eero - eero Pro 6E

White it would take time and someone's cooperation, swapping out someone else's EERO equipment might be at least a fun test. Like I say I'm no pro on the technology but I have personally sequentially upgraded EERO generations thrice no with nothing but outstanding results compared to my 'traditional' WiFi networks and have had personal knowledge of 3 other parties who became EERO fans real quick in our traditional American Homes - designed just a tad too spread out for effective non EERO WiFi. Based on what's represented it definitely seems more like a hardware failure/setup failure settings type issue. Once again, this is just because of my experience with EERO having cured all my WiFi woes. I'm no expert, I'm just a real happy customer. Happy enough that I upgraded twice more or less because I was so happy.

Re-iterating what others have stated. They work great when you hardware each unit. I am not a fan of wireless backhaul. In theory it should work, but in reality I find them lacking. I have recently done a Deco install and an Eero install, hardwiring all units for both. It is sometimes cheaper to do it this way than buying APs to wire in. Just remember to have the "Main" mesh unit first in the chain. I usually go Internet Modem -> First Mesh Unit -> switch -> satellites.

I pay for 300 down 22 up and I get every bit of it all around my house. In between devices I'm getting much more which in my opinion is much more important.

Eero 6e with 3 nodes.

If you want a DIY-friendly mesh that "just works" with Sonos most of the time, I'd look at eero Pro (tri-band) specifically-not the cheaper dual-band kits. Why eero Pro (tri-band) vs basic mesh: Tri-band systems have an extra radio, which helps reduce the "everyone fighting for airtime" problem you get with busy dual-band mesh setups. In real homes, that tends to mean fewer dropouts, smoother grouping, and better stability-especially when you're moving around the house. Two practical paths depending on what you actually need: Whole-home Wi-Fi upgrade needed → eero Pro mesh Place 1 Pro as the main router and add Pro nodes where coverage drops off. If you can, use wired backhaul to any node (even one) for maximum stability. Wi-Fi is mostly fine, but Sonos is the only thing acting up → consider SonosNet If you have at least one Sonos device you can wire to the network, you can enable SonosNet (Sonos' own mesh). It's older and slowly being phased out for newer products/architectures, but in many installs it's still a very reliable way to stabilize Sonos if your Wi-Fi environment is noisy or coverage is uneven. Quick question so recommendations are precise: Are you trying to fix whole-house Wi-Fi coverage, or is it mainly Sonos stability that's the issue?

Not everyone is a fan of Eero, but I am. Simple to setup. Then forget about. Works well with Apple devices and even cheap Matter over WiFi devices like Meross. I'm happy with my setup and have been for years.

I had a single original Google WiFi puck in a 2 bedroom apartment and loved it. When I bought a house in 2020 i upgraded to the Nest WiFi, basically what you have in the screenshot there. I was able to use my Google WiFi puck as a mesh AP and I had 3 pucks in the whole house. I did NOT use wired backhaul setup as it was not feasible and the throughput was absolutely awful. For context, I have gigabit from my ISP. With Nest WiFi I'd hardly ever get more than 100mbps on a single device regardless of how close I was to the puck. I replaced the whole system with a single Eero 6E and made no changes to my ISP/modem etc and now get 800mbps downloads on a 5ghz or 6ghz device with no loss of coverage in my home. In conclusion, switch to Eero or anything but Google. Google gave up on this product.

Get eero or Tplink, you'll be fine. I went through 2 Google mesh systems and now leave them alone. BTW you don't need the wifi 7 or even 6E. Save some money unless you have Gigabit internet, then go crazy.

I would recommend eero.

Eero does 500mbps over WiFi, it's hands down one of the best and easiest to manage. After 6 years of using it for all my security cameras and IoT it's basically pointless to run CAT cable throughout a house in today's world. Most people don't need Gig network running throughout a house, it's irrelevant Anyone saying don't do mesh is honestly an idiot. Most probably live in an apartment or small house or just have know clue what you need vs what you want. I have 3 wireless cameras on my deck, 2 on my garage, one on my door, 2 inside my home. Including the other random 70 devices throughout my basement (movie room), office (2nd floor) in a 3500sqft home and have literally zero issues, from stream live security streams, streaming movies, gaming doesn't matter Zero reason to not have a mesh setup in 95% of setups... plan and simple Especially when you can do outdoor mesh setups with companies like Ubiquity but unless you need outdoor internet to throw it to a barn or something... most get the job done just fine, like eero

Spectrum customer here. I use the modem they supply and an eero mesh WiFi system. Very happy family with good and reliable WiFi throughout the house.

If it's a 1BR apartment, it wouldn't be any better. But you said house - if it's a 2-story 4BR with a basement rec room, and you want to use it in the back yard, then you're gonna want more than 1 access point, Eero or otherwise. And in general, if you can reasonably wire the backhaul, do it. It's generally faster and more consistent and less prone to interference from other electronics than a wireless connection. You said you can't really do that now, but know that with multiple Eeros, they don't all have to be wired. If you have 3 Eeros, you can wire two of them together even if you can't wire in the third one yet\*. They will communicate via the fastest and most consistent connection they have with each other, be it wired or wireless. \* This is exactly my current setup. Cable modem and an Eero in the central part of the main house. In the apartment (next door, not a different floor), another one with a wired connection through the shared basement. Third one is out in the backyard she-shed, connected wirelessly. This setup provides a strong wifi connection throughout the whole house and back yard. Which isn't very large - about a half acre.

I'd forget about the Telstra part completely. You can plug the NTD directly into an Eero and then either use the other available ports to connect to the ports in the garage, or throw in a Netgear port switch between the Eero and the garage connection ports. Wire the rest as per your thoughts. You don't need a modem with NBN NTD.

Eero will never let you down. As long as you have wired backhaul between the access points.

Hmmm, there maybe something in the way blocking your signal like a hot water heater. Anyways... I like the Eero's. The larger models come with meshed nodes that have ethernet ports to wire into your office devices. They also use a concept called "out of band" backhaul. Meaning, node-to-node traffic doesn't share the same frequencies as your normal LAN traffic. Look for this in any mashed network solution you deploy. And ultimately, Eero is easier to setup and maintain. Set and forget. If you want to play with and tweak your WiFi settings, look at a UniFi solution.

Eero is very greedy on trying to maximize its own performance at the expense of everything else. It works ok if there aren't any other APs (ie neighbors) nearby, but it sucks ass if you live in dense housing.

We have a basic ASUS router with eero mesh, but in-office WiFi is still better. That's one of the actual upsides of 3-4 day RTO.

Essentially the same here but added on to increase sampling size : )

I have an iPhone, Apple TVs, iPad and two MacBooks on Eero and they are getting fantastic speeds