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T-Mobile Home Internet + Google Nest WiFi
I purchased T-Mobile Home Internet and just set it up. When I plug the Ethernet into my Google Nest WiFi router, it does not work. Does anyone know how to get the T-Mobile Home Internet working w...
Jolt wrote:I just received my 5G gateway. I am converting from Xfinity Internet service. I have an existing nest Wi-Fi mesh already configured at home. Setting the gateway up was extremely simple.
I am converting from Xfinity Internet service. I have an existing nest Wi-Fi mesh (gen 2) already configured at home. This mesh Wi-Fi system works perfectly fine with the Xfinity service and stable for several years.
When I connect the nest Wi-Fi router into the T-Mobile gateway (Ethernet) the Internet works however, it’s about a quarter of the speed of the T-Mobile gateway if I directly connect to it.
ookla Speedtest when connected to T-Mobile Wi-Fi is great —> 330+Mbps down 33Mbps Up
ookla Speedtest when connected to Nest Wi-Fi mesh, is 45Mbps down an 13 Mbps up.
end point testing performed with iPhone 14 pro max and MBP yield Sam results
my SSIDs are different for the mesh and the Gateway.
any thoughts on why such a drastic drop in performance
I have the exact same problem. The speed from the Google Wifi mesh is around a quarter of what the same device in the same positions gets from he T-Mobile gateway (different SSIDs)
