Google Wifi Drops Each Time Broadband Drops
I've used Google Nest Wifi for many years with my current Virign Media router (in modem mode), but I have noticed through this time that when my broadband connection drops it also makes my local wifi connection turn off too. In my mind the way it should work (and I am sure I have observed other home networks operating this way) is that the home lan (wifi and wired) operate independantly of the internet connection. Why would a user still not be able to continue to use local LAN resources (via wifi and wired) just because the gateway has stopped working. How do people who use things like plex (via a local wifi connection) continue to do so locally? I have home automation like Hubitat and Home Assistant that are wired into my lan. When my broadband connection fails these continue to work fine on the LAN but when the broadband drops my wifi drops and I cannot even see a wifi connection is even present. Its very frustrating, if I wish to access my hubs or network locations on my network to administer them I have to connect a wired connection to my laptop into my switch in order to do so. I'm not 100% sure but I think external and local ought to operate independently, or at least local wifi should continue to operate like the local wired lan does and continue to be able to utilise local resources like shared folders etc? Welcome others thoughts and experiences My setup is as follows 1 Google Wifi Access point in my house with the virigin broadband router in modem mode connected to it in one port, the other port connects to my lan/switch. I have a wired network that goes out to my office with another Google Wifi router connected to it via cable. I have 3 Google Wifi wireless pods around the house. These work fine with only an occasional reboot when they show they have a weak signal. My network operates on 192.168.86.X The Router LAN Address is set to 192.168.86.1 I can recreate the problem just by turning the power off to the Virgin router (in modem mode), as soon as I do this all wifi connections drop. A simple example of the issue I have having is if I am using WIFI fine but pull the plug on the virgin router (in modem mode) all wifi devices across my network fall off the wifi - all wired devices continue to work fine. Thanks