WiFi pro use 1 GBs Ethernet/WAN speed (that wire entry) while competition use 2.5 GBs Ethernet/WAN speed. On the other hand who use Ethernet anymore? Gaming desktops and maybe playstation. But going forward I believe it will be all Wifi at some point. Signal: Seems to be better than Google WiFi (gen 1 and gen 2) Software: I had recently update on this which means google is working on this router. Maybe It will get better in future. Installation: Very easy on Google Home app. If you use the same wifi password and name, all your devices will connect automatically. However 3rd took me about 5 tries but finally was added. Price: Very Good compare to others. If you need 4pk see costco. Update from 14 January 2024: I found that moving modem and router from my storage/heating closet to open (without obstruction of concrete/brick walls) inside apartment made increased speed of 400-600 Mbps per second. The farther away pod goes 400+ Mbps. (On 1gb internet for comcast) I don’t see any issues with this system. I changed my 4 starts to 5 stars.
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The worst Smart Home device I have had - Wasted MANY Hours of time trying to get it up and running
By GB1 on Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2023
The set up process is by far the most finicky (I have spent several hours setting this up – Orbi took me 5 minutes in the past) The configuration software is by far the worst – Every thing visible seems good and then it fails on the last step like over 30 times with different error messages (WIFI point out of range or something went wrong etc) The operating software is by far the most fragile and least adaptable (if you are able to set it up) The nodes want to talk to each other through an unknown band meaning they fail to talk to each other over WIFI or wired backhaul that is at full strength and then fail due to an inability to talk over some other band that doesnt seem to be working It seems to have been tested in a small apartment setting and doesn’t seem suitable to larger free standing houses with mixed materials and multiple floors - the routers fail to talk to each other over a thin wall that has WIFI blasting through at 5 bars The QR code is Black on a dark grey backround (hard for the camera to read) The text is indentation on a dark grey background (grey on grey) - VERY hard to read once the bad QR code reader fails (maye Google should have gone with OpenCV or Lens instead of whatever QR code recognizer is failing for them). Make sure you have any reading aid you have on hand It seems like extra effort was spent to make things worse that they can be even when compared to bad software written often by other hardware companies The software is set up to be fragile so you keep going to your smart phone (maybe so they can be ads on the app in the future - doesn't seem designed for set up once and forget it like others) I must congratulate this team by exceeding the possibilities of software fragility and set up pain IF it was not for sunk cost fallacy I would already have another brand by now - I am going to give it another day or so and if not off to Costco for Orbi IMO this does feel like one of the manufacturer's side Gig where they didnt take the effort to make the UX seamless even if the hardware is potentially top notch. This also gets me worried about future support even if I figure our how to set this up UPDATE - Went to Costco and was looking around. Had a bunch of people come and tell me how bad their experience with Google WIFI was - both this and the past generation sold at Costco - Got TP Link up and running in 5 minutes. Setting up Satellites is automatic - ANY router can be Primary if one of them has issues. Wired backhaul works perfectly. Set up was a breeze... Google needs to up its software game. The changes needs seems VERY simple - why Google refuses to do better on its software for WIFI devices is interesting to me
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