Hub 5 & Nest Wi-Fi Compatibility

[chrisnash1984]

Hi There,

I’ve recently received the new hub 5 from VM and have run a speed test on install, which confirms I’m getting 1gb broadband into the house. However when I put the hub 5 in modem mode and connect it to nest Wi-Fi (Google), the speed drops to around 200 mbps. Is there a compatibility issue between the two?

[jb66]

It probably means your nest system is slow, if you need more speed you may have to upgrade to a better mesh system

[chrisnash1984]

Thanks JB66 - it’s the latest google nest Wi-Fi system which is meant to be able to deliver 1gig? 

[jb66]

The WiFi units (main one) is fast but if you have any nest wifi pods they are limited to AC1200 which in real world speeds is 200mb

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-nest-wifi-vs-google-wifi-1056145/

[chrisnash1984]

Thanks JB66 - can confirm the setup is the latest router and Wi-Fi points (not previous pod). Should be AC2200 and able to broadcast 1gb. Not sure if this is a bug with the new hub 5, or whether there’s a way of configuring manually to work around?

[jb66]

The brand new nest wifi "points" are only ac1200

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/6280668?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cgoogle-nest-wifi-tech-specs%2...

There are no known compatibility issues with the hub 5.