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Google Nest Wifi

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

By Google

1mentions$46.99typical

What Reddit thinks

Cons

2
  • Google's history of canning projects
  • Privacy concerns with google routing internal network traffic

Where Reddit talks about it

99 comments · 11 subreddits

r/GoogleWiFi
61 mentions120
18%
r/NestWiFi
11 mentions15
0%
r/googlehome
7 mentions13
29%
r/HomeNetworking
3 mentions28
0%
r/buildapcsales
3 mentions12
67%
r/Ubiquiti
3 mentions3
0%

Reddit reviews

+ 17~ 2755
r/negative

That’s a great reason to not buy Nest stuff. I have Google nest WiFi and don’t have access to any of those settings lol

r/HomeNetworkingneutral26

The Nest Wifi (router) doesn't have a speaker

r/HomeNetworkingnegative1

Some Nest Wi-Fi units make random loud sounds for alerts and you can try checking app notifications and firmware updates to stop unexpected beeps.

r/GoogleWiFinegative1

Wow that is a lot of useless pucks.

r/GoogleWiFineutral1

I think it would help if we all submit support tickets: [https://support.google.com/googlenest/gethelp?hl=en](https://support.google.com/googlenest/gethelp?hl=en) Also there is a Community thread ab

r/GoogleWiFinegative2

My router is working great, it is just my two wifi extender nests that are locked up.

r/GoogleWiFinegative1

my Hub is stuck in a state that will not allow it to add devices

r/GoogleWiFinegative1

every device that has been connected without issue for years suddenly couldn't connect to either of the points. Nothing changed at all. One day it worked, next day it didn't.

r/GoogleWiFineutral1

Can you try to use the Quad 9 DNS on your nest wifi mesh? 1. Open the Google home app. 2. Tap the wifi tile. 3. Tap the network setting. 4. Tap the advanced networking.  5. Tap the DNS setting. 6. T

r/buildapcsalesneutral10

For a big house, with just wifi users streaming video. This is probably fine.

r/buildapcsalespositive1

As someone who had the original Google WiFi pucks then moved to Nest WiFi… the originals show their age in range and speed. I’d highly recommend upgrading if your budget allows.

r/buildapcsalespositive1

I have the prior generation Nest WiFi mesh system and have had no complaints for anything, to be honest.

r/UNIFInegative2

Their WiFi mesh is so bad it caused some of my devices to not even work properly.

r/UNIFInegative1

I had to reset the Google Nest WiFi every few weeks. I didn’t like that I could only control it from the Google home app.

r/GoogleWiFinegative1

router was fine but the mesh kept getting offline couldn’t figure out what’s up… it worked fine for couple of years before - and then suddenly hit all kinds of problems…

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