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Standard User simonhunter87
(newbie) Sun 22-Nov-20 20:57:36
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Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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does anyone know of a way to get BQM to work with this? or an alternative?

I have a Virgin media superhub in modem mode, going into the google nest wifi router - and i just get constant RED in the BQM.

looking into it it looks like the VM hub supports pings in modem mode...but the Google Nest WiFi router doesn't. does that sound right?

sorry not v good at networking stuff!
Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 22-Nov-20 22:08:06
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Re: Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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looking into it it looks like the VM hub supports pings in modem mode...but the Google Nest WiFi router doesn't. does that sound right?


The VM hub ‘transparent’ when in modem mode. If the Google Nest box does not reply to ICMP echo packets, then you need to see if this can be changed. Or you can put the VM hub back into router mode, and connect the Google Nest, and turn off WiFi on the VM hub.

21 years of broadband connectivity since 1999 trial - Live BQM
Standard User simonhunter87
(newbie) Sun 22-Nov-20 22:16:06
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Re: Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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Yeah that was the conclusion I have come to. And that the Google nest WiFi does not have a way of supporting this. So I think I need to double NAT for a while to let it test


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Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 22-Nov-20 23:10:36
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Re: Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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To assist with double NAT you could set the Virgin Hub to put the Google Nest in DMZ. But that might stop the BQM working !!

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Edited by jchamier (Sun 22-Nov-20 23:10:52)
Standard User j0hn83
(fountain of knowledge) Mon 23-Nov-20 12:38:14
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Re: Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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To assist with double NAT you could set the Virgin Hub to put the Google Nest in DMZ. But that might stop the BQM working !!


A DMZ working correctly will forward the pings to the DMZ host.
That would stop the Virgin Hub responding and would forward the pings to the Google Nest.

My PlayStation 4 was responding to my BQM for a few weeks before i noticed it was assigned to a DMZ in error.
Standard User jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Mon 23-Nov-20 13:12:52
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Re: Google Nest WiFi Router and ICMP/Pint


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A DMZ working correctly will forward the pings to the DMZ host.
That would stop the Virgin Hub responding and would forward the pings to the Google Nest.

My PlayStation 4 was responding to my BQM for a few weeks before i noticed it was assigned to a DMZ in error.

Agreed, my exclamation marks was because I realised that its a catch-22, you can fix one problem (double nat) only by breaking the fix for the original query.

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