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Right, but that's hard to do when implementing whole house audio.

So is there a better solution for this? Should I just use a strong WiFi 6 router instead of mesh?
Or is this a Google WiFi only issue and other mesh would work fine?

This problem started before I bought the JBLs (they were XMas presents).

Also, I have a group called Office that includes a Lenovo display, the 2 JBLs paired in stereo, and an original Google Home. When I stream to this group, it works flawlessly. I do have a puck in my office.

Maybe I still have the issue with the Google WiFi firmware update that certain devices connected to different pucks can't see each other. It seems that as long as all the devices I'm streaming to are connected to the same puck, everything's peachy.

I have a bunch of the original Google Home Minis, a Google Home, a few Google Hubs, a couple Lenovo smart displays, a Nest Mini, and two JBL Link 300s. I think that covers everything. I do have a few Alexa devices as well but I don't ever use them other than when my friend calls on the Show.

Thank you for the replies!

I have 4 pucks plugged in right now like this: gigabit internet (more like 600k ) --> cable modem (wifi disabled, bridge mode) --> Google WiFi puck --> 24-port switch --> other 3 Google WiFi pucks and all wired devices.

I tested the WiFi Analyzer app and it seems like two of my pucks do use the same channel. They use channel 1, 6, 6, 11.

From the article it seems like there are only these three channels to use. Can they not use more? It also seems like there is no way to change the channels in Google WiFi. Is there anything I can do to improve my setup?

Wow, thanks for the reply. Sorry for the late response, I lost the site...

The problem I'm having is that even though all of my pucks are wired, they cannot handle all the smart speakers I have when I want them to play music in sync.

If I have no music streaming, I get UP/DOWN speeds of 392Mbps/42Mbps. As soon as I start streaming music from YouTube on all my speakers, the speed goes down to, for example, 3.41Mbps/4.86Mbps (was measured 3 ft from a wired puck) and the music is choppy and cannot sync. Sometimes all I get is "Something went wrong, try again later."

I understand that these smart speakers need to communicate with each other to be in sync but this seems way too excessive. I just don't know if it's an issue with Google WiFi, or just the nature of smart speakers.

Hello,

I'm new here so I apologize if I do something I'm not supposed to.

I wrote up a huge message but then I realized that what I really want to ask is this:

What's the best WiFi setup for a completely wired 3400 sq ft, 2-story home with lots (20-30) of WiFi-only devices? Have gigabit internet.

Any help is really appreciated.

-lecnt