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

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

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