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Wired/wireless network physical configuration
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:28 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 5:28 pm
I have 2 Google Wi-Fi units. One is the main router and the other is remote as part of the mesh. It is located upstairs downstream from the router, and is hardwired. I am about to install a switch upstairs along with the google pick to be able to hardwire a tv and security dvr. The google pick has 2 ports- one for in and one for out. My question is this: does it matter if the hub goes before the switch or the switch goes before the hub? I think he answer is no, but wanted to check with others. Thanks.
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:24 pm to BR Tiger
You might consider calling the Google WiFi tech support. I called them about 10:00 PM one night and they were great!
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:45 pm to BR Tiger
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It is located upstairs downstream from the router, and is hardwired.
So you have an Ethernet cord plugged into the LAN port and the Google wifi is acting as a WAP? Correct?
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I am about to install a switch upstairs along with the google pick
1. What is a "google pick"?
2. If Your WAP is connected by ethernet, why not take that wire and plug it into the switch then plug the WAP into one of the switch's open ports?
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My question is this: does it matter if the hub
How the hell did a hub get introduced this late in the post. What are you using a hub for?
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 3/20/18 at 7:37 pm to jeff5891
Lol. Good lord I sounded like an idiot. Thanks for calling me out on that. The “google pick” was supposed to be “google puck” autocorrect just tried to change it again when I typed it.
The Hub was referring to OnHub. It’s the particular model of the google Wi-Fi system I have. Not sure why I even mentioned it.
I did go to the help pages for google Wi-Fi after I posted the OP (I know, I know). According to them it doesn’t matter if the Google OnHub/puck/wap is connected to a downstream switch or if the switch is connected after the google device. The only key is that you can’t have the primary google router and the remote device connected to the same switch. The primary router has to come first, hen the switch, then as many waps as you want off of that switch.
The Hub was referring to OnHub. It’s the particular model of the google Wi-Fi system I have. Not sure why I even mentioned it.
I did go to the help pages for google Wi-Fi after I posted the OP (I know, I know). According to them it doesn’t matter if the Google OnHub/puck/wap is connected to a downstream switch or if the switch is connected after the google device. The only key is that you can’t have the primary google router and the remote device connected to the same switch. The primary router has to come first, hen the switch, then as many waps as you want off of that switch.
Posted on 3/21/18 at 10:53 am to BR Tiger
If the google's WAP has issue with the switch then it has to do with their mesh technology.
1) it will not have problems with a switch that is unmanaged. these do not have spanning-tree protocol ( this helps prevent loops in the network).
2) if your switch is managed and you dont care about meshing the netwrok, you should be able to disable the routing features or mesh features for just the second google WAP, this will turn it into a basic wireless access point. Then it will work when plugged into a switch using spanning-tree
1) it will not have problems with a switch that is unmanaged. these do not have spanning-tree protocol ( this helps prevent loops in the network).
2) if your switch is managed and you dont care about meshing the netwrok, you should be able to disable the routing features or mesh features for just the second google WAP, this will turn it into a basic wireless access point. Then it will work when plugged into a switch using spanning-tree
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 11:05 am
Posted on 3/21/18 at 11:40 am to jeff5891
I have it set up as mesh. Unmanaged switch. Seems to be working fine. The mesh vs standard wap protocol is what made me even question in the first place.
This post was edited on 3/21/18 at 11:42 am
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