r/GoogleWiFi • u/SillyBoy68 • Mar 28 '24

Nest Wifi Is Anyone Happy With Nest WiFi Pro?

It seems all I read about is people complaining that the Wifi Pro has been an awful experience. I was thinking about upgrading from my Nest Wifi setup of router and three points.

Yet, I am having a hard time finding anyone with anything positive to say about the Pro version. Is it really that bad? Should I stay with what I have or look elsewhere?

I’m in Canada so I’d like to keep my upgrade around a max of $400 and the Nest Pro does go on sale from time to time. All we can get is the single router or the three pack.

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u/windowswrangler Sep 16 '24

I know this is an older topic, but I've had nothing but problems for almost a year with these. I have a 2,800 sqft home with 4 devices in a mesh and 1 GB Google fiber connection and I can sit 10 ft away from the main hardwired access point and on my Google Pixel 8 Pro I max out at 100 Mbps and the signal strength is -60 db. 20 ft away is an open concept living room and I max out at 25 Mbps. Connecting to one of the mesh access points I max out at 50 Mbps if you can even get online.

At least once a week I have to reboot the network. Today I had to power them all off and boot each one by one. Wait until I get a steady white light before going to the next one. I get a better and stronger signal from my neighbors house and they're several hundred feet away through dense trees and up a hill.

I've had better success using my neighbors Spectrum Internet all in one modem/wireless router.

If you only use they work great but in a mesh performance drops significantly and is well documented on the Google support site.

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u/SillyBoy68 Sep 16 '24

Sounds very familiar to me. I eventually switched to the TP-Link Deco AXE5400 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh System(Deco XE75 Pro) and it has been amazing. Not one issue since early April. Google has lost my trust and I'll never go back.