Setting Up Eero At The Lake

Because of remoteness, I rely on satellite internet service at my cottage. The best place to install the dish was on a deck at the rear of the garage. I setup the modem and wireless in the garage's attic. However, the signal to the cottage was weak, even with an extender. Streaming music required much buffering, which frustrated me. Them I heard of "eero," the world’s first home WiFi system, powered by TrueMesh™. A set of three eero units cover the typical home. However, I had to span a small yard between the garage and cottage. Additionally, the modem was in the attic of the barn-size garage. So I opted to use five erro units delivering five 802.11n access points. I connected the initial eero unit to the satellite modem. I placed the second unit in the garage directly below the one attached to the modem, separated by a floor, the home of the third was cottage's entryway, the fourth in the loft, and the fifth in the sunroom. I blanketed the entire indoor and outdoor living space with a strong WIFI signal. It took me around 60 minutes to set up the eero system, which was less time and effort I expended setting, testing up my old system, and creating a second network, as I did with my extender. And I didn't have to worry about correctly setting up my access points to create a mesh network. I just clicked Next in the eero app on my iPhone, and I got one network with a single SSID, and all the configuration was done by the cloud-based software, behind the scenes. With my old network setup, the WIFI signal didn't quite reach certain areas, but with eero, my to hunt for signal vanished. For example, the unit in the entryway provides a dedicated signal for my Ring-Doorbell and facilitate monitoring front yard. I'm no longer frustrated streaming Pandora through by SONOS speakers.