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Now the specifics, weaker range compared to other systems like the Orbi RBR750 as much as 25% shorter range which is pretty significant. The speed of the main router within 10 feet is about 100 Mbps slower and satellites around 150 Mbps slower so you can expect around 800 Mbps and 600 Mbps performance.Now compare that performance to the TP-LINK AX5700 which the routers can get up to 1.4Gbps performance and satellites well over 1Gbps so that's a huge step up over the Eero Pro. With those huge performance gaps why pay more for a system that is only half as good and yet more expensive. Not to mention the other systems usually have a 3rd unit for around the same price points, which enhances even more coverage.
https://www.costco.com/tp-link-de...16151.html
If you dont need bleeding edge performance and interested in more coverage the 3 pack of the AX3600.
https://www.costco.com/tp-link-de...75280.html
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I haven't really seen but maybe one or two 6E routers yet. It will depend on demand and cost.
I agree, stick with what you find works. After installing M90's and X60's for clients, the cost/performance was great. No complaints.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/homeshield/
I believe the higher end version of the X90 gets the full paid version but the kits way more expensive.
Asus is the only manufacture that consistently still provides a free full feature security scanner best to my knowledge so if that's your biggest selling point look at Asus gear.
As for pricing, we wont see any wifi 6E mesh kits under $400 anytime soon. Maybe next BF and they will be low end units, and as I mentioned above pretty pointless since the 6E is so short that without wired backhaul you wont be able to take full advantage of the 6E bandwidth since the wifi 6 will be the wireless back haul in most cases. Even if you do have wired backhaul to take full potential of 6E you need minimum a 2.5Gbps home network and not a standard 1Gbps home network which is what 99% of all people have.
Bought the last gen pro 3 pack and had zero issues for almost two years. Then the main router started rebooting daily shortly after a firmware update they pushed out. Support said they saw nothing wrong and "devices don't randomly reboot on their own, it's probably your ISP". Pushed back and they gave me some canned troubleshooting tips that were already on their site. The reboots just happened to stop after they pushed another new firmware out weeks later.
There are also major privacy concerns with these, now more than ever. The newer devices require an Amazon account to set them up. Before that, it was phone number. Either way, all the management, connected devices, and traffic goes through Eero's (Amazon's) servers. Nothing is local on the router.
The simplicity is nice, but it's not worth the drawbacks above. Most name brand mesh router systems are just set it and forgot now anyway.
My internet is 200 down / 10 up, so is something like this overkill? I was looking at Google Wifi for something simple. I wouldn't do any customization of settings really.
chiming in: if bandwidth monitoring is important to you, it *does* have day by day logging of bandwidth per device. however, the free tier only lets you look at the current week. this means (and this is my BIG GRIPE) if it's currently a Sunday, you cannot look at yesterday's bandwidth logs because that week ended. however, if it's a Saturday, you can look at the entire week.
you essentially have access to all 6 days except for the 7th day unless you remember to check before it hits midnight on Sunday.
my other gripe was that you cannot schedule updates. they update on their own schedule OR you can immediately update. i've been in many multiplayer games and suddenly the router reboots. however, i believe they slowed down software updates so I haven't experienced this issue in the past several months (and possibly moved updates to a later hour for me).
i also have google wifi, but the Google Home app interface is terrible for wifi. And their Google wifi app (which has superior UI) is being sunsetted. but Google does keep bandwidth logs for the past 30 days for free.
I picked up a 3-pack of the eero pro wifi 6 model last week for $180, which I thought was a really good deal, but wondering if I should return and get the 2-pack of this for $300 and add on a third down the road if needed.
What benefits / features am I missing out on if i stick with the non pro?
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Netgear orbi does charges with Bitdefender. $60 per annum.
My internet is 200 down / 10 up, so is something like this overkill? I was looking at Google Wifi for something simple. I wouldn't do any customization of settings really.
If you like Google home simple UI based app, then you should good to go with them. Plain and simple with "ok. Google"
https://www.costco.com/tp-link-de...16151.html [costco.com]
If you dont need bleeding edge performance and interested in more coverage the 3 pack of the AX3600.
https://www.costco.com/tp-link-de...75280.html [costco.com]
I also like with Deco that you can add on any other deco product.
My internet is 200 down / 10 up, so is something like this overkill? I was looking at Google Wifi for something simple. I wouldn't do any customization of settings really.
Yes overkill, I usually dont recommend going down to wireless 5 mesh but with your speeds a TP-Link M9+ system for around $150-180 when on sale seems like it would last you awhile.
Unless you plan on getting some wifi 6 devices shortly than TP-Link X60 for $190 currently from newegg.
https://slickdeals.net/f/15358927-tp-link-wifi-6-mesh-wifi-ax3000-whole-home-mesh-wifi-system-deco-x60-covers-up-to-5000-sq-ft-replaces-wifi-routers-and-extenders-2-pack-190-w-free-shipping-189-99?v=1&src=Site
Its hard to recommend anything over $200 for you cause your ISP speeds are so low that you will never utilize the higher end systems.
I picked up a 3-pack of the eero pro wifi 6 model last week for $180, which I thought was a really good deal, but wondering if I should return and get the 2-pack of this for $300 and add on a third down the road if needed.
What benefits / features am I missing out on if i stick with the non pro?
Now the specifics, weaker range compared to other systems like the Orbi RBR750 as much as 25% shorter range which is pretty significant. The speed of the main router within 10 feet is about 100 Mbps slower and satellites around 150 Mbps slower so you can expect around 800 Mbps and 600 Mbps performance.Now compare that performance to the TP-LINK AX5700 which the routers can get up to 1.4Gbps performance and satellites well over 1Gbps so that's a huge step up over the Eero Pro. With those huge performance gaps why pay more for a system that is only half as good and yet more expensive. Not to mention the other systems usually have a 3rd unit for around the same price points, which enhances even more coverage.
I never said anything like they don't work, or they are constantly having issues in any of my statement, or anything to do with reliability. In short all I said is these are way overpriced for what they do when there are cheaper and better performing alternatives.
Yes having an older modem will bottleneck your system so having newer gear which is required for speeds of 1Gbps and up is always recommended.
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I never said anything like they don't work, or they are constantly having issues in any of my statement, or anything to do with reliability. In short all I said is these are way overpriced for what they do when there are cheaper and better performing alternatives.
Yes having an older modem will bottleneck your system so having newer gear which is required for speeds of 1Gbps and up is always recommended.