
Device Usage Statistics

Hey guys a nice update on specific device bandwidth usage and thanks to the team for bringing us a step closer towards QoS with the 1.5.1 app update. This will definitely be useful and from a new feature request would love to see either via the app or a web portal the ability to cap total usage or bandwidth. My idea would be to either completely stop the device or once threashold is hit then downgrade service.
Additionally have the ability for notifications either via push back through the app or email alerts with reporting. What do you think? Anyone else interested in something like this?
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Hi rockinray —
Thanks for reaching out and sorry to hear your devices are showing as idle. We should definitely take a look.
If you haven't yet, feel free to give us a call at 1-877-659-2347 or email us at support@eero.com. We'll be happy to take a look.
Also, note that this feature only measures bandwidth over WAN. For example, if you have media content on a local network device, these numbers won't be reported in the app.
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jkingsle diwan --
If you haven't yet, please contact support. We'd be happy to take a look into what is going on.
You can open a ticket by sending an email to support@eero.com .
Thanks!
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Sorry for any confusion, diwan .
That actually isn't the case -- data usage isn't considered to be under reported. We are of course looking into reported issues.
I think what they meant to say is that it's potentially not showing any usage because the cams are using lower bandwidth numbers so they are considered as idle.
Our team will continue to look into what you have reported. Are your other devices showing activity when in use?
I should clarify that even when a device is online and connected, it may not be actively using bandwidth. Also, some services, such as content streaming, may appear idle at times as content isn't being downloaded the entire time. Instead, these come in waves, and you will see the usage numbers fluctuate as content is downloaded.
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Jeff
Thanks for the response.
I've opened the eero app on my phone and watched the bandwidth usage of one of my my nest cam while I was actively waving my hand in front of it. The eero app showed it as idle.
On observing the bandwidth on the app while doing a speed test on my computer, it seems that the data that the app shows is an average over a very short recent window. It would be good if one could see some history which would actually help in debugging network issues. Ideally I'd like to see a bandwidth usage graph over the last hour (at least).
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I'll relay that back to the team as they look into the reported issue.
Also, thanks for the suggestion! You may be interested in following this feature request:
https://community.eero.com/t/63mb6k/bandwidth-tools-usage-limiting-usage-report
Best,
Jeff