Set up port forwarding or port opening.
Google wifi router wan port.
Your computer phone tablet router etc.
James martin cnet in 2016 google made its first foray into mesh networking with google wifi a puckish three piece mesh router system like other mesh routers you connect one google wifi device.
Modem s lan port connects to 3rd party router s wan port via wired ethernet.
Primary wifi point s lan port connects to any mesh wifi point s wan port via wired ethernet or via a switch as shown above.
Your modem the upstream device gives your router or primary wifi point an ip address for a set amount of time this is called a lease time.
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Google nest wifi points do not have wan or lan ports.
The router will now create your wi fi network.
When you use dhcp google wifi will automatically ask the device connected to the wan port of your primary wifi point typically a modem or router modem combination for an ip address.
Add an additional point.
Google wifi and google nest wifi devices can be added to the network you ve created with your primary wifi point.
When enabled port forwarding ipv4 and port opening let traffic from the outside world the internet pass through the google nest wifi firewall or google wifi firewall to a specific device on your home network learn more about when you need port forwarding or port opening and nat loopback.
The wan and lan ports are found on the bottom of your google nest router or google wifi point.
If you d like to add another wifi device tap yes in the app to continue or follow the steps below to add a point at a later time.
This is your personal network.
This may take a few minutes.
When you use dhcp google wifi will automatically ask the device connected to the wan port of your primary wifi point typically a modem or router modem combination for an ip address.
Where are the wan and lan ports.
Google nest wifi router or primary wifi point s lan port connects to any google wifi point s wan port via wired ethernet or via a switch as shown above.
3rd party router s lan port connects to the primary wifi point s wan port via wired ethernet.
Make up your lan.
With this configuration you may run into double nat which isn t necessarily a problem.