
Static Routes
It would be very beneficial to be able to add static routes on the Eero gateway. I have multiple VLAN's for different types of users/workloads which has the SVI on the VLAN. Default route on the VLAN points to the Eero, that's where the trouble starts. Since Eero doesn't have VLAN support it can't route back. Adding static routes on the Eero gateway would fix this issue.
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This is a major shortcoming. I also have an existing setup, fairly elaborate inter-vlan routing to mock up customer L3 before I ship gear, and I need internet from those networks to pull licensing and firmware. I cannot believe for the life of me at this point in time a feature like this was overlooked. My ancient Netgear from like 2002 could do this. This seems like something Apple would have done to make my Moms head not spin. $400 later it cant do a simple static route... and it runs Linux under the hood! Sad...
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I really hope they add this as well. The Starlink router's wifi can't be turned off at present, so the only way to have one wifi network and avoid confusion is to plug the dish straight into Eero and not be able to control it. Alternatively, one can use another router in-between to add a static route. This isn't ideal. At least they finally added bandwidth monitoring 3 years later.
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This should be prioritized by the eero development team. If a cheap $50 router can have the ability to setup static routes through a gui, so can the Eero team.
Static routes allow more technical customers the ability to setup labs and route traffic from the internet or have multiple different labs pass through the eero network. Allows all IoT devices to access everything in the home network.
There should also be the ability to manage the eero network from a web portal from inside the network by accessing the gateway eero's IP. Maybe even a CLI option.
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Also upvoted.
Anyone with a Starlink and Eero (increasing numbers, surely..) will be asking for this so that the Starlink app can communicate without the Starlink router being in the way (it can't act in a Bridge mode yet).
Lots of discussion of this on the subreddits for r/eero and r/starlink from confused users.
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I concur that not having static routes it's a definite shortcoming. For example, right now I'm working with eero to address an issue with my printer keeps showing offline in eero, when in fact it is alive and well to me. They've had me change the printer to the Wi-Fi "guest" Network ( as part of a diagnostic activity). Once the printer is on the guest Network you cannot print to it as there is no route in Euro to the guest subnet. If we have static routes we could create a route to where the printer is. And of course there are many other reasons why you need this but this is just one.
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STATIC ROUTES ARE AN ABSOLUTE MUST HAVE!!
FWIW... Routing is the basis for ALL network equipment so the device is technically capable of offering this in its current firmware. So, why is eero so reluctant to add a UI option for this to allow us (more tech savvy peeps) to be able to add some?To compare: TPLink & Netgear, 2 very common 'household vendors' offer this in their UI, even though 90% of the audience doesn't use it, as they don't know what it's for... but it's there!
So come one eero... expose the capabilities of this product more by creating a UI for it, or else you will lose so many customers by limiting the capabilities that are ALREADY POSSIBLE by the device. Seems like a very silly choice to have made.
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Just want to chime in that I was looking for this feature in the UI today and am surprised a device that claims to be a router doesn't support this. Have avoided paying for a subscription but would even pay for one as I'm currently blocked on supporting multiple custom subnets because of this feature missing.
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The eero user community is begging for static routes. I've been asking for 3 years. Now that Amazon owns eero, it would be great if they would invest some of their resources into this feature request. This is not a big ask. It's a basic feature of most routers. How can we get this prioritized? Do we need to point out that eero's competitors can do static routes?
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My use case - I have a Ring Alarm Pro which has Eero built in. I can't use it as the primary router in my house because I have another building on my property with a separate subnet/router and that requires a static route. So I'm stuck with the Ring Alarm Pro sitting in bridge mode behind another router, which causes me to lose many useful features (e.g. backup internet for the alarm system). Please add the ability to configure static routes! This is a basic feature.
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I am not sure why the devs have not yet considered this as there are 8 different requests for implementing static/dynamic routes... The implementation of static routes will help a lot people having home labs and use our Eero as the primary router and also for people who need access to their modems (satellite, cable, etc.) to view the status and administer it for troubleshooting purposes.
Below are links for the same request.Dynamic or Static Routing - Feature Requests - eero Community
Static routing rules - Feature Requests - eero CommunitySet up a Static Route using a different subnet mask - Feature Requests - eero Community
Ability to add static routes - Feature Requests - eero Community
Add the ability to add static routes - Feature Requests - eero Community
Static routes - Feature Requests - eero Community
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every step of the way, EEROs inadequacies seem to get me. I want to isolate my IoT and IP camera traffic from the rest of my LAN. EERO doesn't offer VLANs - OK I will try another approach. I get another router and plug into the EERO, set up a subnet on the new router. I have now have another LAN that I can dedicate to those devices and I can set up rules on the non-EERO router to limit traffic out to the internet. The cheap $30 router I got for the job does all I need, and can route traffic to the main EERO LAN. If I want to pass traffic to something on my subnet, I can't add a static route on my EERO. Now I have to add a bunch of port forwarding rules to the EERO router to get to my subnet. The EEROs were provided with by my ISP. I am at the point of putting them up on EBay and getting another solution that can do more than basic mesh wifi.