AT&T Wi-Fi Gateway and Google Nest Wi-fi as main router

AT&T internet service REQUIRES the use of the leased AT&T provided gateway.

You can place a third party router behind the AT&T gateway.  Someone way smarter than me can advise on which routers will work in bridge mode.

Thank you for the quick reply.

So if I understood correctly I need to hire the equipment and then I can bridge it to connect my router...

Im just wondering if the internet service REQUIRES the gateway why it is being classified as an optional device during the bundle process, it should be mandatory right?

Thank you,

Hey, @adriaansaraiva. We'd be glad to help with your mesh system.

Thanks to @skeeterintexas for the help!

As they said, to run that kind of setup you'd need to run your mesh router behind the AT&T gateway by wiring it via Ethernet, and configure IP Passthrough to make your mesh router the primary router. You'll also have to disable Wi-Fi on the gateway so it doesn't interfere with your mesh router's Wi-Fi. After all that it should work as intended. 

Let us know if this helps!

Ramses, AT&T Community Specialist

Thank you AT&T! So just to confirm I should select the 10 dollars mo router/getaway during my bundle build since it is mandatory to have the internet working and Ill be able to use my nest router configuring this att gateway as a passthrough, correct?

@adriaansaraiva.

Correct. Let us know if you have anymore questions or concerns!

Ramses, AT&T Community Specialist

hi just set up my mesh and wondering if I don’t turn off WiFi on original att modem/router then WiFi on mesh really competes with WiFi in att ?  If so how do I turn off WiFi. Also if I did the ip pass through to show dynamic then my mesh should be first in line to get signal correct?

Do you have a tech guide that you can share? Something that shows the steps to use the ethernet and shut off the wifi? There is a tech at my house right now and he said he has no idea how to do that, so I need to figure it out myself.

I have an ATT router, passing routing to the Google NEst Router.

THe speed at ATT router is gigable (900 mbps+).

The speed at the Google Nest router is about 500 mbps. Why do I lose so much bandwidth between these two when the connection is Cat 6 ethernet?

It would probably depend on how many devices you have and is that a consistent number for all devices throughout the home? Of course at the router itself you're going to get close to the advertised speeds. Have you tried using just the AT&T gateway/wifi as it comes and notice any wifi speed difference?