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I have a question. I just had 2.5gb fiber internet hooked up and it came with 2 eero pro 6e’s. How do I hard wire from the modem or gateway eero to a back bedroom for gaming if the 2.5gb plug is used on the gateway eero? Putting a switch between the modem and gateway eero would be so easy. If only eero had two 2.5gb ethernet ports
If my modem is in the utility room in the basement so the 1st eero will be there, so if im going to put the second eero on the main floor of the house, can i plug it in on the port on the wall?
Perhaps you can help me out I just upgraded my fiber from 500, 500 to 10001,000 And they sent me two eero 6 pro e’s Well, I had no problem setting them up but when I checked my Internet speed, it wasn’t much faster than I was at 500, 500. I’m hitting speed right around 500. Before I upgraded, I was able to hit 400 wirelessly I am paying much more for not much faster When I plug directly into My main router I’m still not hitting anywhere close to a gigabyte As a matter fact, it’s about the same as the wireless signal Now I didn’t adjust my packet or anything but I did check and make sure that my laptop has Wi-Fi and it does and it’s showing connected to Wi-Fi six Why am I not going anything near one gig? And how come I can’t separate the channels and see if I’m connecting to 2.4 or five or six? I guess it just automatically connects to one? In my properties, it says Wi-Fi six under my network adapter Although it does show a 5G network under protocols Should be confusing for someone who is computer literate Any ideas on why I’m not hitting close to my rated speed
Thanks so much, is refreshing to get some guidance, in ‘plain speak’, how things work and how to achieve the best set up. Backhaul was confusing me, not anymore, even the best configuration with using mesh and unmanaged switches. Wish I had found your channel sooner. At least I’m subscribed now. Thanks again..!
Yep, I too am now subscribed. This guy is phenomenal at explaining something that is technical and boring but his presentation made it very easy to follow and understand. Love this guy and I will point others to Landpet!!!! Thank you so very much for being super helpful! You rock!!! 👩🏼🎨🌵
Truly enjoyed your presentation and made the material understandable for an old guy like me that isn’t very tech savvy and not used to all the terms so the visual aides were helpful. I’ll admit that I will have to view it a couple times to make sure I understand the wireless application before I set it up. I am installing the eero in my 2000 sq Ft warehouse and sharing my neighbor’s wifi system which is on the other side of our dividing wall so hopefully it all works out because according to the geek guy that set up my TV he said the signal was weak so I don’t want to have connection issues with my laptop or stereo system. Thank you again and I will follow you for future presentations.
Excellent, just excellent information. From knowing very little about Eero meshing, this video helped me come up to speed on all the connection, wired and wireless possibilities for extending my wireless capability in my home/property. Now let's hope the Eero Pro 6E I have does the job as I set it up for extending...
Wow I’ve been searching for this exact video content on how to hook up the modem, router, switch with wired backhaul. Excellent video and use of the hardware and cables, thank you!!
THANK YOU ! ! ! --You have provided a HUGE public service. Be proud, man. I have been a tech. geek for decades, peripherally kind of know what a switcher was and did, but never had to use one. With the Eero, I now needed to use one as the Eero did not have in a built-in switcher like my failing Asus. Thanks to your explanations here, I was not wondering if what I was doing was correct. I feel relieved.
Need help, when plugging in to the 2.5 port my eero does not connect to the internet (red light) but when connecting to the other port it (1gb) it works perfectly fine. I do have 2.5gb service and I have a 10gb Ethernet cable provided by my isp.
Thank you, I didn't have a clue about anything to do with mesh networking / wifi 10 mins ago (watched this on 1.5x speed, sry) and now I completely understand the concept of this and can make an informed decision on purchasing. Question for anyone who knows, the eero Pro 6E always requires a separate modem to work?
Thanks for the review. Is the eero 6e able to connect with a moca adapter to create a landline? If so, would that mean the Wi-Fi connection would be stronger? Thanks in advance!
Can you go directly from a NetGear AC3600 X6S router, wired to an eero as an extender (bridge mode?), then wireless to other eero units to extend range?
Thank you for this! I was racking my brain trying to troubleshoot the failure between the Eero and the NETGEAR Switch; and here you are with the solution! 😃👍
I'm confused on this. i got a 3 pack eero pro 6e. when i called customer service to get help with turning off the 2ghz and 5ghz channels so it could bridge, the eero customer service agent said i didn't need to do that. i plugged the 1st eero gateway unit in to the wifi 1 port rather than the ONT port. so my original wifi modem/ router (which is the att bgw320) is not switched off for wifi. i did not change any settings on it. if my Eeros units hooked up correctly?
I currently have a cable/modem router and 3 wires out the back of that modem which connect to wall connections on 3 floors of my house---each connecting to a wireless modem thru the wall. I guess my question is should I connect switch to first the eero, then connect the existing 3 wall connection to the switch, and then connect 3 eeros to the ports in the wall on each floor?...I know...its a big house! BTW, your video is fantastic. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer
Great informative video. I do have a question: I have Mesh WiFi Router with 2 satellites (Eero Max7). I did wired backhaul using an unmanaged 10Gb switch dedicated to just the two satellites back the main gateway router (my routers and nodes can handle 10gbps). I do have two other switches connected to the satellites other available ports, but I do have one switch just dedicated to the backhaul. My question now: can I connect any more peripherals devices to the same backhaul switch without any long term issues? I know when I tested adding a device to the backhaul switch, my main gateway router picks it up and shows wired connection to that main router. I believe this is essentially what you did here correct, with a switch serving for backhaul as well as devices.. correct?. 11:18
I need your help! I moved my couch and internet went out. My system is blinking red. I have eero a switch a Vivint memory and this lil blk box that’s connected to the wall cable on one end and on the other is Ethernet from Frontier.
My 2nd Eero downstairs in my new build doesn't power on nor is detected by the app? My first eero is powered on in my network closet and I found the ethernet cord that said WAP and plugged that into the 2.5 slot on both and nothing happens. Do I have to get a network switch with POE to turn on the 2nd EERO is it only has an ethernet connection in the ceiling?
Can I connect two unmanaged switches? I need to connect one 4 port switch directly to eero router like you showed, and I also need to take one line from this switch to the other 8 port switch at the control center to distribute to the other rooms' ethernet ports. Can I use the unmanaged switches for both OR should I consider at least one managed switch?
In my house I have two lan ports in the wall in 4 places so total 8 ports. On the back of it one has a yellow wire attached and one is blue and I assume it is lan and telephone respectively. I have connected all those to a switch inside the network box accept one wire which goes to the modem directly and one wire comes back from the router to the network box to connect to the switch. My concern is that does it matter to use the telephone blue wire as lan and does it use a different twisted pair inside the connecter. This setup works for me but wanted to know does it affects anything? Also can I use my old router as a node with the same ssid and pass?
I was having interference issues with my current network. To alleviate this I purchased a Deco X55 and set it up in AP mode. Things were fixed. Frontier had some specials to upgrade my speed from my 0rigianl 75 Meg up-down. So, I said yes because it was cheaper than my current bill. They sent me this Eero 6+ and told me to set it up. What a mess as it was competing with the new Mesh. So, I finally set the eero in bridge mode. The Deco has far more configurations for my needs. They will be out soon to upgrade my modem and hopefully, the connection from the ONT to the modem. Any issues with setting the error in bridge mode while having the Deco Mech setup as ethernet AP nodes? Thanks
Question: What do you do if you want to have 2.5gb wired connections to multiple wired devices and still use the 2.5gb connection on the eero also? So basically you have 2.5gb to both wireless and wired connections 5:25
You need something with 2 2.5Gbps ports which eero doesn’t have. You can also wire that to a 2.5Gbps switch. You would need something like the ASUS ET12 Pro.
My modem is also a wireless router for my main floor. You mentioned that the router capabilities of the modem need to be turned off. Is that absolutely necessary? I was hoping I could still use it for main floor and just add one mesh router for the basement and one for outside. Is this possible without turning off the router capabilities of my modem?
I enjoyed your video but have a question. If I want to connect my new Eero 6e to another 6e can I go through my coax that is already in the house as I don't have ethernet cables? thanks
Yh but what is my modern speeds are 2.5gb my Ethernet from modern to router I have to use the 2.5 port leaving just the 1gb port for my desktop now capped at 1gb losing half my speeds? Looks like they should have have two 2.5gb ports.
Can I connect the eero router to my existing router through wifi? I have a netgear nighthawk I use the dumos features. Frontier sent me a router with my service so can I use the eero as a wifi extender?
I have netgear router sending wireless to the house. I want to plug in my Eero 6 pro in another room of the house to extend the signal, is this possible? Can I just get the Eero6 to talk to the main netgear router? Thank you
Great video. I am wire backfilling 3 eero 6E devices to my Fidium modem. I originally had a Fidium Fiber modem that connected to a Fidium router with several hotspots throughout my house. I disconnected the Fidium router, then setup my Eero devices. I also have a gigabit switch to feed my home ethernet wiring. Some home devices are connected via ethernet and others are connected via wifi. Should my wired/wifi devices be connected to the same "network"? This is important, because FuboTV will allow unlimited TVs on my home network. For some reason, my ethernet devices seem to indicated they are connected to my Fidium network, even though I removed my Fidium router.
so, i have a question. my grandparents swapped internet on me without telling me (i rent the basement) and they put the router/moden in the garage with an eero pro6e. i now have a eero pro6e in my bedroom as well for wifi but i have a gaming computer that i use ethernet with. there IS one of those ethernet cables with female on both ends that goes through the walls from the garage too the basement. so, could i attach the garage eero too that extender ethernet cable, which would go to an unmanaged switch that connects too my bedroom eero, that has a cat6 ethernet that goes to my computer? they pay for like 950mb/s download speed and i get 12mb/s wireless on my PC so obviously that kind of sucks for gaming, and also no wifi on my computer so it HAS to be ethernet either way. im just trying to figure out how to set it up via ethernet so i can take advantage of the full internet speed, since im the only one that even uses the internet in this house in the first place. i hope that made sense🥰
Yes, 12Mbps is terrible for gaming especially when you have 950Mbps. If that ethernet with female ends going through the wall is connected to the main eero, then yes you could connect to that, even through an unmanaged switch and connect the eero in your room to your computer which will vastly improve your internet speeds. The thing to pay attention to is if an ethernet cable is making it’s way from your computer all the way to the modem through some eero’s and an unmanaged switch. If so, then you will pretty much get those max speeds assuming your PC supports those speeds which it most likely does as that has been standard for quite some time.
Can you feasibly create a wired backhaul using something like TP-Link AV2000 Powerline Adapter, to relieve congestion on the 6ghz side as more wifi6 devices connect? As to not use or free up the 6ghz lane being used as the backhaul.
So if I have faster than Gigabit internet, my only option is to use a wireless back haul? Otherwise I will be bottlenecked by my gigabit Ethernet connection?
I’ve actually never seen wireless backhaul go faster than gigabit speeds. So if you have internet faster than gigabit and you want full speeds everywhere, you need to get a mesh system that has faster ports like the asus et12 or Netgear Orbi rbke962 and run it via wired backhaul
Help..My system was setup the way you said it should not be. Modem to unmanaged sw to 5 LAN/wired connections and to my Gateway eero & bridged eero via PoE ports. The eero sees all the devices, but I’m assuming can only manage the WiFi devices. LAN stays connected when eero reboots, for example. This seems like an unsafe way to connect the wired devices since they are all going out via the unmanaged sw to the Modem. Tech-support for the company who installed the system said this is how it should be set up and if I want to manage my LAN devices, I have to do it through a separate router. Your explanation seems the most simplest and I appreciate it.
This is exactly what I've done 😊 and it works! I've installed 4 units but 3 are ethernet backhauled. Only 1 is fully wireless connected simply because there is nowhere to run cables. Just make sure your gateway eero is directly connected to your modem or hub with no switches in the way. I've run an 8 port switch from the gateway which then sends the signal around the house. Now every room has maximum WiFi strength and speed. The only thing is mobile devices can take some time to change connection between nodes, which can mean a drop in signal strength for a while it isn't instant. It's a minor niggle but I do like seeing full WiFi bars on my device. The other thing is one of the nodes just died a week ago and nothing would get it to work so I've had to buy a replacement. 😠
I have a question. I purchased the eero pro 6e and an iphone 15 pro max. I how do I access the 6ghz band with my new iphone to the eero pro 6e? It shows a connection to my eero but when i do the speed test, is showing normal speeds. I have ATT fiber and i have the 1Gbps plan. On my mac mini which i have the modem/router from att connected directly to my mac mini, when i do the speed test i am getting around 980 mbps, so the speed is correct. I then ran an ethernet cable from the back of the att modem/router to the eero pre 63 router. How do I know if I am accessing the 6ghz band on my new iphone 15 pro max? I've seen TH-cam videos of people having super fast crazy speeds with their new iphones 15 connected to the to the 6ghz band but no one is showing how they are setting it up. Can you please send me a message or create a video and let me know how that works? Thank you I appreciate it and love all of your videos!
I forget if the eero had a separate 6GHz SSID or if it was encompassed all into one SSID. It's been a while since I've used it and I go through a ton of routers so hard for me to remember the specifics. One thing that caught my eye from your question is the way you connected the eero to the modem/router combo. Sounds like you're running your eero in bridge mode? What I would recommend is disabling the router portion of your modem/router combo or calling your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and asking to get a replacement for just a modem. Then you can setup your eero as the main router, if it's one SSID, your new iPhone should connect to the 6GHz band. If it's a separate SSID, then just connect to that one and you should get really good speeds. One thing to keep in mind, ethernet is typically faster than any wifi connection and some of the speeds you may have seen had even faster internet speeds. For example, I have a OnePlus 11 5G which has WiFi 7 which is a lot faster than WiFi 6E. So when I do a speed test, I can get over 3Gbps download for internet speed test but my computer can get the full 5Gbps I pay for to my ISP because it's hooked up via ethernet. In fact, I encourage you to watch this short video just to show you what I'm talking about with my mac mini m2 (with 10Gbps port): th-cam.com/video/y9fiQqi_egA/w-d-xo.html Hope this helps.
Hi @landpet, can I wire connect the 2 eeros to the first modem port? I currently have three TP-Link AP`s connected to the ports of my IPS modem and they work fine. From your video you are suggesting to connect the 2nd eero to the 1st one or to a port on and unmanged switch which is coneccted to the 1st eero. Please confirm.
I am new to all this so I just wanted to ask the question to clarify. I have a two story house, with a basement, being build in which all the rooms will have a cat6 plug in them. There is also going to be a central "hub" in which the modem will take the ISP signal, that will then go to a separate router, which will then connect to a switch, which then has all the plugs for the different rooms throughout the house. If I were to buy a mesh system, I would remove the router that is there, then go from modem to the new mesh router, then plug that into the switch correct? From there, if I went to the second story and wire the second mesh 'node' to the plug on the wall, that would be considered a wired backhaul correct?
With Fiber, could I come out of the ONT and go into the eero gateway then out to a switch to give me the option to hard wire additional access points to send wifi to 2 different buildings.... 200 and 300 feet away? I have 2 WAVlink Wifi 6 Out door Mesh routers to carry the signal to the out buildings
Getting a bit complicated, in theory it's possibly assuming the wavlink is running in access point mode and there are no obstructions in the way. But it's probably not going to be great.
@@landpet tested it tonight.... 5g was killer 420 down and 218 up. however really need 2.4 to get party lights working with music. 2.4 g was like 40 down and 20 up. any thoughts on how to get the 2,4 speed up. My ethernet cable is coming out of the back of the eero 6+ i eliminated the switch as a test
Question: I have a Netgear router/managed switch. I would like to plug that into the euro router, to give me the ethernet ports I need. Is this possible?
Quick question what if you have a security system that runs on a wired connection to the router and a television. How are you supposed to get it to work with this erro that only has two ports in the back one is being used by the router????? I need to get this to work. Also, I have a wireless printer. How do I get that to connect to that frontier Internet sent me this and they are no help to get it installed properly.
You can use an unmanaged switch, I demo it in the video. You can go from modem to eero and from the main eero go to an unmanaged switch, from there you can connect a number of other things including the other eero.
Great video! The question I have is I have an eero Pro 6E, my modem that I own supports 2.5GB & my internet speed is 1.2Gbps and my desktop supports 2.5GB as well. I just bought a 2.5GB unmanaged network switch. How could I get true 2.5GB straight across? Seem like my bottle neck is my eero having a 1GB port, so it seems like I'm going to be sacrificing my internet or LAN. Any suggestions? For the cost of these units, they really should of had two 2.5GB ports.
Does it matter what eero you use for the gateway? Can I use a lower version for the gateway and the new versions for the ones connected to the switch. I have an eero pro, and 3 eero pro6e.
ahhh!! that was it! I had a switch BEFORE the EEROs and it was a nightmare, they kept swapping and dropping signals even when they were hard wired.... now I have 1 BEFORE the switcher and BINGO.... thanks!
Please respond Basically my question is what’s the point of only one 2.5gb port if I have that speed, it leave just a 1gb port to plug into my desktop only getting 1gb because my 2.5gb is being used my the modern 🤦
In the case of wireless backhaul setup, it doesn’t matter but in the case wired backhaul it does. I think the asus et12 is a great choice because of that
I have a question why did they make eero only able to communicate with each other I’m frustrated they did this because I wanted wireless backhaul for both nodes at 2.5 gigs so I have a CM2000 modem and 2 eero 6e’s and also a 2.5 gig 5 port switch so what I wanted to do was connect the modem to the switch and then the gateway to the switch and then also the 2nd eero to the switch for complete wired backhaul but the 2nd eero only connects thru wifi and doesn’t recognize the hardwired connection and this frustrates me because I wanted to utilize the 2.5 jack on the 2nd eero now when I take the Ethernet cable out of the switch for the 2nd eero and I plug it directly to the gateway eero via 1 gig port it immediately recognizes the hardwired connection but now that 2nd eero is capped at 1 gig when it is a 2.5 gig cable device why did they do this are there anyways to fully utilize the maximum speed of the 2nd eero or will I forever be capped at 1 gig please let me know if you have any information or insight I would greatly appreciate it thank you this is very frustrating
Ok so lol. I want to run modem to eero pro 6e to Switch from with to 2 more eero pro 6e wired. Then the third eero pro 6e will run a second switch out to several devices in the living room wired . Any suggestions? Will my erros slow down if I plig in too many devices wired. Will the middle erro need to be wired. Is getting more ammount😢 of devices connected per eero wirelessly going to slow down the speeds. Thanks
What you described should work fine. The important thing is modem > eero > after this you have a lot of freedom on how you want to connect devices. You can also mix wired and wireless backhaul so if you have 3 eero's, 1 of them is the main router, the other can be wired and the third can be wireless. Devices that connect via ethernet are not really sharing network speeds (not to be confused by internet speeds, everything is sharing this) in the same way wifi devices actually are sharing the wifi bandwidth, so to keep everything running as fast as possible it's preferrable to run more wired devices vs wireless. Now with all that said and not going into too much more detail like explaing full duplex vs half duplex among other things like the speeds of each band, etc... I will tell you from personal experience, I have 60 to 70 devices, closer to 70 now as I'm typically adding more and more stuff and most of the devices are actually on wifi and I typically have not had any issues with the eero with more than 80% of my devices operating on wifi. These new mesh systems/routers are fairly good. Hope this helps!
Excellent video! I have a question; since I don't have ethernet throughout my home only coax can I use a Mocha to Ethernet adapter to connect to the second Eero router? Thanks!
Hey @landpet in your experience, do routers placed into AP mode play nice with the eero? I'm getting a free eero Pro 6e from my ISP but currently have a TP-Link Archer A23 in AP mode on the second floor of my house. I know the simple answer is to probably just buy another eero device but I'd like to just use my existing hardware, if possible.
How do you remove non eero devices from the App? I recently had to reset Chromecast..but now have 3 separate "names" for the same Cast device. I only need one. Help?! No one has videos/ instructions for this
I have a wired backhaul. I have a smart home. The house is wired throughout. I have the modem in a panel in a closet. All my eeros are eero 6+. I have one of them connected directly to the modem. Then I have the other port connected to a Netgear unmanaged switch. From there, I have it connected to the ethernet switch that came with the house to connect the other eeros via Ethernet throughout different rooms in the house. Before I had done all of this, my ISP said in my past configuration that I needed to put the eeros in Bridge Mode and that I couldn't put the modem in Bridge Mode by the ISP's network configuration. With all that said, in my current configuration which is the one that I explained, should I put the eeros in Automatic or Bridge mode?
Same answer: If you have a modem/router combo and you don't want to disable the router portion of the modem/router combo (or call your ISP and change it with a modem), then you should run your eero 6+ in bridge mode. However, I'm personally not a fan of this, I would recommend disable your router portion of your modem/router combo or calling your ISP and switching it with just a modem. Your connection explanation sounds correct.
Can you please tell me, if you are running a wireless backhaul between the two Eero's, why would you connect devices via ethernet to the secondary Eero if it still then needs to transmit wirelessly to the Eero acting as the router? Is it actually better speeds / more reliable connection? Or is it merely that you are determining which Eero your devices are connected to rather than letting the network assign which Eero the devices wirelessly connect to?
Another way of thinking about this is. If your device connects via wifi to the eero thats on wireless backhaul. That is 2 wifi connections to make it to the main eero router. If you connect that same device via ethernet to the eero thats on wireless backhaul. That is now 1 wifi connection to make it to the main eero router. So you are reducing 1 wifi connection by using ethernet. Hence, it's typically better.
What if you don’t put your modem in bridge mode, and set it as another access point. I want to use it as a hidden network 2.4 for my smart WiFi switches and bulbs and not get them into eero network. Any suggestions?
WiFi signals can clash and cause drops, just as a heads up. It's not something I recommend. Once you put your modem in bridge mode, you disable the router. You can run the eero in bridge mode as well but again it's not something I recommend
If i had a hypothetical network speed faster than 2.5gb, could I connect the router directly to the unmanaged router, and then split those into the eero mesh system so that each has more than a gigabit connection?
Hi I one question that you did not mention on the video if I wired backhaul the other pro6e and put the other pro 6e as a wireless backhaul close to the wired backhaul will that work better or the same as wireless backhaul close to a wireless backhaul satellite which you don't recommend on the video?
Great video! Not sure why running into issues with my current set-up. Was hoping for your input! Have the wired backhaul setup from my main house to my detached garage using an aerial ethernet wire setup. So have the ethernet connected to my gateway eero 6E to my sattelite eero 6e in my garage. And then used the remaining 1 port to connect to my computer and was getting amazing speed around 1 gig. I wanted to add more ports so I can give those speeds to not only my computer but to my ps5 and other devices in the garage. However, it seems no matter what I try (unless I keep the original setup above) I am getting only 100 mbps speeds to the devices when using the switch (TP-Link Litewave 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch). I tried connecting the backhaul directly to the switch and then the eero and also tried connecting the backhaul first to the eero and then the switch but either ways the speed is still heavily reduced. Any tips?
Is it possible to have to have too many nodes (mesh devices)? For example, would their be any performance downgrades with devices having to switch between too many nodes as you walk throughout your house?
I have a DSL line, so can't we use eero 6+ to connect to it from the DSL line > It only has an ethernet cable right ? How can I connect . please help. Thanks.
Connect the eero to the dsl, there should be an Ethernet port you can use. From there the eero can connect to another eero or a switch or some other device as I demonstrate in this video.
Currently I have two eero pro 6E. Both wired on a unmanaged 2.5gb switch. The main one from the router is faster around 1.4 gbps. The second one is only getting under gig.
Yup because the pro 6E only has one fast port, the other port is gigabit so once it goes out from the gigabit port or comes into the gigabit port then the speeds will be capped to gigabit. If you want to get full speeds on the secondary one, you need a router with 2 ports that support the speeds you want to get, in your case both would need to be 2.5Gbps. For example the eero Max 7 would work or a cheaper alternative would be the deco x55 pro or you could get the deco be63.
i have Fios 1Gig. Router Cr1000a fed by ethernet from ONT. from router i have a cat6e cable to eero pro6E router. from fios router i have a coaxial cable to fios G3100 extender in bedroom, from there i have an ethernet cable going to the 2nd eero router. less than 40ft i have the 3rd eero router connected wirelessly backhaul. is that the way i should have it setup. i don't have bridge mode on. is there a different way i should have it setup?
I’m also on ONT now, in my demo I just use my modem when I had cable since it serves the same purpose. I go from ONT directly to mesh system, in this case I go ONT -> eero pro 6E -> switch -> eero pro 6E and my devices are connected to the switch mainly. I’m running wired backhaul. I would only use one router which would be the eero directly to the ONT and make your network out of that.
I changed cat 5e cable to cat 6 from modem to router and switch,I have ethernet jack in the living room but I believe it's a cat 5 or 5e it's behind the wall. Should I go wireless or wired with the eero pro6e I have on order
If it's cat5e or higher, I would stick with ethernet as wireless backhaul on this unit wasn't as good. On the other hand, if you're on cat5, I would switch those out or go to wireless backhaul. cat5 is limited to 100Mbps, where cat5e can go to gigabit speeds.
You give a lot of questions answered but unfortunately, not mine. Can I use the current (Before eero mesh) router (Combo unit given to me at no charge from ATT which has a good router portion in addition to its fast fiberoptic modem), so say my 3 eero act as satellites and I have one more range extender in my system, rather turning one of them into router as you show and have only 2 satellite (or one less)?
I have followed the back haul setup with an unmanaged switch between them as you demonstrated. It is working, except that I am getting a flashing blue light on the additional eero unit. Please advise.
Flashing blue I think on eero means ready for setup. You still need to add that eero in the eero app to make it part of the network. So just check the eero app to add it
Please note you only need to disable the wifi from the router or modem/router to stop conflicting wifi channel signals, there is absolutely no need to disable the actual incomming internet line signal as it will just pass through and be managed from the attached mesh router.
Yes placing it in bridge mode turns off the WiFi and disabled the router functionality (not more NAT, etc). It doesn’t disable the internet signal, it now just acts just like a standalone modem.
I'm about to get one of these from my ISP, I've seen some of the settings via the app, but I need to do some advanced network configuration settings . I have not found any documentation on this, maybe you can make a video on that, or point me in the right direction? Thanks
So if I have a 2 gig spped from my ISP and I want that speed to go from the router to the switch so I can have the 2 gig wired speeds as well is that possible with only having the 1 2.5 gig port or would eero need to have a second port? If not possible do you have another recommendation router wise to handle that speed?
If you're going wired which is what it sounds like, the X55 Pro: amzn.to/3pDJMTg is the way to go if you dont wan't to spend a lot of money. It's the cheapest mesh system that has 2 fast 2.5Gbps ports. The next one up is the ASUS ET12 Pro also has 2 fast ports and 2 gigabit ports but costs a lot more.
i have 2Gig internet, Can i connect the modem to 1gig port and use the 2.5gig port to wired back call second eero and i get 2 gig speeds on second eero ? my second eero is main that multiple devices connect to
You can but your internet speeds will be capped to 1Gbps because as soon as it goes into the 1Gbps port, that's what it gets capped to. If you have 2 Gbps internet, I would recommend a different mesh that has at least 2 fast ports. The Deco BE63 is very good granted there are others. If you want to stick with eero, check out the eero Max 7.
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I have a question. I just had 2.5gb fiber internet hooked up and it came with 2 eero pro 6e’s. How do I hard wire from the modem or gateway eero to a back bedroom for gaming if the 2.5gb plug is used on the gateway eero?
Putting a switch between the modem and gateway eero would be so easy.
If only eero had two 2.5gb ethernet ports
@@brokenwrench404 In the video he said if your internet is in gigabytes you can use either ethernet port using Cat 7 cable.
But with anything it is only as fast as its slowest node so that means you'd be stuck like i am
If my modem is in the utility room in the basement so the 1st eero will be there, so if im going to put the second eero on the main floor of the house, can i plug it in on the port on the wall?
And this guy is the reason why TH-cam was invented. Thanks m’dude. I have one pro6E and four pro6 units. 3 unmanaged switches. It’s glorious.
I appreciate it! Thanks!
Perhaps you can help me out
I just upgraded my fiber from 500, 500 to 10001,000
And they sent me two eero 6 pro e’s
Well, I had no problem setting them up but when I checked my Internet speed, it wasn’t much faster than I was at 500, 500. I’m hitting speed right around 500.
Before I upgraded, I was able to hit 400 wirelessly
I am paying much more for not much faster
When I plug directly into
My main router I’m still not hitting anywhere close to a gigabyte
As a matter fact, it’s about the same as the wireless signal
Now I didn’t adjust my packet or anything but I did check and make sure that my laptop has Wi-Fi and it does and it’s showing connected to Wi-Fi six
Why am I not going anything near one gig?
And how come I can’t separate the channels and see if I’m connecting to 2.4 or five or six?
I guess it just automatically connects to one?
In my properties, it says Wi-Fi six under my network adapter
Although it does show a 5G network under protocols
Should be confusing for someone who is computer literate
Any ideas on why I’m not hitting close to my rated speed
I am a visual learner and the use of all the props made a huge difference in making something complex simple to understand.
No such thing as a visual learner!
One of the best tutorials on anything ever.
Appreciate the feedback!
Thanks so much, is refreshing to get some guidance, in ‘plain speak’, how things work and how to achieve the best set up. Backhaul was confusing me, not anymore, even the best configuration with using mesh and unmanaged switches. Wish I had found your channel sooner. At least I’m subscribed now. Thanks again..!
Appreciate the feedback and for subscribing!
Yep, I too am now subscribed. This guy is phenomenal at explaining something that is technical and boring but his presentation made it very easy to follow and understand. Love this guy and I will point others to Landpet!!!! Thank you so very much for being super helpful! You rock!!!
👩🏼🎨🌵
Truly enjoyed your presentation and made the material understandable for an old guy like me that isn’t very tech savvy and not used to all the terms so the visual aides were helpful. I’ll admit that I will have to view it a couple times to make sure I understand the wireless application before I set it up.
I am installing the eero in my 2000 sq Ft warehouse and sharing my neighbor’s wifi system which is on the other side of our dividing wall so hopefully it all works out because according to the geek guy that set up my TV he said the signal was weak so I don’t want to have connection issues with my laptop or stereo system.
Thank you again and I will follow you for future presentations.
Glad to hear this was helpful!
Excellent, just excellent information. From knowing very little about Eero meshing, this video helped me come up to speed on all the connection, wired and wireless possibilities for extending my wireless capability in my home/property. Now let's hope the Eero Pro 6E I have does the job as I set it up for extending...
Well done! A simple explanation of a wired/wireless backhaul system, really useful!
Thank you
Wow I’ve been searching for this exact video content on how to hook up the modem, router, switch with wired backhaul. Excellent video and use of the hardware and cables, thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
I wish I knew stuff. Thank goodness for this dude.
Glad it was useful!
THANK YOU ! ! ! --You have provided a HUGE public service. Be proud, man. I have been a tech. geek for decades, peripherally kind of know what a switcher was and did, but never had to use one. With the Eero, I now needed to use one as the Eero did not have in a built-in switcher like my failing Asus. Thanks to your explanations here, I was not wondering if what I was doing was correct. I feel relieved.
Glad I could help!
You answered all of my questions, awesome video. To the point. Who needs AI when we have you. Thanks mate.
Glad to help
Thank You, You are the man !!!the internet service provider was unable to help! You Rock !
Thanks! Glad this info was useful!
Thanks, for the Pro 6E setup guide!
No problem!
This was truly so very helpful -- thank you !! 🤩 (And... I love how you pronounce the word "important" -- you say pronounce the "t"s :-) Beautiful ❤ )
Need help, when plugging in to the 2.5 port my eero does not connect to the internet (red light) but when connecting to the other port it (1gb) it works perfectly fine. I do have 2.5gb service and I have a 10gb Ethernet cable provided by my isp.
Try restarting it, it should work just fine. eero has auto-sensing ports, I've had no issues with either port
Bro really broke it down for everybody no BS. Great video.
Thanks
EXCELLENT video..! I have. friend that needs help troubleshooting an EERO network and you absolutely solved our issue. Thank you!!!
Great to hear!
Thanks for this video I am unable to conect via the app as its confusing as to which parts to add and take out of my original connection so this helps
Thank you, I didn't have a clue about anything to do with mesh networking / wifi 10 mins ago (watched this on 1.5x speed, sry) and now I completely understand the concept of this and can make an informed decision on purchasing. Question for anyone who knows, the eero Pro 6E always requires a separate modem to work?
Thanks for the review. Is the eero 6e able to connect with a moca adapter to create a landline? If so, would that mean the Wi-Fi connection would be stronger?
Thanks in advance!
No problem. yes it would, I just released my MoCA Adapter video today, this thing will boost speeds.
@@landpet Cool! Thanks!
Excellent; thanks for taking some of the "mystery" out of this process. Well done!
My pleasure!
6:39 I thought assigning static ip addresses were done on the routing level and Mac address managing on the switching?
The router controls DHCP, the switch just follows commands.
Thx for this video. You covered everything I wanted including all the 2.5gbe stuff. Perfect!
No problem!
Super helpful and I couldn’t agree more with all your comments…spot on!
Thanks!
Can you go directly from a NetGear AC3600 X6S router, wired to an eero as an extender (bridge mode?), then wireless to other eero units to extend range?
So I have an Xfinity modem or router, I guess. And I want to add a eero extender in my garage. How do I do this?
Same question
Some of my devices connect to the eero that's wireless and further away. Shouldn't they connect to the wired one that's closer? Annoying.
19:15 wont plugging your modem in into the 1 Gig port bottle neck your internet speed if you’re paying for >1gig speeds?
Yes it will bottleneck your speed, you should use the 2.5Gbps port instead unless your internet is faster than its best to get a faster router
Thank you for this! I was racking my brain trying to troubleshoot the failure between the Eero and the NETGEAR Switch; and here you are with the solution! 😃👍
Glad I could help!
I'm confused on this. i got a 3 pack eero pro 6e. when i called customer service to get help with turning off the 2ghz and 5ghz channels so it could bridge, the eero customer service agent said i didn't need to do that. i plugged the 1st eero gateway unit in to the wifi 1 port rather than the ONT port.
so my original wifi modem/ router (which is the att bgw320) is not switched off for wifi. i did not change any settings on it.
if my Eeros units hooked up correctly?
I currently have a cable/modem router and 3 wires out the back of that modem which connect to wall connections on 3 floors of my house---each connecting to a wireless modem thru the wall. I guess my question is should I connect switch to first the eero, then connect the existing 3 wall connection to the switch, and then connect 3 eeros to the ports in the wall on each floor?...I know...its a big house! BTW, your video is fantastic. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer
Great informative video. I do have a question: I have Mesh WiFi Router with 2 satellites (Eero Max7). I did wired backhaul using an unmanaged 10Gb switch dedicated to just the two satellites back the main gateway router (my routers and nodes can handle 10gbps). I do have two other switches connected to the satellites other available ports, but I do have one switch just dedicated to the backhaul.
My question now: can I connect any more peripherals devices to the same backhaul switch without any long term issues? I know when I tested adding a device to the backhaul switch, my main gateway router picks it up and shows wired connection to that main router.
I believe this is essentially what you did here correct, with a switch serving for backhaul as well as devices.. correct?. 11:18
can you connect directly to a fiber OTN and sync via PPOO log ins?
Somehow you anticipated every question I had and answered it clearly.
Many thanks 🙏.
My pleasure
My pleasure
great tutorial. Way to help me out and i am not that technical and you made it very simple to understand. Thanks again.
Can you connect to eero 6e router together? My provider gave me 1 but I need to add on and all I see is 2-3 packs
I need your help! I moved my couch and internet went out. My system is blinking red. I have eero a switch a Vivint memory and this lil blk box that’s connected to the wall cable on one end and on the other is Ethernet from Frontier.
My 2nd Eero downstairs in my new build doesn't power on nor is detected by the app? My first eero is powered on in my network closet and I found the ethernet cord that said WAP and plugged that into the 2.5 slot on both and nothing happens. Do I have to get a network switch with POE to turn on the 2nd EERO is it only has an ethernet connection in the ceiling?
Can I connect two unmanaged switches? I need to connect one 4 port switch directly to eero router like you showed, and I also need to take one line from this switch to the other 8 port switch at the control center to distribute to the other rooms' ethernet ports. Can I use the unmanaged switches for both OR should I consider at least one managed switch?
In my house I have two lan ports in the wall in 4 places so total 8 ports. On the back of it one has a yellow wire attached and one is blue and I assume it is lan and telephone respectively. I have connected all those to a switch inside the network box accept one wire which goes to the modem directly and one wire comes back from the router to the network box to connect to the switch. My concern is that does it matter to use the telephone blue wire as lan and does it use a different twisted pair inside the connecter. This setup works for me but wanted to know does it affects anything? Also can I use my old router as a node with the same ssid and pass?
I was having interference issues with my current network. To alleviate this I purchased a Deco X55 and set it up in AP mode. Things were fixed. Frontier had some specials to upgrade my speed from my 0rigianl 75 Meg up-down. So, I said yes because it was cheaper than my current bill. They sent me this Eero 6+ and told me to set it up. What a mess as it was competing with the new Mesh. So, I finally set the eero in bridge mode. The Deco has far more configurations for my needs. They will be out soon to upgrade my modem and hopefully, the connection from the ONT to the modem. Any issues with setting the error in bridge mode while having the Deco Mech setup as ethernet AP nodes? Thanks
Question: What do you do if you want to have 2.5gb wired connections to multiple wired devices and still use the 2.5gb connection on the eero also? So basically you have 2.5gb to both wireless and wired connections 5:25
You need something with 2 2.5Gbps ports which eero doesn’t have. You can also wire that to a 2.5Gbps switch. You would need something like the ASUS ET12 Pro.
My modem is also a wireless router for my main floor. You mentioned that the router capabilities of the modem need to be turned off. Is that absolutely necessary? I was hoping I could still use it for main floor and just add one mesh router for the basement and one for outside. Is this possible without turning off the router capabilities of my modem?
I enjoyed your video but have a question. If I want to connect my new Eero 6e to another 6e can I go through my coax that is already in the house as I don't have ethernet cables? thanks
Yh but what is my modern speeds are 2.5gb my Ethernet from modern to router I have to use the 2.5 port leaving just the 1gb port for my desktop now capped at 1gb losing half my speeds? Looks like they should have have two 2.5gb ports.
Can I connect the eero router to my existing router through wifi? I have a netgear nighthawk I use the dumos features. Frontier sent me a router with my service so can I use the eero as a wifi extender?
I saw your video having to do wifi speed. I enjoy watching your setup. Because, it was different attachments to use ports for routers and games.
Glad it was helpful!
I have netgear router sending wireless to the house. I want to plug in my Eero 6 pro in another room of the house to extend the signal, is this possible? Can I just get the Eero6 to talk to the main netgear router? Thank you
How do you connect 2 Eero Pro 6E’s together, if you have internet faster than 1Gbps, and you want them both to perform faster than 1Gbps?
Great video. I am wire backfilling 3 eero 6E devices to my Fidium modem. I originally had a Fidium Fiber modem that connected to a Fidium router with several hotspots throughout my house. I disconnected the Fidium router, then setup my Eero devices. I also have a gigabit switch to feed my home ethernet wiring. Some home devices are connected via ethernet and others are connected via wifi. Should my wired/wifi devices be connected to the same "network"? This is important, because FuboTV will allow unlimited TVs on my home network. For some reason, my ethernet devices seem to indicated they are connected to my Fidium network, even though I removed my Fidium router.
so, i have a question.
my grandparents swapped internet on me without telling me (i rent the basement) and they put the router/moden in the garage with an eero pro6e. i now have a eero pro6e in my bedroom as well for wifi but i have a gaming computer that i use ethernet with. there IS one of those ethernet cables with female on both ends that goes through the walls from the garage too the basement.
so, could i attach the garage eero too that extender ethernet cable, which would go to an unmanaged switch that connects too my bedroom eero, that has a cat6 ethernet that goes to my computer? they pay for like 950mb/s download speed and i get 12mb/s wireless on my PC so obviously that kind of sucks for gaming, and also no wifi on my computer so it HAS to be ethernet either way. im just trying to figure out how to set it up via ethernet so i can take advantage of the full internet speed, since im the only one that even uses the internet in this house in the first place.
i hope that made sense🥰
Yes, 12Mbps is terrible for gaming especially when you have 950Mbps.
If that ethernet with female ends going through the wall is connected to the main eero, then yes you could connect to that, even through an unmanaged switch and connect the eero in your room to your computer which will vastly improve your internet speeds.
The thing to pay attention to is if an ethernet cable is making it’s way from your computer all the way to the modem through some eero’s and an unmanaged switch. If so, then you will pretty much get those max speeds assuming your PC supports those speeds which it most likely does as that has been standard for quite some time.
Can you feasibly create a wired backhaul using something like TP-Link AV2000 Powerline Adapter, to relieve congestion on the 6ghz side as more wifi6 devices connect? As to not use or free up the 6ghz lane being used as the backhaul.
Yes you could do that
Should I use the new eero Poe Gateway as a sort of switch ahead of my 4 eero Pro 6e’s?
You could since that’s a router
So if I have faster than Gigabit internet, my only option is to use a wireless back haul?
Otherwise I will be bottlenecked by my gigabit Ethernet connection?
I’ve actually never seen wireless backhaul go faster than gigabit speeds. So if you have internet faster than gigabit and you want full speeds everywhere, you need to get a mesh system that has faster ports like the asus et12 or Netgear Orbi rbke962 and run it via wired backhaul
Help..My system was setup the way you said it should not be. Modem to unmanaged sw to 5 LAN/wired connections and to my Gateway eero & bridged eero via PoE ports. The eero sees all the devices, but I’m assuming can only manage the WiFi devices. LAN stays connected when eero reboots, for example. This seems like an unsafe way to connect the wired devices since they are all going out via the unmanaged sw to the Modem. Tech-support for the company who installed the system said this is how it should be set up and if I want to manage my LAN devices, I have to do it through a separate router. Your explanation seems the most simplest and I appreciate it.
This is exactly what I've done 😊 and it works! I've installed 4 units but 3 are ethernet backhauled. Only 1 is fully wireless connected simply because there is nowhere to run cables. Just make sure your gateway eero is directly connected to your modem or hub with no switches in the way. I've run an 8 port switch from the gateway which then sends the signal around the house. Now every room has maximum WiFi strength and speed.
The only thing is mobile devices can take some time to change connection between nodes, which can mean a drop in signal strength for a while it isn't instant. It's a minor niggle but I do like seeing full WiFi bars on my device.
The other thing is one of the nodes just died a week ago and nothing would get it to work so I've had to buy a replacement. 😠
Glad it worked out, sucks that thing broke though
I have a question. I purchased the eero pro 6e and an iphone 15 pro max. I how do I access the 6ghz band with my new iphone to the eero pro 6e? It shows a connection to my eero but when i do the speed test, is showing normal speeds. I have ATT fiber and i have the 1Gbps plan. On my mac mini which i have the modem/router from att connected directly to my mac mini, when i do the speed test i am getting around 980 mbps, so the speed is correct. I then ran an ethernet cable from the back of the att modem/router to the eero pre 63 router. How do I know if I am accessing the 6ghz band on my new iphone 15 pro max? I've seen TH-cam videos of people having super fast crazy speeds with their new iphones 15 connected to the to the 6ghz band but no one is showing how they are setting it up. Can you please send me a message or create a video and let me know how that works? Thank you I appreciate it and love all of your videos!
I forget if the eero had a separate 6GHz SSID or if it was encompassed all into one SSID. It's been a while since I've used it and I go through a ton of routers so hard for me to remember the specifics.
One thing that caught my eye from your question is the way you connected the eero to the modem/router combo. Sounds like you're running your eero in bridge mode?
What I would recommend is disabling the router portion of your modem/router combo or calling your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and asking to get a replacement for just a modem. Then you can setup your eero as the main router, if it's one SSID, your new iPhone should connect to the 6GHz band. If it's a separate SSID, then just connect to that one and you should get really good speeds. One thing to keep in mind, ethernet is typically faster than any wifi connection and some of the speeds you may have seen had even faster internet speeds. For example, I have a OnePlus 11 5G which has WiFi 7 which is a lot faster than WiFi 6E. So when I do a speed test, I can get over 3Gbps download for internet speed test but my computer can get the full 5Gbps I pay for to my ISP because it's hooked up via ethernet.
In fact, I encourage you to watch this short video just to show you what I'm talking about with my mac mini m2 (with 10Gbps port): th-cam.com/video/y9fiQqi_egA/w-d-xo.html
Hope this helps.
Hi @landpet, can I wire connect the 2 eeros to the first modem port? I currently have three TP-Link AP`s connected to the ports of my IPS modem and they work fine. From your video you are suggesting to connect the 2nd eero to the 1st one or to a port on and unmanged switch which is coneccted to the 1st eero. Please confirm.
I am new to all this so I just wanted to ask the question to clarify. I have a two story house, with a basement, being build in which all the rooms will have a cat6 plug in them. There is also going to be a central "hub" in which the modem will take the ISP signal, that will then go to a separate router, which will then connect to a switch, which then has all the plugs for the different rooms throughout the house. If I were to buy a mesh system, I would remove the router that is there, then go from modem to the new mesh router, then plug that into the switch correct? From there, if I went to the second story and wire the second mesh 'node' to the plug on the wall, that would be considered a wired backhaul correct?
Everything you said is correct
With Fiber, could I come out of the ONT and go into the eero gateway then out to a switch to give me the option to hard wire additional access points to send wifi to 2 different buildings.... 200 and 300 feet away? I have 2 WAVlink Wifi 6 Out door Mesh routers to carry the signal to the out buildings
Getting a bit complicated, in theory it's possibly assuming the wavlink is running in access point mode and there are no obstructions in the way. But it's probably not going to be great.
@@landpet tested it tonight.... 5g was killer 420 down and 218 up. however really need 2.4 to get party lights working with music. 2.4 g was like 40 down and 20 up. any thoughts on how to get the 2,4 speed up. My ethernet cable is coming out of the back of the eero 6+ i eliminated the switch as a test
ps thanks for the fast answer. Just found your channel..... Love it SUBED.
Your TH-cam was beneficial for me. Please guide me on what model and brand is the best modem compatible with Eero.
Glad it’s useful, I would just ask your ISP what modem they recommend. Eero should work fine with it
Question: I have a Netgear router/managed switch. I would like to plug that into the euro router, to give me the ethernet ports I need. Is this possible?
HELLO can I use modem to connect a ORBI then connect to a cable then plug into a EERO ?? so basically, run 2 different mesh system at home ? Thanks !
Not a good idea
Quick question what if you have a security system that runs on a wired connection to the router and a television. How are you supposed to get it to work with this erro that only has two ports in the back one is being used by the router????? I need to get this to work. Also, I have a wireless printer. How do I get that to connect to that frontier Internet sent me this and they are no help to get it installed properly.
You can use an unmanaged switch, I demo it in the video. You can go from modem to eero and from the main eero go to an unmanaged switch, from there you can connect a number of other things including the other eero.
Great video! The question I have is I have an eero Pro 6E, my modem that I own supports 2.5GB & my internet speed is 1.2Gbps and my desktop supports 2.5GB as well. I just bought a 2.5GB unmanaged network switch. How could I get true 2.5GB straight across? Seem like my bottle neck is my eero having a 1GB port, so it seems like I'm going to be sacrificing my internet or LAN. Any suggestions? For the cost of these units, they really should of had two 2.5GB ports.
Yup, you are correct, the router is limiting your speeds. You need something with 2 2.5Gbps ports.
Does it matter what eero you use for the gateway? Can I use a lower version for the gateway and the new versions for the ones connected to the switch. I have an eero pro, and 3 eero pro6e.
It's best to use the best one as the gateway, it actually can make a difference.
ahhh!! that was it! I had a switch BEFORE the EEROs and it was a nightmare, they kept swapping and dropping signals even when they were hard wired.... now I have 1 BEFORE the switcher and BINGO.... thanks!
Glad I could help!
Please respond Basically my question is what’s the point of only one 2.5gb port if I have that speed, it leave just a 1gb port to plug into my desktop only getting 1gb because my 2.5gb is being used my the modern 🤦
In the case of wireless backhaul setup, it doesn’t matter but in the case wired backhaul it does. I think the asus et12 is a great choice because of that
I have a question why did they make eero only able to communicate with each other I’m frustrated they did this because I wanted wireless backhaul for both nodes at 2.5 gigs so I have a CM2000 modem and 2 eero 6e’s and also a 2.5 gig 5 port switch so what I wanted to do was connect the modem to the switch and then the gateway to the switch and then also the 2nd eero to the switch for complete wired backhaul but the 2nd eero only connects thru wifi and doesn’t recognize the hardwired connection and this frustrates me because I wanted to utilize the 2.5 jack on the 2nd eero now when I take the Ethernet cable out of the switch for the 2nd eero and I plug it directly to the gateway eero via 1 gig port it immediately recognizes the hardwired connection but now that 2nd eero is capped at 1 gig when it is a 2.5 gig cable device why did they do this are there anyways to fully utilize the maximum speed of the 2nd eero or will I forever be capped at 1 gig please let me know if you have any information or insight I would greatly appreciate it thank you this is very frustrating
Ok so lol. I want to run modem to eero pro 6e to Switch from with to 2 more eero pro 6e wired. Then the third eero pro 6e will run a second switch out to several devices in the living room wired . Any suggestions? Will my erros slow down if I plig in too many devices wired. Will the middle erro need to be wired. Is getting more ammount😢 of devices connected per eero wirelessly going to slow down the speeds. Thanks
What you described should work fine. The important thing is modem > eero > after this you have a lot of freedom on how you want to connect devices.
You can also mix wired and wireless backhaul so if you have 3 eero's, 1 of them is the main router, the other can be wired and the third can be wireless.
Devices that connect via ethernet are not really sharing network speeds (not to be confused by internet speeds, everything is sharing this) in the same way wifi devices actually are sharing the wifi bandwidth, so to keep everything running as fast as possible it's preferrable to run more wired devices vs wireless. Now with all that said and not going into too much more detail like explaing full duplex vs half duplex among other things like the speeds of each band, etc... I will tell you from personal experience, I have 60 to 70 devices, closer to 70 now as I'm typically adding more and more stuff and most of the devices are actually on wifi and I typically have not had any issues with the eero with more than 80% of my devices operating on wifi. These new mesh systems/routers are fairly good. Hope this helps!
Excellent video! I have a question; since I don't have ethernet throughout my home only coax can I use a Mocha to Ethernet adapter to connect to the second Eero router? Thanks!
Hey @landpet in your experience, do routers placed into AP mode play nice with the eero? I'm getting a free eero Pro 6e from my ISP but currently have a TP-Link Archer A23 in AP mode on the second floor of my house. I know the simple answer is to probably just buy another eero device but I'd like to just use my existing hardware, if possible.
I would say, try it out, see how it is. Then if you need to get another eero, just get one then
How do you remove non eero devices from the App? I recently had to reset Chromecast..but now have 3 separate "names" for the same Cast device. I only need one. Help?! No one has videos/ instructions for this
I have a wired backhaul. I have a smart home. The house is wired throughout. I have the modem in a panel in a closet. All my eeros are eero 6+. I have one of them connected directly to the modem. Then I have the other port connected to a Netgear unmanaged switch. From there, I have it connected to the ethernet switch that came with the house to connect the other eeros via Ethernet throughout different rooms in the house. Before I had done all of this, my ISP said in my past configuration that I needed to put the eeros in Bridge Mode and that I couldn't put the modem in Bridge Mode by the ISP's network configuration. With all that said, in my current configuration which is the one that I explained, should I put the eeros in Automatic or Bridge mode?
Same answer:
If you have a modem/router combo and you don't want to disable the router portion of the modem/router combo (or call your ISP and change it with a modem), then you should run your eero 6+ in bridge mode. However, I'm personally not a fan of this, I would recommend disable your router portion of your modem/router combo or calling your ISP and switching it with just a modem. Your connection explanation sounds correct.
Can you please tell me, if you are running a wireless backhaul between the two Eero's, why would you connect devices via ethernet to the secondary Eero if it still then needs to transmit wirelessly to the Eero acting as the router?
Is it actually better speeds / more reliable connection? Or is it merely that you are determining which Eero your devices are connected to rather than letting the network assign which Eero the devices wirelessly connect to?
It's better. This video perfectly demonstrates that: th-cam.com/video/SsDRGeAUTb8/w-d-xo.html
Another way of thinking about this is.
If your device connects via wifi to the eero thats on wireless backhaul. That is 2 wifi connections to make it to the main eero router.
If you connect that same device via ethernet to the eero thats on wireless backhaul. That is now 1 wifi connection to make it to the main eero router. So you are reducing 1 wifi connection by using ethernet. Hence, it's typically better.
@@landpet Beautiful and easy to understand answer like the rest of the video. Thank you so much 🙌
@@McIntyresMaltsno problem
Thank you. Excellent vid. Comments below capture my thoughts. Well done and very helpful.
What if you don’t put your modem in bridge mode, and set it as another access point. I want to use it as a hidden network 2.4 for my smart WiFi switches and bulbs and not get them into eero network. Any suggestions?
WiFi signals can clash and cause drops, just as a heads up. It's not something I recommend.
Once you put your modem in bridge mode, you disable the router. You can run the eero in bridge mode as well but again it's not something I recommend
Can the cable from the 1st eero pro 6e to a PC or unmanned switch be Cat 5 ?
Sure but cat5 (not cat5e) is limited to 100Mbps speeds.
If i had a hypothetical network speed faster than 2.5gb, could I connect the router directly to the unmanaged router, and then split those into the eero mesh system so that each has more than a gigabit connection?
Darn just saw that he answered this😖
Hi I one question that you did not mention on the video if I wired backhaul the other pro6e and put the other pro 6e as a wireless backhaul close to the wired backhaul will that work better or the same as wireless backhaul close to a wireless backhaul satellite which you don't recommend on the video?
Can you use Eero POE gateway instead of a switch for wired backhaul?
Great video! Not sure why running into issues with my current set-up. Was hoping for your input!
Have the wired backhaul setup from my main house to my detached garage using an aerial ethernet wire setup. So have the ethernet connected to my gateway eero 6E to my sattelite eero 6e in my garage. And then used the remaining 1 port to connect to my computer and was getting amazing speed around 1 gig. I wanted to add more ports so I can give those speeds to not only my computer but to my ps5 and other devices in the garage.
However, it seems no matter what I try (unless I keep the original setup above) I am getting only 100 mbps speeds to the devices when using the switch (TP-Link Litewave 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch). I tried connecting the backhaul directly to the switch and then the eero and also tried connecting the backhaul first to the eero and then the switch but either ways the speed is still heavily reduced. Any tips?
Is it possible to have to have too many nodes (mesh devices)? For example, would their be any performance downgrades with devices having to switch between too many nodes as you walk throughout your house?
yes, no more than 5 for most mesh systems
I have a DSL line, so can't we use eero 6+ to connect to it from the DSL line > It only has an ethernet cable right ? How can I connect . please help. Thanks.
Connect the eero to the dsl, there should be an Ethernet port you can use. From there the eero can connect to another eero or a switch or some other device as I demonstrate in this video.
What if you have a managed switch such as a NetGate? The NetGate is my firewall. There is no way that I am connecting the EERO before my NetGate.
Managed switch is different, you should be able to connect the eero afterwards, may need to run the eero on bridge mode though
Currently I have two eero pro 6E. Both wired on a unmanaged 2.5gb switch. The main one from the router is faster around 1.4 gbps. The second one is only getting under gig.
Yup because the pro 6E only has one fast port, the other port is gigabit so once it goes out from the gigabit port or comes into the gigabit port then the speeds will be capped to gigabit. If you want to get full speeds on the secondary one, you need a router with 2 ports that support the speeds you want to get, in your case both would need to be 2.5Gbps. For example the eero Max 7 would work or a cheaper alternative would be the deco x55 pro or you could get the deco be63.
i have Fios 1Gig. Router Cr1000a fed by ethernet from ONT. from router i have a cat6e cable to eero pro6E router. from fios router i have a coaxial cable to fios G3100 extender in bedroom, from there i have an ethernet cable going to the 2nd eero router. less than 40ft i have the 3rd eero router connected wirelessly backhaul. is that the way i should have it setup. i don't have bridge mode on. is there a different way i should have it setup?
I’m also on ONT now, in my demo I just use my modem when I had cable since it serves the same purpose. I go from ONT directly to mesh system, in this case I go ONT -> eero pro 6E -> switch -> eero pro 6E and my devices are connected to the switch mainly. I’m running wired backhaul.
I would only use one router which would be the eero directly to the ONT and make your network out of that.
I presently have a asus RT-AC3100 router. Would you suggest I upgrade to the eero pro 6e?
I changed cat 5e cable to cat 6 from modem to router and switch,I have ethernet jack in the living room but I believe it's a cat 5 or 5e it's behind the wall. Should I go wireless or wired with the eero pro6e I have on order
If it's cat5e or higher, I would stick with ethernet as wireless backhaul on this unit wasn't as good. On the other hand, if you're on cat5, I would switch those out or go to wireless backhaul. cat5 is limited to 100Mbps, where cat5e can go to gigabit speeds.
Outstanding! You answered every scenario possible 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
Glad you liked it!
You give a lot of questions answered but unfortunately, not mine.
Can I use the current (Before eero mesh) router (Combo unit given to me at no charge from ATT which has a good router portion in addition to its fast fiberoptic modem), so say my 3 eero act as satellites and I have one more range extender in my system, rather turning one of them into router as you show and have only 2 satellite (or one less)?
Eero has an option to run in bridge mode in the eero app, so in theory you can do that, I'm not a fan of that but it is possible
I have followed the back haul setup with an unmanaged switch between them as you demonstrated. It is working, except that I am getting a flashing blue light on the additional eero unit. Please advise.
Flashing blue I think on eero means ready for setup. You still need to add that eero in the eero app to make it part of the network. So just check the eero app to add it
Please note you only need to disable the wifi from the router or modem/router to stop conflicting wifi channel signals, there is absolutely no need to disable the actual incomming internet line signal as it will just pass through and be managed from the attached mesh router.
Yes placing it in bridge mode turns off the WiFi and disabled the router functionality (not more NAT, etc). It doesn’t disable the internet signal, it now just acts just like a standalone modem.
@@landpetShould you put your combo modem/router in bridge mode before ever starting your eero pro 6e setup?
I'm about to get one of these from my ISP, I've seen some of the settings via the app, but I need to do some advanced network configuration settings . I have not found any documentation on this, maybe you can make a video on that, or point me in the right direction? Thanks
A huge thanks to you for making this super informative video. You are the man.
My pleasure!
Very informative video that i was looking. You basically answered alot questions that i used to have. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
So if I have a 2 gig spped from my ISP and I want that speed to go from the router to the switch so I can have the 2 gig wired speeds as well is that possible with only having the 1 2.5 gig port or would eero need to have a second port?
If not possible do you have another recommendation router wise to handle that speed?
If you're going wired which is what it sounds like, the X55 Pro: amzn.to/3pDJMTg is the way to go if you dont wan't to spend a lot of money. It's the cheapest mesh system that has 2 fast 2.5Gbps ports. The next one up is the ASUS ET12 Pro also has 2 fast ports and 2 gigabit ports but costs a lot more.
Hi...can i connect my EERO 6E wirelessly to the modem. My internet modem is a modem/router device
No
i have 2Gig internet, Can i connect the modem to 1gig port and use the 2.5gig port to wired back call second eero and i get 2 gig speeds on second eero ? my second eero is main that multiple devices connect to
You can but your internet speeds will be capped to 1Gbps because as soon as it goes into the 1Gbps port, that's what it gets capped to.
If you have 2 Gbps internet, I would recommend a different mesh that has at least 2 fast ports. The Deco BE63 is very good granted there are others. If you want to stick with eero, check out the eero Max 7.