I have the eero 6 mesh system and I love it!!! It was so easy to get it up and going. Had a Netgear router and extender but it was not sending a stable reliable signal to the guest house about 30 feet away from the router. But since installing the eero6 have not had one problem and signal strength is the same as in the main house. And with the eero app it made it so easy to get it going. It even tells you where the best place to place the beacon. I would highly recommend this product. You won’t be sorry!!!
I had the same 3 piece set you have and sent it back. What I did was it worked fine but I wasn’t getting speeds I pay for, it did eliminate my dead spots. So what I did I had already ran Ethernet through my house to each bedroom, so I bought a 3 pack of the gateways and then a 4th and have them all hardwired with Ethernet. Now my internet has never been better , no dead spots no drops nothing, perfectly flawless
I wish I could do that but my garage is not attached and that’s where I struggled. Now it works great for me. Always test first in an inconspicuous spot first.
We are 72 and were using the same router I installed 6 years ago (a NightHawk) and started having issues, the app was a POS and finally gave up, did some research, and opted to buy a single eero Pro 6. By itself it was genius. Easy to set up and I had signals all over our home and yard. But last year we installed a PV system and it has a thing called Envy with is Wi-Fi that sends data to the Enphase mothership that then feeds a nifty app. But lately, I have been experiencing data latency and noticed after troubleshooting it was determined when that box was locked in our garage was a "dead spot" Bought an extender, plugged it in an outlet in my garage, and ran the Add new device tool. and BAM the signal meter is MAXED OUT. Amazing.
This Is a great video man! Your not the only one out there in need of better wifi .. solid review! It's never a matter of minutes 😂 seems to really boost the signal. Now, the real test! LIVESTREAM!
Great video! Thanks for putting this together. I'm considering purchasing one of these systems to respove weak wifi connectivity as you were experiencing.
Make sure to turn off the WiFi on your modem so it doesn’t interfere with the eero, I’m betting that’s what causing the red light/no internet to show up since you put the main eero really close to the WiFi/modem combo
Try moving the one on the bench in the video to your sons room and see if it works better. The two in the garage are unnessary. MESH systems are frequently used in HAM radio to work miles and use similar concepts. Glad to see it is working to improve your needs
I thought they were unnecessary also but it would lose a bar intermittently until I installed the second one. Now it never loses a bar even in the pouring down rain like it was the other day. It was definitely worth the money.
@@FABAutomotiveDetailing The point is you only need one in the garage, but the placement is the key of why it works better next to the laptop and printer. Test out my theory, unplug the one next to the sprayer. Then see if you wifi signal degrades. It will tell you more with the simple test.
Good video but it would have helped if you showed your connection with just the router, speed test without the system and then with the 1st extender and then the 2nd :)
So essentially you created a new WiFi network with the Eero's while still retaining your old WiFi network in place with your old Router\Modem correct? Now you have two separate networks, is this correct?
Thank you for your rudimentary explanation but I got one question-when you hooked the first extender to your modem I do you just plug into another Ethernet outlet?
It’s not just the speed that will help a modern household. Wifi6 offers a lot of benefits over previous wifi protocols regarding congestion and prioritising devices. Regarding your question, I ran Gen 2 nest wifi mesh with a router and 6 mesh satellites around our home. Our house is only 1200sqf but is split over 3 levels and I run a lot of electronics out of a converted wine cellar (farthest from the router). Our wifi strength was decent, but not great and we would get random dropouts (possibly due to network congestion with 70+ devices connected at any given time) I’ve since changed to the eero 6 wifi 6 system reviewed here (1 router, 2 satellites) and the coverage and quality of connection is improved over the google nest system. The nest network got 100mbps down, 16 up, the eero wifi6 network tested at 108 / 19. I fired up 9 screens streaming 4k video and ram the test again and still got 65mbps down, and I get wifi from the road, and down to the creek which wasn’t the case with the best system. Overall, I’m very happy.
Hi, have you noticed that devices connected to the Eero extenders are getting very low speed/bandwidth in comparison with the ones connect to the Eero gateway? I am using the regular Eero 3 pack (no 6 version) and getting 170 mbps of 400 from the Eero extender and 390 of 400 from the gateway.
Hi. It is completely normal. Have in mind that the real speed at which the extenders are linked to the main one is highly depended on the distance. So, if the node is located far from the main unit the speed is getting lower. On the other hand, have in mind that these devices are dual band (2.4 and 5 Ghz) and not triband (one band at 2.4 and 2 bands at 5 GHz). Thus, the node (extender) use the same frecuency for connecting to the main unit and for connecting to the devices. So, not taking into account the distance (which can reduce the speed quite a lot), the maximum speed for the devices connected to the access points will be the half that the devices obtain when connected to the gateway. In fact, in most cases, the speed will be roughly one-third. The reduction of the speed is worse in case of mesh systems consisting in 3 or more nodes which are not connected directly to the main gateway. This can be solved using ethernet-backhaul, thas it, connecting the nodes to the main unit by cable. In the case of expensive mesh systems, they use one 2.4 GHz and two 5 GHz frecuencies (they are triband), so one 5 GHz band is dedicated for connecting to the main router and the other one for connecting to the devices. In such cases, the frecuency used for connecting to the gateaway and rest of the devices is not shared and therefore the maximum speed will be higher.
I need something to extend my internet to the garage. My garage is about 100 ft from my modem in the house though. My garage is a metal pole barn type build. Would like to be able to get XM on my stereo. With the distance I don't know if this work work or not?
@@FABAutomotiveDetailing welcome to the club my friend. We laugh with you not at you. Maybe put your bloopers on video every now and then. It breaks up the monotony.
I have the eero 6 mesh system and I love it!!! It was so easy to get it up and going. Had a Netgear router and extender but it was not sending a stable reliable signal to the guest house about 30 feet away from the router. But since installing the eero6 have not had one problem and signal strength is the same as in the main house. And with the eero app it made it so easy to get it going. It even tells you where the best place to place the beacon. I would highly recommend this product. You won’t be sorry!!!
I absolutely love mine also! Thanks for watching
I had the same 3 piece set you have and sent it back. What I did was it worked fine but I wasn’t getting speeds I pay for, it did eliminate my dead spots. So what I did I had already ran Ethernet through my house to each bedroom, so I bought a 3 pack of the gateways and then a 4th and have them all hardwired with Ethernet. Now my internet has never been better , no dead spots no drops nothing, perfectly flawless
I wish I could do that but my garage is not attached and that’s where I struggled. Now it works great for me. Always test first in an inconspicuous spot first.
We are 72 and were using the same router I installed 6 years ago (a NightHawk) and started having issues, the app was a POS and finally gave up, did some research, and opted to buy a single eero Pro 6. By itself it was genius. Easy to set up and I had signals all over our home and yard. But last year we installed a PV system and it has a thing called Envy with is Wi-Fi that sends data to the Enphase mothership that then feeds a nifty app. But lately, I have been experiencing data latency and noticed after troubleshooting it was determined when that box was locked in our garage was a "dead spot" Bought an extender, plugged it in an outlet in my garage, and ran the Add new device tool. and BAM the signal meter is MAXED OUT. Amazing.
Mine has worked flawlessly for the last 2 years.
This Is a great video man! Your not the only one out there in need of better wifi .. solid review! It's never a matter of minutes 😂 seems to really boost the signal. Now, the real test! LIVESTREAM!
Thanks brother! May have to test it out on a livestream very soon.
Helpful video, especially from someone honest about your tech skills being the approx same level as me!!
Thank you! Yeah I’ve never been tech savvy but this is very easy to set up for guys like us.
Good review Brian. Thanks for taking the time to present this system. Looks like a really nice system.
Thanks!
I got AT&T in los Angeles California and I just installed mines just last night works great
They have worked flawlessly for us for the past 2 1/2 years
Great review. I think this will definitely help alot of people out, especially if they aren't tech savvy.
Thank you!
Great review Brian👍👍 Much faster than dial up internet☎ I don't miss those days at all
Thanks! I don’t miss those days either. 😂
Thanks looking for something for my girlfriend to work at home at have a good connection this video really helped
Awesome glad I could help!
Great video! Thanks for putting this together. I'm considering purchasing one of these systems to respove weak wifi connectivity as you were experiencing.
Thank you! It has helped me out tremendously
Make sure to turn off the WiFi on your modem so it doesn’t interfere with the eero, I’m betting that’s what causing the red light/no internet to show up since you put the main eero really close to the WiFi/modem combo
I figured that was the problem so I moved it as far away as I could and so far we haven’t lost it for a few days now. I appreciate the info
@@FABAutomotiveDetailing no problem, happy I could help and pass on some helpful information.
Try moving the one on the bench in the video to your sons room and see if it works better. The two in the garage are unnessary. MESH systems are frequently used in HAM radio to work miles and use similar concepts. Glad to see it is working to improve your needs
I thought they were unnecessary also but it would lose a bar intermittently until I installed the second one. Now it never loses a bar even in the pouring down rain like it was the other day. It was definitely worth the money.
Cool thing is I can buy a 3rd one for inside the house if I need to
@@FABAutomotiveDetailing The point is you only need one in the garage, but the placement is the key of why it works better next to the laptop and printer. Test out my theory, unplug the one next to the sprayer. Then see if you wifi signal degrades. It will tell you more with the simple test.
Very cool!! I need this here out here for the shop.. wifi signal is horrible 😑
Would probably work good for you
Thank you, that was very helpful as I also have AT&T U-verse. I have been looking for a system that would be compatible to boost my signal.
You are welcome!
This really helped this non-tech!
Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.
Good video but it would have helped if you showed your connection with just the router, speed test without the system and then with the 1st extender and then the 2nd :)
Thanks! I’m not a technical guy by any stretch of the imagination.
Crazy when words don't come out as expected 😄😄
Happens all the time!
Interesting new paint prep , Lol
Another great review!
Helpful video, thank you. Is your modem a standalone modem or a modem/router combo? Thanks.
You are welcome! It’s a combo
I saw an eero wifi mesh setup on an established Auto detailing channel. :D
Everyone needs internet these days detailing or not. 😂
So essentially you created a new WiFi network with the Eero's while still retaining your old WiFi network in place with your old Router\Modem correct? Now you have two separate networks, is this correct?
Yes that is correct and we love it!
Nice setup tfs buddy
Decision should I get it 🤔
You probably need to put your modem in bridge mode to get the internet to stop cutting out
That looks like a good stuff for expand the wifi good advice
It works great for me!
Thank you for your rudimentary explanation but I got one question-when you hooked the first extender to your modem I do you just plug into another Ethernet outlet?
You are welcome and yes any open Ethernet port will work
Congratulation Easy Auto Detailing
Thanks. Would’ve been useful to run speed test on old Wi-Fi and new.
It’s not just the speed that will help a modern household. Wifi6 offers a lot of benefits over previous wifi protocols regarding congestion and prioritising devices.
Regarding your question, I ran Gen 2 nest wifi mesh with a router and 6 mesh satellites around our home. Our house is only 1200sqf but is split over 3 levels and I run a lot of electronics out of a converted wine cellar (farthest from the router).
Our wifi strength was decent, but not great and we would get random dropouts (possibly due to network congestion with 70+ devices connected at any given time)
I’ve since changed to the eero 6 wifi 6 system reviewed here (1 router, 2 satellites) and the coverage and quality of connection is improved over the google nest system.
The nest network got 100mbps down, 16 up, the eero wifi6 network tested at 108 / 19. I fired up 9 screens streaming 4k video and ram the test again and still got 65mbps down, and I get wifi from the road, and down to the creek which wasn’t the case with the best system.
Overall, I’m very happy.
Hi, have you noticed that devices connected to the Eero extenders are getting very low speed/bandwidth in comparison with the ones connect to the Eero gateway?
I am using the regular Eero 3 pack (no 6 version) and getting 170 mbps of 400 from the Eero extender and 390 of 400 from the gateway.
Hi. It is completely normal. Have in mind that the real speed at which the extenders are linked to the main one is highly depended on the distance. So, if the node is located far from the main unit the speed is getting lower. On the other hand, have in mind that these devices are dual band (2.4 and 5 Ghz) and not triband (one band at 2.4 and 2 bands at 5 GHz). Thus, the node (extender) use the same frecuency for connecting to the main unit and for connecting to the devices. So, not taking into account the distance (which can reduce the speed quite a lot), the maximum speed for the devices connected to the access points will be the half that the devices obtain when connected to the gateway. In fact, in most cases, the speed will be roughly one-third. The reduction of the speed is worse in case of mesh systems consisting in 3 or more nodes which are not connected directly to the main gateway. This can be solved using ethernet-backhaul, thas it, connecting the nodes to the main unit by cable.
In the case of expensive mesh systems, they use one 2.4 GHz and two 5 GHz frecuencies (they are triband), so one 5 GHz band is dedicated for connecting to the main router and the other one for connecting to the devices. In such cases, the frecuency used for connecting to the gateaway and rest of the devices is not shared and therefore the maximum speed will be higher.
Uff man here in florida is well needed 🤣🤣🤣 wifi sucksss
"Jay leno garage "
I need something to extend my internet to the garage. My garage is about 100 ft from my modem in the house though. My garage is a metal pole barn type build. Would like to be able to get XM on my stereo. With the distance I don't know if this work work or not?
I’m not sure if it would either! That’s pretty far
Does the extender have a RJ45 NIC?
Quick question do you have to pay monthly fees or any kind of prescription
No there are no fees it’s just and extender
@FABAutomotiveDetailing thank you so much for your reply
@@AntonioAcosta-sg7yt You are welcome
need an update - after a couple months did software fix the occasional drops?
I have had no drops at all for atleast 2 months. It has done 2 updates since I installed it so that may have been the fix.
how far you can keep it from the main router/modem?
I have one that sits about 10 feet from the router and the other about 30 ft with no problems
It's strange that you exited out of something and it was set up!
Yep it acted like it froze so I was just gonna start over then it worked. 🤷🏻♂️
Have you ever been tongue tied? LOL!
Every day of my life! My mouth moves faster then my brain. 😂
@@FABAutomotiveDetailing welcome to the club my friend. We laugh with you not at you. Maybe put your bloopers on video every now and then. It breaks up the monotony.
1st
Seems cool, but also alot of farting around. I'm not tech smart either.
Definitely not a few minute set up like it says.
I couldn’t care less about that crap. 😅😅😅😅😅😅
Yep and it’s true! 😂
The biggest issue is AT&T Uverse is garbage.
We don’t have Uverse it’s just the modem. It’s not offered in the country