Amazon eero 6 mesh wifi add-on extender - Add up to 1,500 sq. ft. of Wi-Fi 6 coverage. Required eero mesh wifi system not included

My modem crashed a few months ago and Spectrum had to replace the system. I learned during that installation that I was being charged an extra $10/month for my router. Didn't realize that for 5 years, I was only "renting" my router. Which has been an absolute waste of $600. During the initial install, I was not informed of that and I have never seen an actual paper statement for my bill breaking down my plan. My first Spectrum router was very spotty towards the back of my house (1050sq ft. house) and the new router which was supposed to be an upgrade to Wi-Fi 6, was even worse. My phone would lose connection to the new router on my front porch which is 5 feet away from my router. I initially thought that all I needed was an extender and that is how the Spectrum guy and I got on the subject because I am NOT very tech savvy. I had already been looking at the Eero router and he recommended it. I found the one that is compatible to my internet plan (400Mbps) and went for it while it was on sale. This router is very well packaged. Very pretty packaging, too. OMG!! Super super easy to install. Your grandparents could install this. The only thing that I recommend is being sure of your password which you should be able to find in your providers app (at least I can with Spectrum). If you do happen to forget one digit to your password, and you accidentally change your password, you will have to reconnect each device individually. This router was compatible with my internet plan and provider. I'm very happy with the quality, signal strength, functionality. It has been very reliable for the three days that I have had it. I have not lost signal once. Not even on my front porch. My phone is now showing that I am connected to Wi-Fi 6 when before, it kept dropping it and dropping back down to 5G. Even with the 5G, it would buffer really bad. I got this on sale and I do think that the price is competitive for how well this router performs. The app is super easy to navigate and every device that is linked to your router is located in the app. You can monitor what devices are connecting to your router. I do think that this Eero router was the upgrade to my internet plan. I would recommend saving yourself the cost to "rent" your router through your service provider and upgrading to the Eero router. This will pay for itself in 6 months now that I am not "renting" my router.

Fabulous!! Fortunately I read many reviews and learned a few things before buying this excellent product. I have a recently installed Eero Pro 7, and this works great. One review I read mentioned it might take a bit of time for your device to recognize use the signal from the extender instead of the router. That was true for me. Give it 30 minutes or so and you will be happy. Another review talked about having the same Eero router I have, so I knew it would work for me. And finally, remember this… extenders do not increase speed per se, they improve the strength of the signal. It is improved signal strength that is allowing your device to operate better. Weak signal, slower speed. String signal, faster speed. Plug it in, open the app, tap to add a device and follow the very, very simple instructions and voila, connected. Rather than pay the extra $21/mo the IP wanted for me to rent the nodes, for the price of 3 months rental I own the extender. Excellent product

We were hoping to solve an issue we were having with our Wifi setup which prevented us from reliably connection to our two alley cameras and interior garage camera/door opener. These 3 devices were just a bit too far from our Wifi to get a strong connection to stream a video feed, though strong enough to stay connected. However, after install this extender, the signal is super strong and connecting to these cameras is much faster. Setup and usage was also SUPER simple. Since we are already running an Eero setup with 2 routers, install was as simple as plugging the device in, opening the app and clicking through just a couple buttons to start the automatic process for building out the network. Best of all, each of the alley devices are automatically connecting to the extender without needing to manually assign them, so convenient! If you're concerned about compatibility, we had no issues running this with the Eero 6e routers found here https://amzn.to/41kfEv5 I can't speak to all the compatible options but the Eero 6 and 6e routers are a sure bet. So for us, the coverage and stability of the network is now excellent across all devices and we finally have proper functionality of all our connected devices.

I needed to extend my wireless reception for my home office. This was recommended by the cable guy and was easy to install. Instead of just picking up a signal and patching it through, it creates a web in my home and extends the wi-fi not only to my office, but upstairs as well. It works with my Comcast modem and provides much greater speed and coverage in my home. It's not perfect as I still get occasional freezing when on video calls, but unless I want to move my office to the dining room this will have to do. I don't know how much this should cost, but I had a little bonus money so I spent it on this upgrade. It seems to be worth it.

I recently added the Amazon eero Mesh WiFi Add-On Extender to my existing eero network, and it made a noticeable difference. Setup was incredibly simple — I just plugged it in and added it through the eero app. Within minutes, it was fully integrated into my system. Before installing the extender, I had weak signal areas in the back of my house and occasional buffering when streaming. After adding this unit, coverage became much more consistent. Speeds are stable, and devices switch seamlessly between nodes without dropping the connection. I also appreciate the compact design. It doesn’t take up much space and blends in well with the room. While it doesn’t have Ethernet ports like some of the larger eero units, it’s perfect if you just need to extend wireless coverage. Overall, if you already have an eero system and need better coverage in certain areas, this add-on extender is a reliable and easy solution. Definitely worth it.

This system could not have been simpler to set up and once I figured out the best place for the extenders, I now have internet access throughout my whole house. No dead spots at all, like I did with the cable modem/router placed in a central position (well, as central as I could get). For reference, my house is 2800 sq ft spread over 2.5 stories. My modem and the eero hub (router) are back in my 2nd floor bonus room "office" where they belong, one extender is on the 3rd floor where my husband is currently WFH, and the other extender is in a 2nd floor bedroom at the opposite end of the house from the hub. I tried putting that one on the first floor, but because of construction (beams, studs, etc.) and noise interference from kitchen appliances it actually works better on the second floor because it's directly above the family room where a lot of internet is used (phones, tablets, occasional laptop, roku). I see a lot of complaints about download speeds, but I get the 200+ Mbps that my internet plan advertises and that is more than sufficient. When I was using the Spectrum-provided router that's built in to the modem. I got 50-75 Mbps at best on Wi-Fi, 125 Mbps with an ethernet cord. The extenders don't always get the highest speed, but they still get over 100 Mbps (close to the ethernet hookup with the Spectrum router). Also, at any given time there are 13 active devices on the system - more when my older daughter is home from college or my husband is using the 3rd floor printer and/or his personal laptop. We have a roku on every floor and none have issues with buffering anymore. The units themselves are unobtrusive, especially if you get the brackets Amazon sells (see photo). I like that you can turn off the LED light, which I've done on the one that's in the bedroom. I have a number of wireless phone chargers and I can't use any of them in the bedroom because the LED indicators are too bright. The only thing I would caution is making sure the hub is placed on a hard surface with ample airflow/ventilation around it because it does get a little warm. But as I mentioned before, it's small and nicely designed so even sitting out on my desk it doesn't take up much space and looks attractive (see photo). The app is fairly straightforward and easy to navigate. There is nothing that comes to mind that I've had problems with as far as the app is concerned. I do find it hilarious that I can shut off everyone's internet from anywhere because I have the app on my phone, but that's just my twisted sense of humor. Seriously, it is nice to have that feature in the instance that my younger daughter needs to focus on schoolwork and I can shut off her access if necessary. I haven't had to do that yet because just the threat is enough to keep her on task. There are also other parental controls that you can set, but I have a 17yo at home and a 20yo at college so that's not really a thing I need. I got the eero 6 system before Christmas when it was on sale, but having used it and being so pleased with its performance I would still recommend it at the current price point. It's still less expensive than several of the other systems reviewed and recommended by c|net. Which, incidentally, is where I found the eero after having looked at the Google mesh system and one offered by Monoprice.com. I can't say the eero is better or worse than any other mesh system since it's the only one I've tried, but I can definitely recommend based on my experience with it. If for some reason I needed to buy another one, I would do it in a heartbeat.

Give your devices time to adjust. It took a few days for many of our devices to settle on either the main router or node to connect to, but after a couple of weeks things have settled nicely. This system works well and I only needed one node to cover the remainder of my 1600 SF house. When the internet provider upgraded our system, they conveniently forgot to mention that the eero router needs proprietary extenders for the system to work properly. Low and behold: they offered the add-on for an additional $10 per month on top of the monthly upgrade charges. This particular model 6 node pairs perfectly with the Pro 7 router wirelessly without having to use an ethernet connection to set up. Definitely saves one money in long term if you buy your own.

I wanted to activate Amazon Key Delivery to my garage but my ASUS WiFi router signal was a bit weak to the MyQ sensor, so I ordered the Eero router to remedy the problem. I was happy to see that a stronger signal now reaches the MyQ sensor. But soon I noticed various problems with my devices connected (both E/N and wireless) to the new router, problems I did not have with the ASUS router. Video streaming would sometimes drop out, freeze or pixelate with both E/N and WiFi connections, and it happens to both video streaming from the Internet (YouTube, Amazon Video, Disney+) and local network streaming of Xfinity cable card decoded TV channels. The problem is very intermittent and unpredictable. Audio streaming (Amazon Music Unlimited) would sometimes disconnect after a station has been running for a few hours. My first suspicion was that some component or device in my setup has gone bad, but the problems were happening across different devices. WiFi signal strength was "good" to "excellent" to the problem devices, and video breakups were occurring concurrently on two different devices while watching the same show. I spent over two months trying to isolate the problem. My home setup is a bit unusual and that made debugging the problem more complicated. Besides the usual devices such as computer, laptop, tablet, and phone, I also have the MyQ garage door opener, fire TV stick, Android TV box, Nvidia Shield and a cable card tuner/decoder that takes Xfinity cable transmission and decodes the encrypted stream into a regular video stream that all my TV's at home can watch without paying extra for Comcast set top boxes and extenders. Some are connected by E/N, others are WiFi connected. However I'm the only user of the network so at most 3 devices would be active at any one time, hardly a load on an Internet bandwidth of 80+ Mbps on Xfinity cable. So signal quality and bandwidth were eliminated as problems. I replaced E/N cables, reset all the devices, changed the location of the Eero extenders, replaced HDMI cables, switched the E/N devices to WiFi, and numerous experiments to find a common thread. None of the components seem to be the cause of the problem. Finally I had to conclude that the problem is in the Eero router. I finally called Eero product support on the phone. First level support clearly does not know enough to help. He couldn't even understand my hardware configuration, even tried to tell me that I could connect my component to the Eero E/N port the way I did because he doesn't know how E/N works. I finally insisted on talking to level 2 support. After much stalling, level 2 finally came on the phone. He insisted that the problem is either with Comcast or with one of my non-Eero components. When he found out that I have an E/N switch in my configuration (had to because this Eero router only has one port available after the other port is used to connect to the cable modem), he blamed the E/N switch as being not compatible with the Eero. I doubted his assessment but I went along with getting a recommendation from him for a compatible E/N switch. Turns out that I'm already using a TP-Link E/N switch that he recommends. I asked him to send me another Eero unit to try out in case I received a defective unit but he refuses, saying that he can't just take my word for it that the unit maybe bad. He needs definite proof and that I need to log occurrences of the video streaming problem with specific date, time and problem so he can check into an Eero log to help me fix the problem. After over 4 hours on the phone with Eero support, I decided to go along with their recommendation. To simplify problem isolation, I decided to narrow down my connectivity configuration to the minimal, in the process I removed the E/N switch, deleted the cable card decoder, and stream all contents through the Internet. Now all I have is Xfinity Internet through a cable modem connected by E/N to the Eero gateway then E/N to a LG smart TV watching YouTube TV. The problems persisted. After watching a few days of TV and logging down the date, time and problem, I wrote a lengthy email to Eero product support, asking them to look into the log and determine the problem. After not hearing back for more than a week, I finally made one other configuration change: replaced the Eero with the original Asus router. Guess what, I don't have those problems anymore. It has been a few weeks since I switched back and I'm still running trouble free. I left Amazon Music Unlimited running for over 40 straight hours and it never disconnected. I'm not having any video drop out issues anymore, and UHD movie streaming on Amazon Video no longer drops down to SD quality occasionally as it did with Eero. It's clear to me that Eero product support pays lip service to working with their customers, but once they realize that the problem is with their product, they disappear and ignore you. The impression I got is that they have all been taught to blame something else and when it's clear that the problem is in their product, they will ignore you and hope that you will go away. Either that I received a defective unit or that the product has design problems. I suspect it's the latter by the way the support team refuses to take responsibility for their problems even when it's conclusively proven to them. My recommendation is that people should not buy from a company that doesn't back their product. I sent my email to them on Jan 24, 2021, and as of today, Feb 18, I have not received so much as an acknowledgement.