Google Home vs wifi internet

plantdoc wrote:

I don't have an Android phone but do have several Android based tablets and Chromebooks.

Android is Android, and Chrome is probably close enough in certain parts.

When I have time, I will check what the firmware is on the Google Home. Apparently, it does an auto update and nothing you can control.

It is also the other devices that need the updates. Most likely they auto update as well, but one might have an issue that keeps it from updating.

I do have a Gateway device from Comcast that has worked very well until the last week with Home active. When first activated, the Home didn't seem to cause any issues.

From what I've read, it requires a couple of devices for the issue to manifest. Maybe the other device was powered off, or disconnected from the network until recently. That might also explain why it hadn't got the updates as well.

Not sure what is happening except when it is unplugged, the last several days have been excellent, I have no idea how to update, if available, the Gateway. Comcast is offering a new Gateway with more speed and features as a free upgrade.

Nothing is free. I believe Comcast charges a monthly rental for its hardware that gets tacked on to your bill. We bought our own hardware as it paid for itself in a year or less.

May need to consider it but I need to know if I change the default password to the current password if all devices will be recognized.

I'm not sure what you mean by default password, but the only thing that would impact what you need to do on the other devices is the name of the wifi networks and the passwords used for those networks. You can duplicate both on the new hardware if you have control of it.

If you are talking about the default password for accessing the management interface of the router, then it will not have any effect. The new hardware will probably come with new WiFi network names, (SSID), and passwords so you will need to change those to your old names and passwords you used on your old router.

I recently bought a Netgear router that has a feature where you can use the same network name and password for all the wifi networks. It has two 5Ghz channels and one 2.4Ghz channel, so three WiFi networks. This is really nice as it means I can setup the devices that only have 2.4Ghz support the same as I would the newer devices that offer dual band support. t will automatically assign the right band to the device, and where a device can support the 5Ghz band, will balance the hardware between the two 5Ghz bands.

I really like this feature and it should be the way things are done. I don't know if other manufacturers offer this, or not. Just something new to me that I will look for in the future when buying new WiFi network gear.

Probably a dozen different devices in the household. The most difficult to set up were a couple of printers and Chromebooks. Would prefer not to repeat the setups on everything.

Just duplicate the network names and passwords on the new router.

Thank you
Russell