Google Wi-Fi is a Hi-Fi device that will bring peace to many Internet users
An intelligent and smart system with reasonable price which provides total convenience- this is a mesh Wi-Fi done right.
Google Wi-Fi took a long time in the making to introduce in the market. In the year 2013, it was prime drafted and planned, then took around four years for the networking expertise to finally bring the system for launching in the marketplace and in 2017 it made its significant appearance. Before when the Google’s engineer first thought of it that time the market is limited to a single device which forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network but today mesh networking is a fashion in which each computer or processor connects some of the others, especially to form a multidimensional lattice.
The basic kit includes two small cylinder router devices, each is connected with a colored status LED wrapped around in the middle and a pair of Gigabit Ethernet ports built into a cavity of the base.
Talking about specifications, as compared to other competitors, this Google Wi-Fi does not look so stunning. The BT Whole Home Wi-Fi units are tri-band with 4x4 stream routers which provide speed connection up to 1,733Mbits/second and also Google boxes are dual-band 2x2 stream units which offer speed up to 1,200Mbits/sec over 5GHz.
There is no DSL modem inbuilt which means it is technically a modem which is attached to a particular computer, through an Ethernet Port, USB, or aligned to the computer’s PCI slot and the connection to Sky or BT routers is quite simple. Just attach the fundamental unit (which is arbitrary and not combined with other units) to the existing router or modem through an Ethernet Port, USB port then run through the Google Wi-Fi Application setting.
Once the application is active and running, you need not have to touch it over and over again. Google Wi-Fi engages a separate “sensing radio” to keep tabs on local Wi-Fi blockage and change its channel when required. It also sends safe and hashed information about how much busy the wire free environment in your locality is to Google’s server. Those servers then scan the data and send them back a schedule so that Google’s Wi-Fi in advance will be able to understand which channels are likely to be the least busy.
Google Wi-Fi also uses some of the different useful tricks called as band steering and client steering to keep devices connected to the fastest band strongest point in a network which lines or pathways intersect. Both of these works in such a manner to receive expected result during testing.
Unlike other routers and wireless systems, there is no way to regulate Google Wi-Fi through a browser; rather you have to proceed that using application. Luckily, it is an appealing one. It provides you with various helpful, convenient features and has an additional advantage for more advanced data and information for someone who wants to attempt for repair something.
The company which controls many subsidiaries- dubbed Family Wi-Fi is outstanding. Furthermore, it permits you to block individual devices through hand operation additionally you can also apply a schedule to each one of them and even group devices together.
There are also few network monitoring tools, which means you can easily have a check on the system as a whole is functioning, and further if you want to know more deeply, then there is additional advanced features. It is possible to set up guest network likely, that keeps guest out of your private area while also allowing access to choose devices, such as your Chromecast and wire free speakers.
As compared to performance longevity it is good but not the best. When tested at close range, the best download speed which Google Wi-Fi could be able to provide was 72.9MB/sec on the download link. This speed is nearly as compared to the speed of Linksys Velop, but a lot slower than BT Whole Home Wi-Fi, which provided 99.7MB/sec.
In the long-scale test with both nodes in place, it transferred around 27MB/sec over 5GHz that is obviously a good enough speed, although less speed as compared to Linksys Velop and BT Home Wi-Fi setup.
While testing a single Google Wi-Fi node at a long range shows the reason behind its lower speed. Though it provides us with a suitable and usable signal in the longer ranging test, the best speed we recorded was 4.7MB/sec. But if compared with Linksys Velop which is 23.6MB/sec, its performance is too poor within the same area.
Still, Google Wi-Fi is not framed to be used as a separate router which can operate independently of other hardware or software, first and importantly it further proposed on a mesh system, which is rather a good thing. It is extremely effortless to maintain and set up. Its application is impressive which provides the right quantity of balance between ease of use and control over the updated features.
In spite of the fact this system is not the fastest mesh Wi-Fi which has been tested but more specifically it is cheaper as compared to other standalone routers and it is competitively priced in its sector Google Wi-Fi. It is cheaper than Linksys Velop which is Pound 250 for two packs, and fewer costs than Netgear Orbi’s system which is Pound 366 for a double pack. BT Home Wi-Fi is also cheaper than others like Pound 200 but is not extendable.
Thus, if you are having a problem with Wi-Fi network, then Google Wi-Fi is the best alternative option for the home. It is, therefore, the best choice and makes better sense than spending mega bucks on one single powerful router and it is much faster, sophisticated and easy to manage and control than adding up extensions to your network. Moreover, it can spread. For the above qualities, this Wi-Fi has been selected by us as the winner of the month.
