Apologies for what may be a basic question and for not asking it in German, but I am wondering if this is compatible with fiber internet. I have Salt Fiber (whose router is objectively horrific, but a much much cheaper service than Swisscom....so it only just about justifies the change). I don't believe that Google Nest has a port through which I can connect the fibre cable, so I will have to use the Salt box as a "conduit" (don't know the technical name...but an access point that doesn't produce a wifi network) and plug the Nest into that via a LAN. My questions are - do you know if this is possible? Would you know if the Salt Box can be configured in this way?

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Apologies for what may be a basic question and for not asking it in German, but I am wondering if this is compatible with fiber internet. I have Salt Fiber (whose router is objectively horrific, but a much much cheaper service than Swisscom....so it only just about justifies the change). I don't believe that Google Nest has a port through which I can connect the fibre cable, so I will have to use the Salt box as a "conduit" (don't know the technical name...but an access point that doesn't produce a wifi network) and plug the Nest into that via a LAN. My questions are - do you know if this is possible? Would you know if the Salt Box can be configured in this way?

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Hi - yes it will work, the you just need to connect the Google Nest via a LAN cable to the Salt router.
Its not optimal - but it will work, I would advise turning all wifi configurations on the Salt router off.
If you can convince Salt to swap their router for a modem it would be the best solution - but no idea if they will do it.
The reason it is sub optimal is that you will run a through a double NAT, which in simple terms means you need to hop through 2 networks before you get to the internet. For normal web browsing - movie watching downloading etc. this is not a problem. But some more sophisticated services might not work or be degraded. Google support will also always blame the double NAT for every problem you have - even when its not related.

Good luck!

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I have connected the Google Nest WiFi using a UPC modem. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with a Salt Box. Good luck!

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Thank you for the answer. I was thinking this might be possible. I'll now need to enquire with my service provider to see if their box can be configured in such a way.

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To my understanding (I have this Google nest in two locations), you need to use the service providers modem and then from that moden connect to the Google Nest Wifi router.

Your data. Your choice.

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