Devices not connecting to closest eero
A quick background on my setup:
- I am running the latest version (1.4) of the iOS app
- I am running the latest firmware (2.1.0) on my three eeros.
- My first eero is connected as follows: modem -> eero --> switch
- My other two eeros are hardwired via ethernet back into the switch.
Upon updating the iOS app, I started checking to see which devices are connected to which eeros. I was surprised at what I found.
- Most of my devices are connected to the primary eero.
- An iPad in an upstairs bedroom is connected (with a weak signal) to the primary eero which is downstairs in my den even though there is an eero in the same bedroom as the iPad. (The iPad stays in that bedroom, it never wanders around the house).
- My Rachio sprinkler controller is also connected to the den eero even though there is an eero much closer to the garage.
These are not the results I expected. I thought I placed the eeros to give me strong coverage throughout the house but the devices don't seem to want to connect to the closest available eero. I also thought since I wired them via ethernet that this would give me the strongest possible mesh network possible.
Did I do something wrong in my setup? Any suggestions on how to correct this?
Thanks,
Mike
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Same issue, frustrating. I have a 4500sqft house with 3 Base units and 2 Beacons. One Base covers the basement, and two on the main floor (either side of the house). The Beacons cover the upstairs and are at either end of the house also.
I have a Printer that is 5ft from a base unit, but it connects to the furthest Beacon, I have devices in the basement that connect to the Upstairs Beacon and if I force them off, they will reconnect over time.
My laptops (IBM, HP, Dell) refuse to hop .... If I carry one to the basement, the upstairs signal is very weak, but they stay connected.
When I had 4 Asus routers scattered around the house, all the devices would hop in a heartbeat to the closest one.
I dropped a lot of coin going to eero in order to have a seamless mesh...
I have Three main issues:
1. Roaming sucks
2. Cannot specify 2.4 or 5 for a SSID (Home Automation devices are a PITA to setup)
3. On reboot, my Beacons come up first, so everything connects to it... related to #1, the Fix is to them reboot the Beacon causing them to drop and reconnect to another AP.
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My situation is even worse... I'm standing right next to my bed room device, using my iPhone I do "Forget Network", then re-connect, and it still connects to the master device in the living room, much farther away from the one I'm right next to... ?? Is this an expected behavior?? If that's the case I'm returning the box to Amazon tomorrow. All my devices are just connecting to that one master device regardless...
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I’m having the same issue here, where my firetv stick will connect to the hallway eero beacon instead of the one that’s in the bedroom with the firetv stick. It’s been over 3yrs now and that issue has not been fix yet. We should be able to choose which beacon to connect. If I want to to connect to my living room beacon I should be able to do that or my bedroom beacon and so on.
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Hi folks.
If I'm connected to the closer eero and move to another room with the device still on, it never-never changes to the closest eero. Videoconferencing while you move is a nightmare. I have to turn off wifi and turn it back on. Every member of my family (6) faces this issue. So, I'm talking about 11 devices (smartphones, tablets, Nintendo Switch, Smart TVs). I have the latest software on my eero: 13.18.1
For years the eero team says the same thing:
"if you’re seeing weaker connections when there is a closer eero, you can toggle wifi off and back on for the device to connect to a closer eero. It should automatically connect to the best eero.
(Wow! That's very convenient)
Again, at the end of the day, these decisions are ultimately made by the device."
I think all my devices make bad decisions all the time.
Funny... when I use the Google mesh system (at my neighbour's house - same apartment layout), my devices start making good decisions.
Thanks.
Happy quarantine.
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Eero - It’s time to fix this. You’ve got a lot of people ready to return products. When looking at the better stability of Google’s alternative (for example) I can see that I would sacrifice speed for a better experience. Frankly, the speed with the alternative is still way more than acceptable ...more bandwidth than my home of 15 devices could ever use. So, good job on speed and awful job on experience. Are y’all actually planning a fix for this? If so, release date? If not, I like many others, will be returning. Wifi should be seemless.
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txgunlover - your making me laugh. The entire purpose of the Eero is to seamlessly mesh to provide uninterrupted wifi service. I presume if I bought a car from you that didn't run, you would suggest moving all my desired destinations closer to me, so I wouldn't need a car. :-) Or you suggest I contact the grocery store to move closer to my car.
Eero - you need to fix this. This is the core of your product and it is not working! I actively tell people not to buy Eero because of this issue.
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My entire family hates "the new wifi". I am continually playing tech support for something that was supposed to make things easier. Anyone want to buy a gently used 3-piece eero?
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I was under the impression the way mesh networks work is, even if you're connected to the main node still, the node closest to you still forwards the signal that did "drop" to that main node that's why it is self healing.
I only have two mesh myself-- one is up near the ceiling while the other is down near the floor in the other room. Both together make a _centered_ signal in the house
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txgunlover - why the question about it being Apple devices? I'm curious, as we've been having issues with our MacBook Pros and iPhones hanging on to the signal from the gen1 eero it was originally connected to when we move into the other rooms closer to another eero. Any info on what might be going on?
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Interesting that this has been an ongoing issue for 3 years now.
While it would be more elegant if the Eeros were smart enough to select the best access point for each device, it would already help if you allowed us to assign devices to Eeros. E.g. a TV isn't going to move. Let me define which Eero it should be connected to by default. I have a laptop in the basement that doesn't really move much (particularly lately thanks to COVID). It always connects to the first floor although I have an Eero very close by.
The difference is quite remarkable. This is when I'm connected to the first floor:
This is when I'm connected to the basement Eero:
The speeds are good in both cases but the difference is noticeable.
If the Eero software isn't smart enough, give us the tools to fix the problem manually and assign priorities to each Eero for each device.
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I have a large house with Xfinity coming in to it. I have 6 eeros currently on the netwrok.
EVERY DEVICE CONNECTS TO THE EERO IN MY DAUGHTER'S BEDROOM!!!
All the other Eeros are on, have signal but do not show any devices as connected. Even this computer which is 3 feet from the Xfinity modem and four feet from the Eero (which is wired to the Xfinity modem) is attached to the Eero in my daughter's bedroom forty feet away.
Reading the thread above it seems like this was being identified as a big issue more than two years ago!!
Has anything changed?
I've spent around $600 on eero's and, if I go off of the thread above, eero is suggesting that I contact the makers of my devices to address this?
Has anyone solved this problem.
It categorically is not eero working as advertised.
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Just my 2 pennies worth
I think devices do switch to other retro’s the app just doesn’t show it
ive seem my device switching easily between eero whilst monitoring which Eero I’m connecting to.
also speed tests endorse this ... anyone else found this ?
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Ignore me firmware update just updated all devices now all good
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I know this topic is 3 years old but I’m running eero 3.19.0 and this has been a huge problem in my house. If I bring my laptop all the way across the house which is a rectangle shape, with an eero at each end and one in the middle, the laptop does not switch to the closer eero. It is stuck on the one farthest away.
i have checked the software is updated (4/20/20)
i have tried restarting all the eeros.
I have tried restarting WiFi on my laptop (initially it connects to the nearby eero - but minutes later, it goes right back to the farthest eero and its internet connection dies again)
I also noticed the device can be mapped to a type in eero software and that it was set to Desktop, so I switched it to laptop thinking maybe that would loosen its association to a specific eero and that didn’t resolve this.
that this issue is ongoing 3 years now really does not give me confidence it will ever get fixed
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