Eero's beacons might be able to float around, but its hub needs to be connected to your cable modem with an ethernet cable. You don't need to set them up each time you move them, and they're nice-looking enough that they won't look out of place in a bathroom or bedroom.Īnother setup tip that's somewhat related is to make sure to turn off the WiFi signal coming from the router you received from the cable company. Once I found the right spots for the beacons, my tests became a lot more consistent, but I encourage anyone who picks up a set to play around with placement.
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Internet speeds improved by a fair amount, and more than once I was able to get the a full connection speed. That only happened in one room, so I decided to test the new eero’s range and placed a beacon in a room that was further away from the hub than it had been. But sometimes they dipped, proving that WiFi still isn't a totally solved science. Generally my results were in line with eero’s predictions - the internet speeds were improved. I went around to different points in my mom’s condo with all different configurations of eero hardware and used to determine the internet speed. All of this was on paper, so I tested it for myself. The new beacons, though somewhat smaller than the eeros they replace have 30% better coverage. Though physically identical to the old one, I was told that the board inside the new eero hub was completely redesigned, with a third band added for additional range and speed. I initially thought this wasn’t working, but I hadn’t let the eero fully boot up. Because the first and second generation hardware is compatible with one another, here’s how the overall setup went: I unpacked the new eero hub, added it to the network through eero’s app, and then swapped the new hub for the old one. Setting up the new eeros was easier than the old ones. Speaking of USB, the first generations had a couple of USB ports for adding accessories to your network, but this new model does not. The hub looks like a traditional eero router but now gets power through a USB-C power adapter. At night it glows light a night light, ideal for dark hallways. Eero wants you to feel comfortable plugging them in anywhere, so they included a light with an ambient light sensor on the bottom of it. The beacons plug directly into your wall outlet, like a WiFi range extender, and look more like a Glade plug in. Instead of shipping multiple identical-looking routers, eero’s system now includes a single hub and one or two "beacons," which are physically smaller. Physically, the eero routers have changed a little bit, for the better. I was able to test eero’s first generation routers earlier this year, and the results were great, but a second generation was recently released, and eero sent a set over for me to try. By setting multiple eero’s up around your home, you’d have more even, consistent coverage. It’s the increasing number of devices that we use, coupled with the fact that houses weren’t built to accommodate a technology that didn’t exist yet, which makes this such a problem.Ī couple of years ago, a startup called eero wanted to "solve" the WiFi problem for good by launching a set of routers that connect to one another to form what’s called a mesh network. Our phones, tablets, computers, thermostats, and even light bulbs can use it for dozens of reasons. Few modern tech problems are as frustrating as having bad WiFi.
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