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Need some help with speed dropping on ethernet
I'm having an issue with ethernet speeds dropping. (FIOS Gigabit / Nest WiFi Pro 3 pack, 2 Netgear switches 16 port and 8 port)) Verizon Fios Gigabit ONT runs direct to Google Nest WiFi Pro. This ...
As the Internet is full with similar reports on the Google Nest Mesh systems since 2022 (sigh, sorry), would you mind to provide a schema of the new layout with the three Nest devices please?
Have built a wired network to connect the three Nest Mesh systems, or are these connected in a wireless Mesh?
Also curious what you designate as "remote APs", and how that suspect non-working GS116LP is connected to these Nest Mesh devices, resp. the "working" grey GS116 is connected?
Background: Nest Points appear to be picky when it comes to using wired connections (wired backhaul in Netgear Mesh terms) and can only be used wireless -> Hardwire Nest Wifi Pro, Nest Wifi, or Google Wifi with Ethernet
The cause seems to be somewhere in the design and/or implementation of IEEE 802.11s, an amendment to 802.11. Based on some experimenting with older Netgear Managed or Smart Managed we learnt that some switches are blocking (not forwarding) these special frames.
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