Required “not today,” but a month or so ago I’d had enough of eero’s nonsense. They used to be a great mesh system with fantastic support, but kind of took the proverbial long walk off a short pier when Amazon bought them. They were laggy, hard to attach new devices to, and began randomly dumping the whole network.
After much research and hand wrangling, I went with the Linksys Velop 6E system -
Linksys Velop Pro WiFi 6E Mesh… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6N3TM8T?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Pros- easy setup, look nice, ok app. Full stop.
Cons- entire network randomly fails at least thrice a day without reason BUT will still appear to be connected, which was tons of fun.
After several days of my wife and daughters yelling that they couldn’t get online, which begets the question as to why tf I’ve been christened the local IT guy (the pay here sucks and the hours are unpredictable), I returned them and splurged.
That’s right, folks, I bought the Asus ET12.
ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 AXE11000… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QRLZMMH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Strong enough to power your entire block with looks and size to match. They’ll irradiate your neighbors for a 5 square mile radius with WiFi, cancer, AND blindness from the fuckboi lights they put out. Strong WiFi and EDM lighting? Why pick one when you can have both?
Pros - the best WiFi I’ve ever gotten. But no joke, you won’t be able to connect to CarPlay till you’re two blocks away from your house cause the signal is that strong. App is also fantastic, with way more settings than I should be allowed to touch even as the house IT guy. Luckily there’s a factory reset button.
Cons- I’m not kidding when I say they’re the size of a Mercedes and just as expensive. They’re a tiny bit smaller than an Xbox X but not by much. The lights are more obnoxious than the latest songs my kids are listening to, but thankfully can be turned off without protest, unlike the songs. Only issue here is that the color of the lighting shows the status, so I did leave the den one on. Jokes on you when you sleep over, Nana.
eta: should probably crosspost this to hardware but no clue how on my iPhone. Insert tech support joke here.