![]() A three-pack of the Eero (for multiple rooms) sells for $500 Google undercut it in its version to $250. The Eero was the first such product in a category soon emulated by Google, Netgear, Linksys and others. In his 2016 review, USA TODAY's Edward Baig said, "my dead zones appear to be a dead issue." Techies loved Eero because it solved an important problem: helping to wipe out spotty Wi-Fi service across the home. But Amazon, as Eero does now, will soon know how you use your Wi-Fi, whether that's on computer or a mobile, just by being in your home network. "I don’t let Alexa in my house for those reasons and now you back doored me."Īmazon and Eero downplayed the privacy issues, saying the mesh router doesn't share Wi-Fi information. "This is terrible news for my privacy concerns," tweeted to Eero. Now they are going to be owned by one of the biggest data suckers out there. ![]() "I liked that they (Eero) seemed privacy conscious and were very responsive. "Terrible news," RickWilliams wrote in a tweet. Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.View Gallery: Amazon's Smart Home products, from Ring to EeroĪre you comfortable with Amazon controlling so much of your home? On Twitter, some weren't. I also do not currently have many smart home devices but will likely be adding some security cameras and smart thermostats later. Other than the we primarily stream movies/shows etc. Mainly concerned about this if there are WiFi issues and AT&T can't help me.Ĭan I still run pass through mode without turning off my advanced firewall settings? I feel like this is exposing my home network to unnecessary threats.Īssuming I can even get one since I understand there is a shortage, am I better off just getting the newer AT&T 320 router or any better router and running my Ring Pro off that as a second network just for my alarm/smart home devices?įor context I don't do any gaming, I work from home full time as does my girlfriend so we both use a bit of bandwidth during the day (zoom calls and running analytics). ![]() ![]() If I do turn off WiFi on the Arris router is my only way to connect to it via ethernet cable? (have to order a dongle for my laptop if so). However the opposite seems to occur when I go to my office on the next floor (old network performs better) or both networks end up being roughly the same speed. The new network from the Ring Pro appears to be getting around 600 mpbs when I'm near the device and run a speed test from my iPhone and the old network gets around 400 mbps.this article I found actually seems to advocate for running a separate network just for smart home devices.I have the following questions I'm hoping someone with a bit more knowledge can help me with:Īm I essentially splitting my available network bandwidth across the 2 networks by not turning off the WiFi on the Arris modem/router? I have the actual Ring Pro/Eero plugged into the modem/router with an ethernet cable but it was not working until I set up pass through and rebooted both devices. Rebooted the ring/Eero router and it works Set to pass through and enter MAC Address.Īs in the video I left the BGW210 wireless on in case I need to get back into the device if I'm having connectivity issues or Eero system isn't working. So I spent a few hours over the weekend figuring out how to set up the system including putting the BGW210 into pass through mode following this YouTube video: I was getting around 450 mbps when I ran speed tests near the modem/router combo which is on the second floor before setting up my ring system. The main improvement I was hoping for were better speeds throughout the house (especially on the rooftop deck which is pseudo 4th floor that I stream movies/sports on) since even thought I have AT&T Fiber they still gave me the BGW210 router which as I understand does not support gigabit speed. My thought process was that even though I was getting pretty good speeds all throughout my 3 story townhouse that setting up mesh would improve it slightly once I add access points, and since I needed a security system that I would kill 2 birds with one piece of tech. I was trying to pick a home security system and ended up picking the Ring Pro since it also is supposed to work as a WiFi 6 mesh system. I'm hoping for a bit of guidance on if the setup I am now using makes sense or not as I still have about a week and a half to return my system to BestBuy. I apologize in advance if some of the below questions are a bit dumb, I have beginner to slightly above beginner level networking knowledge. I'm cross posting this here as someone from r/HomeNetworking suggested I might get a better answer.
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