Jeff C. perhaps eero doesn’t require a reboot, but other systems running on our network seem to need it. We have a heavily automated home, and about once or twice a month things start to bog down. Automation stops firing in response to triggering events, devices start becoming unresponsive, and if I forget to restart eero in time, my wife starts complaining. Being able to schedule a regular maintenance restart will help keep my marriage running smoothly.

Jeff C. I agree that while a reboot -shouldn't- be necessary, I've now had to reboot my Eero network two different days in a row.  My network (3x Eero Pro routers) stopped reliably connecting to web sites and nothing fixed it until I reset the network via the Eero app.  So while I agree one shouldn't need this feature, reality is telling me a different story.

It sure would be nice to set a scheduled time and let the network automatically reset itself.

Related to this, there are times I've come to realize that the Eero interface is simply -too- simplified.  It strips away some basic troubleshooting and maintenance functions that other network manufacturers provide.  I assume it is because Eero wants to keep the experience "simple".  In my case, it makes it frustrating since I don't have the tools I need to debug weirdness in my routers.  If it always 100% worked, I'd agree.  Unfortunately, as with most things, it does not.

Jeff C. Sorry to break it to you but my eero system did NOT reboot with the last update.  You have had other update since Sept. 27, 2020.  This caused me a lot of problems with my home office and with a scheduled reboot option I would have caught this issue.  Think over this update a bit more.

Jeff C. unfortunately, the red light on the eero shows up very periodically and it's only a reboot of the eero that helps fix it. It's eero issue, not outside/incoming internet issue AFAIK

Dr. Rice Eero's reboot themselves as needed.

txgunlover Ummmm...  Where did you hear that?  That has not been my experience in my 14 months using three Eero Pro routers.  If they knew how to reboot themselves when needed, I wouldn't need to ask for this auto-scheduled reboot feature.

What model do you have?  Am I missing something?

eaw The lead developer and CEO for eero have stated that on Reddit.  All eeros run the same self-healing software.

txgunlover Hmmm...  Doesn't self-healing only mean that the other routers know how to handle when a single router drops?  (That is, the network mesh is "self-healing".)  I don't believe it is a blanket statement saying that their routers cannot or do not experience other problems. 

Maybe I'm misinterpreting things, though?  I don't know.  My real-world experience certainly doesn't match up to that. 

Maybe someone from Eero can respond and let us know what is supposed to happen...

eaw You should not have multiple routers in your setup. 

txgunlover No, as far as I understand, my 3 Eero Pro routers all act as peer routers in the same mesh network.  Self-healing happens when 1 router fails and the other two step in and cover its operation.

Dr. Rice I normally go firmware to firmware without needing a restart.

txgunlover I'm glad that it works flawlessly for you. I guess there are more factors to consider, it could be overall ISP quality and radio frequency interference, that confuses or degrades the eero. I don't know, this is not my field.

What I know is that my laptop and phone get spotty and then the network dies, then I restart the eero and they come back.

I'm forced into this every couple of days. I don't want to have to do that, or become annoyed when I must be constantly repeating myself because people can't hear/see me. Especially when this machine can easily do this on its own. 

trcarter99 Eero's reboot themselves if needed.  Call support... there is almost no reason to ever manually reboot the eeros.

txgunlover I had multiple dropped packets, 3-4 second latency on pings to Google.com... the moment after rebooting the main eero pings went down to single-digit milliseconds. Seems clear that periodic reboots would be helpful.

trcarter99 sorry about that i thought you were from support.

trcarter99 A reboot would force all clients to reconnect, thereby clearing a client issue.