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Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router?

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On 13.01.2022 07:56, Juan R.D. Silva wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Shopping for a new ISP came across company that uses exclusively eero 
> 6 router. Anyone to share your experience/opinion about the thing?
>
> 2 concerns of mine are:
> - cloud based private network management
> - Amazon owned
>
> Thanks
>
I've never used this thing, but if I had to choose I would choose 
against it.
If ISP uses eero 6 router exclusively, doesn't mean it is good, it is 
probably because of a special deal with Amazon.
Just by skimming few reviews I can see, it's a "black box" without any 
information about hardware inside, so it must be dirt cheap to produce.
Other concerns, it comes with Amazon spyware (content proxy) 
pre-installed, which raises privacy concerns.
It is impossible to control without a smartphone and special app, which 
leads to security concerns.
A few owners has reported about connectivity issues, that means a 
firmware is not stable enough.
There is no telling about for how long it will be supported by Amazon.
The only positive thing I can think of about this overpriced toy is an 
Amazon eco-system integration and Alexa interaction support. That is if 
someone needs something like that in their home.

If I was in the market for the router for myself, I'd always choose one 
from MikroTik¹.
They all have no-nonsence hardware and software design, no 
smartphone\app requirement, no eco-system requirement (like 'Ubiquiti' 
devices), it is highly customizable, has every feature you can think of, 
it could be controlled via many ways, secured and monitored and will be 
supported by manufacturer for years via firmware updates.
The only downside I can think of is somewhat advanced configuration 
could be difficult for somebody, but with help from official forum and 
wiki² quite manageable and as a bonus I'll learn a lot about networking, 
routing.


¹ https://mikrotik.com/products
² https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Main_Page

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With kindest regards, Alexander.

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OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2022-01-13 04:00 +0100
  Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2022-01-13 08:30 +0100
    Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2022-01-14 03:30 +0100
      Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2022-01-14 07:10 +0100
    Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2022-01-14 15:10 +0100
      Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-01-14 16:40 +0100
      Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2022-01-14 21:00 +0100
        Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-01-14 21:50 +0100
  Re: OT: anybody uses eero 6 WiFi router? Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2022-01-15 17:40 +0100

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