“Just installed the Google Wifi in our home. Very easy setup. All looks good. I just ran a speed test and see that I'm only getting 8.18 mbps on download speed. I get 133 mbps when I hook my computer directly to my modem. Help!”
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It is apparent that you have an issue with this setup. I would plug directly into the wan port of the main station and perform a speedtest from that device. If you are having issues on a wireless unit, it may simply be poor placement, check the status of all the units in the app
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hook up your computer directly to one of the nodes via cat5. My speed dropped as well when using WiFi in my back room, which is why I bought this system. However, I hooked directly to it, and I've not looked back since....I pay for 150 upload. Directly connected to the node, I get 149!!!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.What is your ISP? Have you had this problem before?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I get 290 mbps download through the mesh wifi. I have a Comcast internet account with their mid-tier service. BTW, I've had good service from them in recent years with few outages. Your direct connection to modem speed of 133 seems slow. Are you using AT&T Uverse? If it's DSL, then it will be slower. Their fiber optic cable to home would be very fast if/when you can get it.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I had the same problem with my initial install. Your modem's cache memory is looking for your old wifi router. Had to reboot the Spectrum modem by unplugging it, waiting 60 sec then plug back in to clear the cache of the modem. Upon reboot it should recognize the new Google wifi. I had to reboot mine twice for some reason then all was good. Also make sure your wifi device is not too far from any of the router pods. My house is about 3000 sq ft. My router hub and one pod are on the 2nd floor. I have an Ethernet switch on the main hub for two other hard wired devices. 3rd one is on the 1st floor. I now get great speed and coverage in all corners of my two story house.
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