Amazon has the Nest WiFi router 2-pack for $239.
https://www.amazon.com/Google-Nes...161&sr=8-3
Store: Amazon
NOTE: This is for 2 routers and not the Router and Point 2 pack. Both units are at AC2200 instead of the Point at AC1200 which can be cheaper but slower internet speeds.
SOME ADDTIONAL INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS DEALS
This deal is for 2 WiFi Routers, which is different from 1 WiFi Router and 1 WiFi Points. The Routers allows hard-wiring Ethernet which the Points lack. The Routers also don't have the Google Assistant speaker built in like the Points do.
he older generation 3 pack mesh WiFi has three identical looking pucks, each at AC1200 speed and each with an ethernet port on it. Total coverage is 4,500 SF, with each covering 1,500 SF. You use the Google WiFi app, and there is no smart assistant, microphone, or speaker.
This particular 2 pack has two identical looking units, each at AC2200 speed and each with an ethernet port on it. Total coverage is 4,400 SF, with each covering 2,200 SF. You use the Google Home app, and this particular 2-pack has no smart assistant, microphone, or speaker either. However, if you were to buy a different set of Nest WiFi units that contain 1,600 SF satellite units (Amazon doesn't have them because they're a direct competitor with Amazon's echo units), or you were to add them on at a later date, those satellite units would have a smart assistant, microphone, speaker, and no ethernet port.
If you buy Google Wifi, or this particular Nest WiFi two pack, you have the choice of wireless backhaul (which will result in a reduction in speed for all but the unit directly plugged into the modem), or wired backhaul (run CAT-6 between the units and get the full speed out of each unit,). If you add a satellite unit onto Google Nest WiFi, there's no Ethernet port so you can only use wireless backhaul to those.
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I always alike all my entertainment/gaming devices wired for a stable connection leaving only the mobile devices on wifi.
I always alike all my entertainment/gaming devices wired for a stable connection leaving only the mobile devices on wifi.
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I placed the second (and third) mesh router (I have a different mesh setup old TP link routers using google wifi app) in another room hardwired it to the port coming from the wall and then another wire goes out to the switch from the router.
In cases where the home is not hardwired then all you do is just use the second router unit to connect to the main unit wirelessly via mesh and you can still use the second unit to connect to another second switch and make use of multiple ports. In this case though you will not get the full potential of a wired backhaul setup you can still use a switch connected to the 2nd unit.
Thanks,
Cody
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/goog...Id=63825
I'm wondering if this is a better deal. I have a 2 story 2350 sq foot house with the router on the second floor. I have a hardwire Ethernet port also on the first floor. Would I be better off putting a router on each floor using this deal, or keeping the 3 pack I just purchased and using the router upstairs and setting up 2 access points on the first level? Thanks for any suggestions.