eero - PoE 7
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"I have setup three Eero mesh systems for family members. They are super easy to setup and maintain. ... It has been set it and forget it for over three years now. ... These are installed in houses with users who are 65+."
"Having kids who run everywhere for wifi, eero is simply the best. ... Set it, forget it, and it's simplified my life."
"I think folks that have commented already missed the point that you're not tech-savvy and do not way to deal with complicated setup/ troubleshooting. ... I would recommend Eero. It's a solid performer and designed for the person that isn't tech-savvy and does not want to tinker with the network."
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"I set up 6 of them and covered a 2 acre area including a 4 story house, a 4 car garage, another 2 story house, a 2800 sq foot barn and a tiny house."
"6 years, same issues your home has. Masonry, metal lathe here and there. ... I work remote and need reliable WiFi for very large graphic and architectural software files with shared users at points located remote globally. ... Eero has been spot on reliable."
"I now have my Maine Eero attached to the utility modem. From the Eero I connect to a switch and ran Ethernet (outside) to each room that has another Eero switch. Each Eero is hardwired to main and provides WiFi in its “zone”."
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"I set up 6 of them and covered a 2 acre area including a 4 story house, a 4 car garage, another 2 story house, a 2800 sq foot barn and a tiny house."
"I have two setups in different areas, one covers a massive fucking area because I have a field I mow that's about 20 acres and was able to set up a lot of point to point extension within that. ... At the spot I'm currently at I have about 2 acres covered and trying to push to 4."
"I have personally sequentially upgraded EERO generations thrice no with nothing but outstanding results compared to my 'traditional' WiFi networks and have had personal knowledge of 3 other parties who became EERO fans real quick in our traditional American Homes - designed just a tad too spread out for effective non EERO WiFi."
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"No issues, no interruptions, no speed degradation at all."
"are best for coverage/range and speeds !"
"This is my setup and it works well with high speed and latency."
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"since changed to eero been working perfectly fine"
"work perfectly with my Apple Home setup"
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"I have Eero and while good I wish it allowed for multiple SSIDs"
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"Sometimes those APs get stuck in an orphaned state and require a physical reboot or even a reset and new set up."
"But alas, the handover between the eero's was incredibly slow. ... If using them in their separate rooms, as 2 independent WiFi units, fine. But if having them as mesh, as previously mentioned, one needs to be upstream."
"The mesh can be unreliable. ... After a disconnect it can a long time to reconnect."
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"The Pro 6E, for instance, has one 2.5gb and one 1gb port. You need to choose between more internal bandwidth or handling up to 2.5gb internet bandwidth but limiting your internal wired devices to 1gb."
"If you like to tinker with your network settings, there aren’t many settings to play with. ... Still you will not have full access to configure the router the way you want to."
"there's no way to turn off automatic updates"
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"And some features are blocked behind a paywall like for example going to a list of which devices consume more data on a day and so on."
"Amazon does seem to have some subscription based functions in the router firmware 99.99/year for eero+ features such as VPN, content controls, user management, etc. ... I typically won’t buy products that want you to pay a subscription to make full use of the hardware already purchased."
"constant upsell for features that I believe should be standard"
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"Eero is very greedy on trying to maximize its own performance at the expense of everything else. ... It works ok if there aren’t any other APs (ie neighbors) nearby, but it sucks ass if you live in dense housing."
"The mesh can be unreliable. ... After a disconnect it can a long time to reconnect."
"For me and my old house, the single asus had better range and perf than the mesh."
NHtrails 1.0I have not had range issues in my mid-sized house with the AP7 and gold to date (2 months in), but I am adding two ceiling mounts to make sure I don't (as I read that others have had issues too) in the barn and office. I love all the details the AP7 gives me, so much better than the erro 7 system it replaced. I upgraded to a decent switch that helped the 10gb WAN as I'm running a cable modem with a failover to Starlink.
hitek_Rdneck 0.5In my research it seems the POE 7 and Pro 7 have about the same performance and specs, with the POE 7 being able to power with POE they can be mixed and matched. If I was in your situation I would use the POE 7’s in the locations that are mounted and needing to be powered with POE and in any location that would work for not needing mounted using a Max 7 for the benefit of the extra output and extra antennas.
jgstew 0.2The best case is to get the Max 7s and then run Ethernet between them where you can, but that is optional and you can use mesh. The only thing the PoE stuff adds is a different way to power it and form factor. Technically you could run only power over PoE and it would just mesh, but that would be a waste of ethernet. The only PoE ones I use are the outdoor ones because I don’t have an issue placing eeros around and I like the flexibility of not requiring PoE. Another use case is you can have an eero that connects to the network over mesh, but you can Ethernet devices to them and the devices will use the eero as a wifi bridge. This means any device connected to a Eero 7 Max via Ethernet and using the mesh does get the full benefit of the extra radios. I like this option because the less devices you have connected to WiFi the more free the airwaves are for devices that must use WiFi.
opticspipe 0.2Sure. The Deco does not have nearly as much engineering put into it as the Eero does. Eero has a bunch of unique (patented) technologies that make it work better in certain environments.
This won't work. If your modem is also a router and you have the eeros in bypass it will work, but not well. Modem -> Eero -> Switch -> Eero is the correct way. If your concern is the lack of multi gig ports on the Eero or the need to home run to a place where there is no need for an Eero, pick up a POE gateway.
If you’re going to buy eero, get either Pro 7 or Max 7 access points. That size house might take 3 of them. As people are saying, hardwired backhaul is better than wireless, but the wireless with eero is pretty darn good.
z3r0ka 0.1eero if you’re reading this…here’s what I would love for you to include with eero plus: - more robust notifications for devices accessing blocked content (parents need to parent) - DPI (I know it will never happen because of privacy but I will never stop asking :) - CPU and RAM stats. Please. Real time info. Nerds everywhere love it. - make the content blocking work better. Is there a way to not redirect to DNS and do it naively? - insight web gui (come on) - multi SSID - make live usage more visible - show us WiFi radio broadcast power. Could we adjust it? If not, at least show us if it’s high, medium or low. Here’s my hardware wish list: eero poe 7 and eero Poe 7 max. Eero Poe gateway updated to Poe++ ports. A unmanaged network switch with lots of Poe power. That’s it for now. 😂😀
arrecebx 0.1Eero 7 line if you want set and forget, otherwise Ubiquiti POE Unifi Pros are on sale for today only left if you are tech savvy
DanPhotoFrame 0.1My Google wifi got stuck at about 20-30 mbps on a 500 mbps connection. Tossed it and replaced with Eeros 7 and it's amazing! Easy to set up, awesome interface and fast! Only downside was having to use their app and create an account (feee), not a big deal to me.
dave_two_point_oh 0.1I would absolutely agree with you there, budget allowing. Currently I run two eero 6+ devices (going back in a few days; they belong to my ISP and I'm leaving their area) along with two eero Pro 6 devices (mine, purchased before I switched to my current ISP, which provided the 6+ eeros at no monthly charge). They've all been great devices to run. However, if I were buying today (whether for replacement or just supplementing), I would only look at the various eero 7 options. I probably should have mentioned that, even though it sounded like OP might be looking to spend less!
It should help a lot, if they're positioned right! If you keep the existing eero at one end of your home and put the new one at the other end, you won't get good results, though; just a heads up! Your additional eero needs to be placed in a spot where you still have strong WiFi or it'll be seriously hobbled. So space them out roughly equally if you can. But play around with it as needed. They might need to be closer together, depending on your situation (area, interior wall construction, other sources of interference, etc.). You might also consider going with an eero 7 device of some sort instead (as u/opticspipe said) if budget isn't a huge concern. Probably something you'll be glad you spent the extra money on down the road.
Future_Knee_5024 0.1I have an Eero system with one WiFi 7 unit and the rest 6E. They work flawlessly for me. I love that you can mix and match devices. No problem
SnooPickles7307 0.1I haven’t used the max but have used the 0to 7s on a fiber connection at a gigabit and works great, much better then previous meh system
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