Amazon eero 6+ mesh wifi router - Supports internet plans up to a Gigabit, Coverage up to 1,500 sq. ft., Connect 75+ devices, 1-pack

I needed this eero mesh network more than I knew. I had a "end of life" extender that was barely working, and fiber optic modem router way too far from everything else, so wifi was spotty at best. I heard many people rave about about how amazing these are, and after some research I decided to grab them. Best decision I made in a long time. Now first off the packaging for this product was exceptional. I'm saddened that I didnt take photos of just how organized and how thought out this really was. Everything included to get started, and a quick setup card inside. After downloading the app for my android phone is when the magic and simplicity of this process begins. This app explains exactly what to do, and you just do it, and in a matter of minutes your first eero device is setup. Then you goto another area to place the next one and the app figures out if it's within range and if it isn't it let's you know to move it. Then on to the last one in my setup of 3 and viola! We have a consistent wifi mesh network all setup. Easily manageable from the eero app on my phone. It really doesn't get any easier than this. This eero I got has wifi 6+ (802.11ax) which works great for my devices, the speed is significantly noticeable.WPA3 and WPA2 for security, just perfect. The 3 pack covers up to 4,500 square feet, if you need more you can always add another eero unit to your house to extend the coverage. Again easily done right thru the eero app. The only thing that you may need to do is make sure you adjust your modem/router if you need too from your internet service provider so that it won't conflict with your eero mesh network. I have fiber optic so I had to adjust for wifi pass through and disable its wifi broadcast, and a few other settings to make eero the primary network for wifi broadcast, it really wasn't that bad. This is by far the best and easiest wifi system I have ever bought and setup. Highly recommended for ease of use, spectacular capabilities, speedy wifi, amazing wifi coverage, with no dead zones.

This was by far the easiest set up ever of equipment for improving your coverage. I have a brick house which had terrible wifi coverage inside and even worse outside for my cameras. I bought 5 of these, one is the main gateway and I put the others strategically around the house. The app is very easy to navigate and will prompt you if you have chosen a good or bad location for the satellite units. One area of my house was so poor they wouldn't pick up a signal at all, so I ran a Cat6 cable under the house to it from the gateway. Now I have a solid signal over 300 mbps where before I had nothing. The improvement in coverage is amazing. The back rooms in my house, where I barely got 2 mbps coverage, now has solid wifi. I also have coverage well into my backyard where before there was none as I sat one on a window sill. Catch them on sale and you won't be disappointed I don't think.

I am extremely happy with my eero 6+ mesh Wi-Fi system. For reference I have a total of 9 throughout my home. Network Room, 5 Bedrooms, Garage, Patio and Office (All are hardwired in via a 24 Port Switch throughout the 6000 sqft house.) Running 1Gig via Spectrum. Pros: Excellent Coverage: Eero 6+ mesh technology provides strong Wi-Fi coverage throughout my home and exterior. I am on a 2 acre property and have 0 dead zones and ensuring a reliable connection in every corner. Fast Speeds: Supporting Wi-Fi 6 it offers faster speeds and better performance, especially in crowded networks with multiple devices. Ease of Setup: Setting up the Eero 6+ is typically straightforward plug, play and run the software update. Reliability: The Eero 6+ Mesh system is known for their reliability, as they dynamically optimize network performance by routing traffic through the best path, ensuring stable connectivity. Smart Home Integration: It can integrate with various smart home devices and systems, allowing you to manage your home network and connected devices conveniently from one place. Security Features: Eero offers built-in security features such as automatic updates, ad blocking, and advanced threat detection, enhancing the overall security of your network. Cons: Cost: The initial cost of purchasing an Eero 6+ system can be higher compared to traditional single-router setups or older mesh systems, especially if you have a large home that requires multiple nodes. Subscription for Advanced Features: Some advanced features, such as Eero Secure (which provides additional security and parental controls), require a subscription fee, adding to the ongoing cost of ownership. Limited Ethernet Ports: Each 6+ Eero node typically has 2 Ethernet ports, which may not be sufficient for users who need to connect multiple wired devices directly to the network. I corrected this by hardwiring from my ethernet drops and then connecting it to a small 5 port switch for anything in the individual rooms that may need to be hardwired Dependence on Internet Connectivity: Mesh systems like Eero 6+ rely heavily on internet connectivity. If your internet service goes down, your entire network could be affected, even for local communication between devices. I combat this by having power ran on my solar system, but if Spectrum is down, so is everything else. Privacy Concerns: Being a cloud-managed system, there may be concerns about data privacy and security, although Eero has implemented measures to address these concerns. Limited Advanced Configuration Options: While Eero is praised for its simplicity, it may not offer as many advanced customization options for users who prefer to fine-tune their network settings extensively.

First, I would say, the install was fairly easy. However, you need to have cell reception in order to register and set up the eero mesh network gateway. This is not the case where I live because I have terrible cell reception. I found a very helpful post that explained how to keep your old router active and plug in the eero Gateway through the ethernet port of the old router in order to get signal to set up the new Gateway. Once that was set up, I took away the old router, rebooted the modem and the gateway, and it was smooth sailing. Most of the connections went fairly smoothly. I kept the same network name and password and anything from that network connected rather seamlessly. I did have to go into each Smart home app to reconnect any devices now that the mesh system works on dual band rather than separate SSID distinctions. My echo devices seemed to know what to do. Anything on the 2.4 had to have network name and password set up since it all operates on one network. My first complaint is that the 6+ mesh network is dual band and anything that requires 2.4 GHz needs some extra help. In settings under troubleshooting, you can disable the 5 GHz band temporarily while connecting the 2.4 GHz devices. It’s not completely obvious unless you poke around in the app. This was very helpful until it came to the my Q garage door opener. My biggest complaint and the he reason for only 4 stars, is that there is a known issue that the eero 6 networks do not play well with MyQ devices. It is disappointing because Amazon key delivery relies heavily on MyQ openers. I did a deep dive through Google to find possible solutions. There are several listed and I’ve tried each one. In fact, when you google MyQ + eero, you will see a slew of sites that discuss the exact problem and possible solutions. This included temporarily disabling the 5 GHz band, disabling WPA 3 in the developer options, unplugging any additional mesh nodes other than the gateway, using your old router as a bridge through the gateway, uninstalling the MyQ app and downloading again, forgetting the original device and adding it from scratch. None of those worked for me. I am stuck on the “searching for available networks” screen and no further. It does not even let me see ANY networks or choose them. The MyQ worked flawlessly until installing the eero. I wish Amazon had 1) made the issue known on the product page and 2) worked a little further with MyQ to troubleshoot this issue for a solution prior to calling this a human friendly set up item. I purchased the MyQ from Amazon, so an algorithm to search past purchases for MyQ and shopping cart additions could have led to a warning before spending so much money and time for a customer. For anyone without a MyQ, and looking for simple “plug and play”, this is a good option. My coverage is way better than before with using extenders. Speeds are very good. Re-integrating my smart devices was mostly painless after discovering the temporarily disable 5 GHz feature. I love the speeds and coverage a lot. Eero has good tech support though they couldn’t solve my one big issue. Outside of that issue, this is a good network. At least for the two days I’ve been using.

I have a lot of grandkids that come over and spend the night. They complained about "my Internet" for years. Works great for the wife and me, but the grandkids were not happy. So I decided to try a mesh system. I read a lot about the various mesh systems out there and decided to give the eero system a try. I decided on the 6+ system because it was the latest release and the price was right for three units. The Pro line was just too expensive; for $400 more I did not see a real advantage. Two days after ordering the eero routers arrived. I quickly unboxed and disconnected the Netgear router and remote Access point that I placed on the upper floor. Our house is about 2,800 square foot ranch. The Internet comes into the basement. I placed the first eero router where the old Netgear router was sitting, connected it to the cable modem, then added power to the eero and used the eero app on my iPhone to begin setting it up. Set-up went pretty quick on the first unit. I then connected the open port on the main eero router to a Netgear switch. The Netgear switch is then connected to a MoCA adapter to give me wired Ethernet connections in three other locations in the house. Those three locations also have Netgear switches connected through MoCA adapters. All but one MoCA are 2.5v and one is a 1.1v MoCA. Next I put the second unit upstairs on top of a dry sink cabinet and set that one up with the app which went quickly. Finally, the third app was placed in one of the two bedrooms the grandkids like to use when visiting. Now I started to do speed tests in different rooms and locations throughout the house. I will honestly tell you that at first, I was not impressed. I expected better speeds/bandwidth then what I was seeing. Since only the main router had a wired connection, the other two units relied on a wireless connection back to the main router. In some cases I was only seeing about 50Mbs in most of the upstairs areas. Ugh! Then I decided to check the speed/bandwidt on my main computer which had a wired connection using a MoCA adapter back to a small Netgear switch next to the main eero router. I was only getting ~150Mbs! That was a "WTF" moment as it should have been around 400Mbs which is the bandwidth I have from the Internet provider. More frustration, but I put that issue on hold for a bit. I started moving the two upstairs eero devices around to different rooms and locations. Sometimes they improved, sometimes not. Frustration. Then I decided to move one of the eero devices to the media cabinet where I had a small Netgear switch connected to a MoCA adapter which of course went back to a MoCA adapter connected to the main eero router. I did not do this originally because I tried to locate the two upstairs eero devices as centrally in the house as possibly. That really changed things. Suddenly I was getting better speed and bandwidth from not only the wired upstairs eero device ~400Mbs, but also to the second wireless eero device. So now I had a better wireless signal with the wireless eero device. Then back to the main computer. Still only ~150Mbs. For grins I had a moment where a light went off....let me try shutting the power off to the 1.1v MoCA adapter. Checked the speed on the main computer again, and over 400Mbs. Now I knew that MoCA was backwards compatible, but after this I did some reading. What I missed is that when you mixed versions, the entire MoCA Ethernet will go to the bandwidth of the older MoCA in use. Makes sense now, but what did not make sense was that they same set-up was being used pre-eero install and was not an issue. Then when I reconnected power to the 1.1v MoCA, the speed not the main computer was still at ~400Mbs. I cannot explain that, but I did order a cheap Trendnet 2.5v MoCA from Amazon and replaced the old version so that now all MoCA adapters were at version 2.5. Since everything seemed to be running well now, I just experimented with placement of the remaining eero unit that was being used wirelessly seeing where I got the best speed when devices were connected to it. Finally settled on the guest bedroom. The last thing I did was change the IP addresses and range to match what I had on the old Netgear routers and even assigned four of the hardware devices fixed IP addresses as before. The grandkids have stopped complaining about the WiFi. I am also very happy. I should also add that when the grandkids are not here, we have close to 70 devices connected to the network such as Echo devices in each room, iPhones, iPads, Fire Tablets, TVs, Fire TV units. several computers including Raspberry Pi units (my ham radio hobby related Pi's), home automation with a Habitat and God only knows what else. My advice if you buy the eero system. Do not get discouraged if you run into issues. Keep trying. Mine was a bit more complicated because of the MoCA Ethernet network and all the devices I have connected. Yours may go in much easier. Try to use a wired connection to at least one eero on each floor of your home. Also keep moving the eero devices around for best placement and speed/bandwidth. If you have issues and questions, eero has great community forums. I never asked any questions, but did use the forums to locate issues/suggestions that others had which helped me quite a bit. In summary, I am very happy with the eero 6+ system.

Short Review: The Amazon eero 6+ Mesh Wi-Fi system is a huge lifesaver and brings internet to the various levels of my rental home without the need to drill holes or run cable. When it was on sale, it was a fantastic investment in my home network. Full Review: After recently moving into a new rental home, it became quickly apparent that the Internet Service Provider (ISP) modem and “network extender” were not going to provide us with that sweet-sweet nectar of life known as Wi-Fi in every room of this 90’s era château. How was I expected to enjoy quality content on the various commodes throughout the house without Wi-Fi in every square foot? Or at least just outside the room with the physical modem? While the ISP extender worked on a coax cable, the age of the house meant the wiring had been cut and modified so many time that cable outlets were dead and would require an entire refit. A call to the ISP revealed they would run cabling at approximately $175 a visit. So, I was left with three options. First, stick with the current internet and just live with cell data while sitting upon the porcelain throne. Not a great option as I am paying for a service and wanted to use that near gigabit internet. Second, pay the $175 to have the cable ran which included drilling into the side of the house. This was a viable option; however, it could result in only the Master Bedroom having stable internet. Which was not ideal for the number of IoT devices I have in the house (e.g. lights, outlets, tablets, etc.). Third, purchase a mesh Wi-Fi system and place it throughout the house. Full disclosure, this was probably my least favorite option. Why should I drop an additional near $300 on something that the ISP should provide? I was leaning towards running the cable until I started looking on Amazon for a solution. I found the eero 6+ and its competitors and started doing some research into mesh networks. After a solid few hours on YouTube I decided to purchase the eero 6+ because I have come to trust most Amazon products for their ease of install and integration with other smart devices. I have to say, I am extremely happy with my decision to purchase the eero 6+. Install: Install was simple and easy. A plug-in here. A naming in the app there. Make the network the same name and password as my previous one and everything snapped together with the same satisfaction of the final piece of my “Shirtless Jeff Goldblum from Jurassic Park” puzzle. Much like the puzzle, everything came together beautifully and seemed to make the house feel more like home. Function: As soon as the eero 6+ was up and running we noticed a significant difference in the Wi-Fi coverage in the house. Pure night and day. I was back to streaming the latest 4K cat videos in the Master Bathroom. Even without a unit in the basement, we were still seeing speeds at 400 mbps which allows the kids to enjoy their favorite streaming service uninterrupted. Items of Note: If you are an Apple user and have certain features turned on, be prepared for some interesting prompts. If you or anyone on your network are using Apple’s “Private Wi-Fi Address,” that device will show as an “Unnamed Device.” This is only problematic if you are attempting to add devices to certain profiles to control site access and Wi-Fi connectivity. Price: When I purchased the eero 6+ it was on sale at $239. As of this review, it is back up to $299. Even with how much I like the eero 6+ now, I may have waited or gone with another product if it were not on sale. I think $250 is my relative price point for this product. I was looking at spending $175 to have cables ran, but for $64 extra I could avoid that hassle, which may not work as desired, and have a system I could move to my next rental property when I have to move again. Furthermore, Amazon’s return policies are excellent, so if the product didn’t meet my needs I could always return it and have the cable ran. The good news is that Amazon always has deals going on so one could wait until these go on sale again to purchase them. Even now, there is a 4-Pack on sale for $284 which is cheap than the 3-Pack. In the end, I love this product at the lower price point and will likely purchase more eero product if my needs expand.

I hate upgrading my internet/network devices. There's always the worry about messing something up & since your network is down, it's hard to find answers, unless you google from your phone. I've been running an Apple Airport wifi system for a long time & it worked great. Since it worked well & was easy to set up, I was in no hurry to upgrade. A few weeks ago, the airport died on a Wednesday night. I work from home & had a big project due Friday, so I tried in vain for several hours to fix it, to no avail. I did a search for mesh routers, and found the this one got good reviews & was available for overnight delivery. I bought it at 10:30 PM, watched the setup video, installed the app on my phone & went to bed. When I woke up at 6, the package was here & it was up & running by 6:15 AM. I have no idea if this is a great router or not, but I do know that it's super simple to set up, literally just plug it in, open the app & follow the instructions. I know that it works as well as my Airport did & I get the max speeds both up & down from my modem. I had 3 airports to get coverage throughout my house, but bought a 2 pack of euros, as the 3 pack wasn't available for overnight delivery. I've noticed that the 2 pack gives as good of coverage as 3 Airports, so I'm not in a hurry to add a 3rd node. All in all, if you value simplicity, this is the router for you. Could not have been simpler to set up. Edited to add: I've been having occasional issues with Microsoft Teams giving me a popup saying it was having low bandwidth issues (or something like that). This is since I started my current job, and extends back to when I had the Apple Airports for wireless. I didn't think it was a 'me' thing, since others on my team have the exact same issue. I was doing some reading on it & one possible cause is when you are downloading a large file, that process can take up all of your bandwidth momentarily & that will cause issues. One solution is to enable SQM on your routers (if that setting is available). Lo & behold, that option is included on the eeros. I hadn't set this up initially because I didn't know what it was & the notice on the setting says that it may slow down certain processes, which sounded like a bad thing. In reality, it works great. It has completely solved my bandwidth issues in teams, and I can't even tell that anything is slowed down. I'm not a really technical person, so I may be missing some piece of this, but essentially it monitors your bandwidth & if it senses that one process (could be gaming, downloading a movie to your Apple TV, downloading a large work file, whatever) is taking up too much of the bandwidth, it limits that specific process to ensure that there is enough bandwidth for all of the other processes that are running, so it's not just 'first come, first served' on your bandwidth. I HIGHLY recommend this setting for anyone who works remote.

I just started using this mesh system this weekend, so will do updates to the review, if needed in future. I actually got it a little over a month ago . . . yes, return window is closed . . . but couldn't get it to connect to a new modem I just got from Cox. Thus, I went back to my Netgear Nighthawk X6S modem, which is a few years old. That automatically connected, so decided to put off setting up eero 6+ until a later date. The only problem I had setting it up this weekend was I tried to use the same Netgear network name and password with the eero, but nothing would connect to the internet that way. So, I created a new name and password and everything connected, after I gave all the devices that new info. My usual download speed with the Netgear was around 100 Mbps, which is typical of Cox, but now it's 180 Mbps. Cox had just announced it was increasing my speed to 150 Mbps, but it never got near that until now. So far so good, but if I start having internet problems, I won't know for sure if it's Cox or eero. Cox internet has been going out all summer, when there are no outages reported, and the tech who came out said there was nothing wrong with anything. The one thing I do find at fault right now with the eero system is using one as an extender is no way near as good as my coverage with the Netgear Nighthawk router and Netgear EX8000 extender. At least not with the two eeros where I wanted them. With the eero, placing one device upstairs in an end room connected to the modem only covers the upstairs. There's no internet at all downstairs! Thus, putting an eero anywhere downstairs didn't work, since it could not connect to the internet. I had to put it in a center room upstairs, and then it gave 3-band internet coverage downstairs. I would prefer it not be in that center room, but there's obviously nothing to be done about that. Even just using the Netgear router without the extender provided 3-band internet on one floor, and 1 to 2 bands on the other floor. Hence, don't see this eero mesh system as a great Wi-Fi extender system. If the return window had not closed, I might have returned it for that reason. That is truly a disappointment and I'm not buying a third eero. Moreover, I wish there were more than two ethernet ports on each device, so I could wire anything I wanted, such as the PC, TV and DVD player. Those devices are upstairs and one of the ethernet plugs up there has to be used for the router. The Netgear has four ports, plus an additional modem one. I'm keeping the Netgear devices, in case I have to return to them. I do like the eero app, though. It makes everything simple to see and do. Plus, it's Wi-Fi 6 and obviously things are heading that way. P.S. Was downstairs getting an indoor security camera to work with the eero, and discovered the internet downstairs is actually going from three bands to one or two to totally no internet at times. Not good considering the camera needs the internet to work. P.S. 8/9/22: Got a longer ethernet cord so I could move the upstairs eero closer to the door in room, instead of it being closer to modem and Cox jack on far wall. This worked so that I was able to move second eero to downstairs foyer, hoping this would help with security camera in room next to foyer. Only thing is I noticed today on the app that the security camera is connecting to the upstairs eero, not to the downstairs one! Huh? I'm unable to connect to it on the app on my phone at times, too. (: P.S. 8/11/22: Things have improved. The security camera downstairs started connecting to the downstairs eero, instead of the upstairs one. Downstairs never appears to lose the internet any longer, either, unless the upstairs goes out first. That has happened quite a few times, but I know it's Cox, since it's going out at the usual times Cox has been going out all summer, plus the Cox modem goes out first. My internet speed is always around 170-180 Mbps, though, when the internet is working. P.P.S. 8/25/22: Well, I must increase the star rating from three to five. This is an excellent, dependable mesh system. It has particularly impressed me this week when I have been switching between using a Cox modem and a T-Mobile Gateway tower. Cox still keeps going out for hours a day, so I'm trying out T-Mobile. I hooked up the eero 6+ to the T-Mobile tower and there was no problem with that. There has been a problem at times with T-Mobile internet on my PC, however, so I then would switch back to the Cox modem. No problem for the eero 6+! Back and forth, whatever, it works all the time with whatever it is plugged into, using the same network name and password. Too bad neither Cox nor T-Mobile work all the time, but I haven't given T-Mobile internet enough of a chance yet.