Are all devices connected to the same network?
Are all devices connected to the same network?
It's hard to say for sure, but if you aren't sure whether your remote units work with the AP mode, then maybe you have no choice. Mesh companies think you must buy all their stuff and make sure everything just works in how they like it best. They don't care about you or what other people need different things. They sell to regular folks who are simple and just want to plug in boxes that do magic tricks. So I think you can put your main unit into AP mode, but if this means you can't use the remotes then you probably throw those devices away and start over. Some mesh systems let you run remote units in AP mode, but the wifi feature won't work for them. It just depends on how much wifi you really need. You could set your main google router as an AP and then use your old tplink as another one too. If you were building this from scratch, I'd suggest buying cheap routers and using them as APs. The ads on mesh systems are so big that they hide the fact there are many other much cheaper options out there.
Here is the info you need. The official guide says: https://support.google.com/googlene...,w...ting-setup FAQ #2. "Will Google Wifi work with my existing setup? Each Google Wifi point is just another router that matches your current internet modem. You can only make a mesh network when you use Google Nest Wifi and either the Google Wifi routers or points. If you have a different kind of router (like from Cisco, Linksys, or Netgear), it won't work with them to create this special connection. Google Wifi works well with many wireless things like tablets, printers, and smart devices. Even though most stuff is compatible, some items aren't. Note: Nest Wifi Pro (Wi-Fi 6E) cannot be used together with Nest Wifi or the regular Google Wifi in a mesh network."
Yeah... I'm pretty sure I can't use my Google WiFi as an access point. That only works if there is a switch involved. So I'll need to buy another router or just use the current one as the AP too. Then I'll connect my Google WiFi and all the other stuff like ethernet cables to it. The setup looks like this: Main Router -> Cisco Router -> Another Router (acting as the AP) -> Google Wifi, ethernets, etc
There should be just one router set up to give out IP addresses for the network. All other routers down below become simple switches, but their DHCP function gets turned off. I know that Google devices need their own specific router like a Google Router. It sounds like not everyone is being nice here. 😔
Are you trying to put the device in bridge mode? That's wrong. For access point mode, you need to connect your computer or phone to the LAN port while leaving the WAN port unplugged and shut down the DHCP server in your Google Wifi settings. Not sure if that works to turn off DHCP. Another option is using Google Wifi as a main router and swapping out your Cisco device for a regular switch (or keeping the Cisco as a switch but not using any WAN ports and disabling DHCP).
It's impossible to use Google Wifi if your router isn't hooked up to the internet (WAN). You need that WAN connection set up before you can install anything else on the device. Since I want to keep using my Cisco router, adding more internet lines won't be a problem there. What do you think about this new setup?
So why bother with a Cisco router when you already set up three of them on the same line? Two of those are already too much trouble.
I want to have two separate internet connections at home so that everything stays the same way. I'm not sure if this will work for me though. My main problem is right now is that I need to mirror my phone screen on the TV. For that to happen, the TV has to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as my phone.
It will work, but setting it up is messy because you need 3 different networks on separate subnets. Just make sure your WAN and LAN ports are on different subnet numbers on each router. If no phone or computer connects to the cisco router or the ISP router, everything ends up in one network. The Google mesh router creates a new LAN, but multiple internet connections don't always work great. You can't really combine them; they only sort of help with redundancy. But what if something goes down? Often, things just aren't fully broken; they might have lots of packet loss or slow speeds. It is better to move the cable between routers manually since you know best when a connection has problems.