Marc You seem like a whiney bitch, it takes 3 mins to download the emulator 2 mins to install and a minute to download the eero app,  it DOESNT hog resources nor is it complex. Unless you are just "slow". So unless you have a better Idea other than crying to developers to create an app. feel free to uninstall life, thanks.

omnicoreinc Bluestacks is no longer supported on mac.  I couldn't get it to working on my 10.12.6 mac.  re:Desktop -- It's 2017 -- a web-based app would be more appropriate.. but can be run on a cross platform desktop.

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dougknight Then dont buy eero and go to another product.  -the end

omnicoreinc Well, I did buy eero. My primary use case is about a mesh network that works. With the exception of occasional funky behavior on a couple of laptops when they jump between devices, it's fulfilling that. If they don't want to hear feedback on this topic though, they can remove it from the community. 

omnicoreinc I am not sure why your opinions are so extremely against this feature. Your suggestions for installing an emulator on an *nix machine for getting access to a feature is available on most (if not all) modern commercial router appears to be a little over the top.

Companies need to constantly add features and improve. Eero understands that. And while I went that route after much research, despite them being the most expensive solution, it does not mean the next time I 'upgrade' my network it will be an Eero product.

Requesting a browser based WebUI for router management is not exactly ground-breaking. I have used Netgear, Linksys, D-link, and other routers all of which have this feature standard. While I love the Phone App that Eero offers, the WebUI is a 'must-have' for most network savvy people. It is a lot easier to configure the devices and network on a browser if you are in a house which has multiple devices.

fistfullofbeer adding a webUI also adds a cyber security threat factor, It  will add additional calls to the service desk due to incorrect configuration by USERS costing money to staff those call centers and return emails, itll cost the company more money to develop the UI and pen test it. Just so you can fiddle around with settings in the hopes you can make it "more better".  EERO is great BECAUSE there are no channel selections to make no radio settings to deal with, no settings or tweaks needed, it just works. If thats a absolute need for the user they can pick another product in the same market. Everything isnt an OMNITOOL

omnicoreinc I would argue that accessing an interface from a WebUI INSIDE an internal network is a lot safer than accessing it from a Phone App that lets you connect to it from anywhere on the internet.

Just to clarify, I never allow my routers to allow connections to the Management WebUI from outside of the LAN. I would expect the Eero to run a simple WebUI software on the router/device itself that establishes a SSL connection to the Eero servers following authentication. They can allow MFA as well if they wanted to make it even more secure.

Honestly, all these features are not too complicated to implement and do not negatively affect the security provided by Eero. I am a fan of Eero and the lack of a Web Interface is more of an annoyance to me than anything else. But as some one who is fairly technical I definitely see the value and convenience that a WebUI would provide.

omnicoreinc This isn't a request for more advanced features, just a request to be able to access the existing features, like port forwarding and checking the status of the router, from a desktop browser. Believe it or not, port forwarding is a very common thing for even basic users because many devices don't support uPNP or it just doesn't work. Typing in IP addresses and copy/paste can be much easier on a desktop.