AgentEccks nothing is done easily by an app you cant launch. i returned everything, no web backend and the need for multiple boxes was a complete deal breaker. if they had supplied me with a proper router instead of this eero rubbish i would have stayed, because the actual connection was really good for the price.

Chuck767 What is the IP of the tplink cp120? Check the local LAN interface on the Eero for the MAC address of the tplink and use that as the GUI. Or you can whitelist the website. I would give the tplink and your other router a static IP and set it outside the DHCP range of the Eero so you can easily log into it with the same IP every time. Having a 2nd DHCP serving router under your Eero is not recommended unless you change the DHCP range so they do not overlap. 

pishta thank you for the reply. I cannot easily  get the Mac address of the CP210 devices, since they are up on a tower. 
 

if I was to determine the Mac addresses, how could I use that as my GUI? 
 

also, how do I “whitelist” a website ?

Thank you,

Chuck

Chuck767 

pishta, and could you tell me how I can use the MAC address for my GUI?

Thanks,

Chuck

Chuck767 you use the MAC address as an identifier (they usually dont broadcast their name) to determine what IP address it is using then use that IP address, sorry for the confusion. You cant get to a device GUI on MAC alone. 

nebraxus oh, totally agree, this EERO router is a disaster. 
 

The phone app will not allow me to get into devices I have on my network 

With my previous TP Link router I could use the web interface to make any changes on any of the devices on my net work. Now I’m dead in the water. I’m ready to get rid of this piece of crap and go back to my TP link router.  

GaryG  I take that back. My comment does not apply here to EERO or Portal routers. These are only iOS or Android based web control. e.g.  by the app on your phone.

GaryG that’s the problem with these EERO routers. The phone apps don’t allow you to do anything like you could do in the past using a web browser.   I cannot get into a lot of the items I have on my net work with the phone apps.  The items I can get into with the phone apps won’t let you do much like in the past with a web browser. 

Amaznsuck As an ISP employee, Ill try and assist. These are not the "end all be all" routers that everyone needs. These are simple (think smart phone user simple) routers that do what 95% of what people need them to do. They work seamlessly with quite a few new devices (ring cams, echos, etc) that are VERY common nowadays and you literally set them and forget them. If they fail, you can use your phone app to see what has failed, usually. Now for the other 5% that demand a full function router with custom port forwarding, DNS, wireless access times and guest accounts, they are on Amazon...go buy one. We get hundreds of no wifi trouble tickets a month and if we can cut these in half, these products pay for themselves on our end. Most of the wifi tickets we roll on are simply forgotten CUSTOM wifi passwords or names that a hard reset back to factory sticker name and credentials fixes that the customer refuses to do on the initial call (believe me, they tell them to do a hard reset as the second thing, a power cycle being the first) then quite a few of those are people who have done a hard reset now cant find their old wifi named networks! A vast majority of people who use these products don't have a clue how this stuff works and a full featured router with 20 different VLANS port triggers, guest accounts, admin and Linksys registration and PHONE APP (!) would make things a whole lot worse to customers who have little knowledge of these and have FULL ACCESS to these 'interesting' settings. Want a cheap router, buy a Netgear. Plug it into the ethernet port of the cable or fiber ONT and dig in, just don't expect your ISP to do ANY troubleshooting on CPE (customer owned equipment) as they don't have the data sheets on 23 different consumer grade routers and WAP's that are on the market, and typically the person who bought the CPE knows more about their product anyway. I'm not defending these EEROs. I'm just pointing out that you can buy and use your own router, the chap that ditched his entire fiber order because he didn't like the supplied EERO router probably took a step back onto a DOCSIS cable service that has 30% of the bandwidth AND a locked down router if he has VOIP. Have fun.