Best mesh system is ASUS’s AI-mesh. I’m running 1 tri-band with 6E as the main, and two dual-band ASUS routers. Of course you can just run 3 tri-band or 3 dual-bands. All 3 of my routers are ROG and Wifi-6. At the moment my phone gets about 800mb down everywhere inside the house both up and down stairs, with smooth transition between routers. My ISP speed is 1000mb down which I do get when wired in. Both mesh routers are wired directly to the main router and positioned to 3 areas of the house with main upstairs. If you want to copy this, remember to set 2.4G to 40hz, channel 11, and 5G to 80hz, channel 48 with auto DFS off. Under game accel/QoS, disable QoS and game prioritizing. With WIFI-6 this isn’t necessary, for serious gamers their PC are wired in via Ethernet anyway.
Great content! Initially got the eero Pro but was unsatisfied w/mesh wi-fi speed. Switched over to eero Pro 6 and do not regret it! Mesh wi-fi speeds on my Gigabit home network improved significantly over eero Pro. Money well spent to get the desired faster mesh wi-fi speeds.
things has changed, eero 6+ and eero Pro 6E are now available in Australia, it support PPOE and the advance security subscription is available as well.
I would give 4/10. I have the 6 pro gigabyte. The speed, range & stability are great. But as mentioned can't control 2.4/5.0, the paywall is BS (I think Netgear does it too). The other bad thing is no USB port to connect a printer or hard drive/NAS
What would u recommend for my 2100 Sq feet home this is including 3 car garage where my man cave is. I have a about 30 wi fi devices connected to my existing tp link router and xfinity modem and internet keeps dropping in and out:( my wife works from home so we need a solid internet connection. Should I get the 3 pack with that ones have the 2 ethernet ports in the back on the wireless ones too or just the main one that will ne connected to main modem?
We have 2190 sq ft home and use 2 plugins and the eero mesh unit itself. We have 2 TVs, camera, 2 phones, printer, Alexa all connected To it works perfectly
I worked for a internet provider and when we had this available for customer and installed they couldn’t believe how fast and reliable and always have a connection up running. Customers would have a smart tv in a corner of the house that couldn’t use it because of the old technology of the regular router with antennas. We would put one or two beacons depending of the size of the home. One advice that I would give DO NOT connected to a router connected directly into the modem. even if you turned off the router wifi or use it as a bridge you will have problems such as lost connection. I have the PRO model for my gig speed for almost two years and never had a problem.
Thanks mate. Yeah same experience. I don’t remember having internet issues since I had the eero. There are times where wifi drops out but more likely to be an ISP issue rather than eero.
Lost me with the grammar on the one advice...Can you explain again? Are you saying to connect the eero directly from the ethernet port that normally goes to the router?
@@laughfactory29 disconnect your router from the modem and into the empty port connect your eero then follow the simple steps on the app. Put away your old router so there’s no confusion.
What would u recommend for my 2100 Sq feet home this is including 3 car garage where my man cave is. I have a about 30 wi fi devices connected to my existing tp link router and xfinity modem and internet keeps dropping in and out:( my wife works from home so we need a solid internet connection. Should I get the 3 pack with that ones have the 2 ethernet ports in the back on the wireless ones too or just the main one that will ne connected to main modem? They have a 3 eero pack for $169 and another 3 pack for $599, what's the difference between the big jump in price??
@@futbol1972 The more expensive ones are Wifi 6. I don't have them but apparently the work much better in congested areas and 'offer faster data transfer speeds. If you’re using a Wi-Fi router with a single device, maximum potential speeds should be up to 40% higher with Wi-Fi 6 compared to Wi-Fi 5.' The cheaper three pack works for me. The three pack has three modems that form a mesh, they're all exactly the same except that one is connected to the network so that forms the base. If you want to extend the network you can just get more of them. Either of the three packs will cover 460 sqm, so you will need to get a few more for your home.
If you have eero connected to your modem in the living room and you connect to it when you get home, then you move to your bedroom, it will not move your wifi to your bedroom eero. Unless you disconnect wifi and then reconnect, then it will connect to the nearest. That is annoying when you are WFH, and even tho you have eero in your bedroom, your laptop won’t automatically switch to your bedroom. I’ve had to had an ethernet plug coming out of my bedroom eero to just hard wire it.
Yeah I think I've experienced this too. I have some wifi connected smart lights that are always connected to a far away node. I think it's up to the device to determine which node they want to connect to and how long they want to hold onto it until the signal is bad enough to seek other options. In saying that, I do remember seeing somewhere that other mesh wifi system allows you to manually pick a node for each device.
I’ve owned it less than a year and I’m having so much trouble. My speeds were constantly max speed then all of a sudden it dropped and has been terrible for several months. Everyone saying that this is good will soon have trouble after a few months
I have a eero pro 6 and because it does not having any venting in the case it gets quite hot. I had it sat on my oak sideboard and over a 7 week period the heat has caused a crack where two oak boards are joined together. I searched the interenet and found others complaining that the heat sink design of the eero has caused problems. Some people have even sat their eero on a USB Fan Electronic Cooling Fan to solve this issue. Of course Amazon are reluctant to admit their design looks cool but does not function as well as they like to pretend. The new eero max 7 does have venting in the box, so they altered their desgn.
A power spike shuts everything down. If you are away, someone needs to go into your home and restart the modem and the eero. It’s happened twice in less than three months while we have been away. Solution seems to be an uninterruptible power supply.
What I find interesting is that the gen 5 Echo and echo dots work as repeaters for the Eero and the gen 4 echo and echo dots are receiving software updates to also be repeaters for Eero. What I hate is that it takes a subscription to access the advance features.
The problem with the dot repeaters is that their speed is limited, max 100Mb/s I believe. You don't want that in whatever part of your house where you actually need the Dot if you have a good connection.
@@malchir4036 Well the Echo Dot gen 4 require 2.4 GHz WiFi so presumably they would be a single band remote station and hence would have to compete with all the neighbouring base stations for open channels, both to provide the service and for the backhaul but a lot of people would have ISP subscriptions that are less than 100 Mbps anyways so it would still be a useful mesh setup with the potential of adding more competent remote stations where and if needed. Indeed, most homes aren't even large enough to require a mesh system and only would want the mesh WiFi for the support of a greater number of devices for IoT and the range for security cameras and smart locks. Of course, for home automation, it may still be better to use Z-wave, ZigBee, Bluetooth low energy (switchbots) or even the old X-10 devices for the lower power draw instead of WiFi but it looks like the WiFi devices are now much less expensive.
This seems like a good way to get Amazon a detailed view into your entire networks Internet traffic. Both Bluetooth, wifi, nfc, nearby, or even Ethernet devices connected to with wifi access points. EVERYONE has wifi ap enabled by default. It's set up. Consider that.
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can someone answer my question? If I have 1 eero router connected to my nbn can I have another eero of a higher model anywhere else in my house(not connected to nbn) but it will still have the wifi
Thanks mate. Yeah sometimes it’s not easy to find that information. I normally look for their setup guide for BYO modems etc that tells you if you need to put in username and password. If yes, it’s PPPOE. BTW, I’m pretty sure the eero 6 and eero 6 pro models support PPPOE now.
How can add the eero as a bridge ? Another question can I add any of the eero models to another model eero mesh system, for example, can I add the eero 6 unit to eero 6 pro or 6 plus mesh system ?
Please help, prior replacing router my download speeds were trash and could barely play online now that I replaced to the eero 6+ I got fast download speeds but now can’t play online PS5 in addition to now all my games are locked
What speed do you pay for from your isp?? I have an eero system(not the pro) with a 400mb/s plan. I was unaware of the eero pro 6 etc when I purchased. Its working sufficiently at the moment but when my kids age and i need a stronger mesh i think I'm gonna jump to 1G speed and upgrade again to the pro or something else. Do you still have the eero?
I only have 50mbps at the moment which is the typical fibre optical plan in Australia unfortunately. There are higher speed plans up to un-guaranteed 1gbps but I don’t think I need that for my household right now so not looking to upgrade my eero either. I saw some mixed experience with eero 6 pro on reddit though.
@@TechRegrets Yea i have 7 people in my home. 3 adults and 4 kids over age 13 so there are alot of devices running etc so i needed to get a strong wifi speed but i was uneducated about routers,mesh etc when we got the eeros. Best buy recommended it and i have to say its growing on me but in the future i am prob going to have to upgrade again when i start my business at home. What other mesh systems do you recommend personally? Where do you live in Australia im from New Orleans, Louisiana im just wondering my friend
I’m based in Sydney, mate. I haven’t tried other systems. The big brands got quite many coverage on RU-vid - Netgear Orbi, TP-link deco, Ubiquiti system. I’d check these out first.
i hate eero mesh nearly every device i have piles on one mesh device thats too far away causing intermittent buffering and general instability im getting my asus router back out i know itll be better
The easy setup is all good when everything works but the moment you run into issues (e.g. channel conflicts with neighboring wifi) the "simple" options are just not sufficient to fix any issues. Lack of advanced options and configuration make this a risky purchase.
Hey mate, check out the official article on eero placement and see if it helps: support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/207897393-Where-should-I-place-my-eeros-
as far as I know, you cannot fix a device to a particular eero node. all you can do is making sure your pc is only closest to one eero node not to both to reduce the chance of switching.
I was an early adopter of EERO. It’s the best wi-if system I’ve ever owned. It’s so simple and powerful. You won’t have to worry about fiddling with the Wi-Fi anymore, it just always works like it should.
Hey - if you’re on Optus, you will have to use another router between eero and nbn box. This might be the router provided by Optus where you can put in your Optus user name and password. If you’re on Telstra, you should be able to connect eero directly to nbn box. Honestly, eero is not going to give you that much uplift for your wifi to make a complicated setup worth it.
@@TechRegrets The system of 4 pods in my apartment works perfectly now. I am very glad I used this system because a technician told me that to have internet around the apartment with routers and access points, the price tag would be $550. The 4 pods are part of the ISP internet contract, and for two years, this Eero service will cost me only $110: for two years. A good bargain.
I've just deployed the eero 6 (deployed it late last night). So far so good. My internet is only good for 250 Mbps up/down, so I don't need the Pro version or whatever, so it works well for what we need (to serve the basement plus our duplex, ~1000 ft^2). I had some issues getting through the initial setup because I wanted to mimic my old Apple AirPort Express base station, with a different IPv4 address/subnet range, and one of my chains of systems would fail to connect to the internet. So, I ended up deleting that entire network and starting it from scratch and leaving as much of it in the default state. Also, the app exhibited a little bit of a weird behaviour in the sense that on my iPhone 6, it wouldn't let me turn off UPnP, but when I downloaded the app onto my iPad, that worked. *shrugs* Oh...and I don't like that you have to connect to an online account to get it to work. I think that if you were going to use some of the other services that actually NEED it, then it would make sense for you to connect to your online (Amazon) account in order for you to get it to work. But, to function as a basic router (again, I got this to replace my old Apple Airport Express base station because wife said that the WiFi reception/signal sucks on our second floor, and the base station is the basement), I should need to sign into nor link it to an online account. Performance wise, it's been stable. I don't always get 250 Mbps up/down on it, but that might either be a function of the network load/throughput for systems and devices that's running in the background or if there is actually a tiny bit of a problem. (I'd get somewhere around 180 Mbps up/down out of a possible 250 Mbps.) But to be able to stream Netflix and RU-vid, and for the wife to be able to check Facebook, it works well enough for that. If you have a LOT of heavy traffic, keep in mind that wireless routers/access points function, effectively (most of the time) as network hubs rather than network switches, which usually means that the advertised (read: total) bandwidth is often SHARED acrossed ALL of your devices vs. each device getting said advertised bandwidth. So if you have a LOT of heavy traffic, it is still probably better to use hardwire wherever and whenever you can.
Thank you for the detailed write-up. I'm on an even slower "broadband" service, and it works fine for my needs and no issues streaming 4k content on 1-2 devices.
@@TechRegrets You're welcome. Where we live, we have the option to purchase 1 Gbps down/750 Mbps up internet, but we didn't because that REALLY depends on servers being able to provide that rate of data TO us. (Can't really download at the full 1 Gbps speeds if servers aren't able to serve data at those speeds.) So, 250 Mbps down/up seemed like a decent compromise and it was only like $6 more than what we were previously paying for 60 Mbps down/10 Mbps up cable internet.
I’m not familiar with Spectrum. Here’s a Reddit thread for you. www.reddit.com/r/eero/comments/9e7d75/eero_agogo_with_spectrum_internet/ I mean it’s not going to ‘not work’, worst case scenario is you put eero in bridge mode.
Hi Mate, great technical video, thanks. Can you comment on why the Eero 6 wifi drops out at home for a few seconds intermittently during the day and what some prevention tips I could do to stop random Eero drop outs?
hey mate - I'd start with some basic diagnostics: - Is the dropouts because the internet is patchy in your area or purely because of eero? For example, checking if any wired devices are also impacted etc. - Is the placement of the eero units too far apart or too close together? Check the specs on the recommended distance between the units. If you still have issues, I'd get in touch with eero support, because this is not normal.
It won't be able to magically increase your internet speed beyond what your ISP is capable of providing. That being said, if your main issues are related to spotty wifi coverage and dead zones in your home or office, the eero system could still make a noticeable difference in your internet experience. In saying that, this eero model in my video is a few years old now.
I mean, basically you said its a simple router thats rock solid/stable, and the higher end models have amazing wifi. I dont really see any cons. Most consumers dont need all the crazy extra stuff. Its hard enough these days to find something as solid as this product is. Look anywhere, all you see is (mostly) really good reviews, and the cons are very minor. So you have to pay for some dumb extra features? They arent even needed for the router to function really well. My only big issue I would ever have regarding this system, is what amazon might do with your data, otherwise, it sounds like I might drop my Amplifi Alien and just get something simpler and well...maybe even more reliable overall. Seems like amazon listens and slowly integrates features, and also sounds like they are constantly trying to fix things and make them work better, meanwhile alot of companies dilly dally around and never get their shit straight lol. Its not a surprise that this product is highly rated.
I mean it's not without its issues after 2 years of use. I recently had some issues where my iOS connection keeps dropping. This may be related to a recent firmware update. I somehow managed to fix this by changing the DNS from my ISPs default to Google. I don't know why it would work but the network has been fine so far. There are times where I'm looking to see if there's a better system but every time I search, other brands seem to have even more problems... so sticking with Eero for now.
@@TechRegrets I just got the eero pro 6, swapping from Alien Amplifi, seems better so far overall, half the price too. wifi speeds can be a bit random, but LAN seems okay so far. I gotta give it a bit more time to assess over the other though. SO far, from a gaming standpoint (wired), the eero seems just as good or better than the amplfi was.
As in Ethernet switch? Not sure. I have two set up in my place, both are working fine. One is connected directly to the eero, the other one is connected to the first switch. Both are just normal unmanaged switches. So I think as long as it's Internet -> eero -> switch, it should work.
solid white means it's connected to the internet. blue means it's setting up. support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/207908663-What-do-the-colors-of-the-LED-light-on-my-eero-mean-
Hey - I think there's too many factors at play here to determine if this will work well for video games: Your internet, the game's servers, wifi vs wired connections. It certainly works better than all my previous routers in my case. I have an XBOX wired to one of the mesh point. Haven't noticed much issues, some games' servers are just bad, and gets a lot of latency.
no its not. Cause one day youll be playing bo2 zombies online with a friend and get disconnect for literally no fucking reason like my boy scientist don't even have an explaination as to why the fucking this shitty ass eero disides to fucking disconnect for no reason. Like atm the youtube video just paused and the light on the eero went from white to red. Can you guess why? nope, you can't cause fucking no one on earth knows why the fuck this shit sucks so bad bro
I'm convinced these things are for simpletons who love their little apps. Oh how cute. I can operate my router with my app. I would never have this. Give me a fully featured web interface any day.
How is a specification a bad thing when that is the specification and YOU purchased it? If something doesn't fit your specs, it's not for you, so don't buy it. That's like rating an apple with a con, when you wanted a steak. WTF!
