Myckel We don't have a problem with XBOX 1 , how old is yours?

epheterson Actually it seems to be due to WPA3, I was able to reproduce it with only that toggle on after some more testing.

epheterson just means it’s not a wpa3 capable device so can’t authenticate if wpa3 is enabled.

hawkbdh WPA 3 is not supported on that printer. 

Sdworman TY agree, maybe my question is if WPA3 is enabled can non WPA3 devices co exist? Or is it an all or nothing situation? Appreciate the dialogue and feedback. 

Sdworman TY makes sense now, Much Appreciated!

Jayrowe1 Since 2018, WPA3 began showing up in devices and became a mandatory encryption protocol on July 1, 2020.

If all your devices have been manufactured within the past few years, they may have a WPA3 chip within them. In this case, having the ability to limit connections to WPA3 is great. But on networks with WPA2 devices (since 2004), eero does a good job of using the best protocol for each device.

Keep in mind that WPA3/WPA2 is all about encryption, not so much about speed (though newer protocols decrypt faster, you won't see the difference). This protects your network from hacking. eero software also offers a security software plugin to thwart attacks.

Clinically Speaking question...so with erro, when WPA3 is enabled its an all or nothing scenario, thus when WPA3 is enabled WPA2 devices are not operational. Any word of mixed mode WPA2/WPA3? I see other vendors have that offering. TY

Clinically Speaking 

Thanks, I do understand the difference in encryption levels, and I want to run WPA3 on my network for those security reasons. I also have eero security+ already. My point in posting to the eero labs forum is to recommend that there is more tolerance developed into the feature to allow devices only capable of WPA2 on the network. As a feature in the eero labs development, I presume feedback is appreciated. In order to make this feature usable, there should be a way for devices of both encryption levels to negotiate their entry to the network. One should not sacrifice the security of their entire network for one device incapable of using WPA3.  The write up of the feature indicates an attempt to make devices capable of WPA2 use that encryption even when turned on, but that some may not be backwards compatible. Instead, perhaps negotiation can be done with WPA2 and then if a device is capable of WPA3, use that encryption to secure to constant data transmissions between the device and the network. 

hawkbdh This is the default behavior for eero software. There is a beta option to force WPA3 that some are using (without WPA3 devices). Click on a listed device in the eero Home tab. Details about the device will indicate the encryption method.

tonych I really want to be able to "suggest" which eeros that devices connect to if available.  
During a reboot, devices get assigned erros that are to far away and get bad connection and speed.

tonych ring tends to prefer 2.4 since it's an external device it would travel further to connect.  Unless you have a eero nearby.  LG Os (TV) also prefers 2.4 even though it supports 5.0.  

Band steering is not perfect.  Wish we could isolate devices by Mac and eero and turn off 2.4.  2.4 is too "noisy" causes a lot of interference.

Sdworman I have distributed four eero around my house, near clusters of devices that happen to match up.  My Samsung TV, which connects on 5G, most of the time connects to a eero  which is like 4 ft away, but after a firmware update the eeros don't all come on line at the same time, and typically the one furthest away grabs my Samsung TV connection.   Of course some of these updates happen and you don't realize it.  So typically I will get crappy streaming then have to reboot the connected eero so that the Samsung jumps on the one a few feet away.

KirkNason you can decide when the firmware updates occurs kind of.  I actually have an update waiting now,, but will happen overnight.

However, devices will pick a eero based on best path and signal to get out to the internet.  It may find a eerob with less traffic or connected devices, but connect on 2.4.  This connection can cause crappy streaming.

I would recommend downloading a wifi analyzer app to see where your signal may be dropping.

Or you can take a laptop and just go to an area disconnect wifi and see how many bars you get to connect.

Keep in mind you can connect 2 eeros together to boost the signal such as in the TV area.

JimmieJohn Ultimately, what AP and band the X-Box connects to is completely and only up to the X-Box.   The eero can "encourage" it too trigger a reconnect, but ultimately the client (X-box) makes the decision.