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Reboot scheduler for eero system

However the device or system functions normally, it is a recommended practice by the device manufacturers and software vendors, advise their users to power cycle it in order to clean up its current memory, bring back the efficiency of the functions running in, clogged connections or other such performance affecting factors being run in those devices.  I came across this feature in other routers and firewalls as well.  This feature is currently not provided by eero system.  So eero should consider providing this reboot scheduler for its system in order to bring back its devices to top performance notch by this reboot.

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    • trcarter99
    • 3 yrs ago
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    is there an API i can use to call the reboot?

      • txgunlover
      • 3 yrs ago
      • Reported - view

      trcarter99 There are no API's for general use.

    • NConley9
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Coming from a Netgear router, this was one of my favorite features.  While my Eero lasts longer than other routers I have tried, it still needs restarted every few days.  It would be great to have the Eero either recognize this on it's own, or have an option to restart daily in the middle of the night.

    • john022662
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Putting in my 2 cents for this feature. I also find my system getting Lethargic if I don't perform a System Restart every couple of days. I would use an automated feature daily.  My other option is to use an Automation from my Hubitat Hub and turn off 4 Z-Wave Switches and restart them daily (I have a total of 4 eero Pros). This will work with Hubitat as Z-Wave devices run locally without Wifi and Internet. However, I do not think this is the ideal method to restart a Mesh Wifi Network.

    • jharris5710
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Working from home, I have to reboot about every 1 to 2 weeks or conference calls will start having trouble.

    • kjellhedstrom
    • 2 yrs ago
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    We have to reboot once per week or internet speeds drop to a trickle. As soon as the eero has power cycled internet is fine again 

      • Senior Network Engineer
      • C8888
      • 2 yrs ago
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      kjellhedstrom I have been having the same issue with my Eero 6 (Dual Band).     I usually have 100mbps download and this morning woke up and it was at 22mbps and rebooted and it was right back up to 100mbps.

    • dtnmich2
    • 2 yrs ago
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    It seems that the easiest way is to put the eero that is connected to the modem on a timer and schedule it that way. It would be nice to have a scheduler built into the app so you could schedule reboots for all of your eero devices that are on the mesh system.

    • Bulletlynn
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Enjoy the Eero so far but everyone is correct after about a week you can see the speed test is getting around 6-7mbps down. Restart the Eero network and back to normal speeds. My Asus wifi had a weekly reboot schedule.

    • Senior Network Engineer
    • C8888
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I purchased two smart plugs and set them to turn off both my eero devices each morning for 2 minutes and then power them back up.   I use the TP Link Kasa Mini Smart Plugs.  You can get 4 for about $30.    I only had one initially on the router and it forced all my devices to the other eero device so I found it necessary to restart both at the same time so they would load balance based on distance.    

    • tenather
    • 2 yrs ago
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    They say each time they apply an update, the eero will restart.  Well that is not always true.  You released 6 updates and the last restart date on my eero system was Sept 27th, 2020.  So, since the programmers for got the restart command and scheduler in the app would be good.  This made my eero network unstable and cost me 4 hours of work on the phone with network support at my company.

    • trcarter99
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I fixed my problem by putting in a EdgeRouter  and setting the eero to bridge mode their mesh is fantastic the router is garbage. I haven't had to reboot my system for 2 months and all my boys are home gaming over the holidays.  

    • Senior Network Engineer
    • C8888
    • 2 yrs ago
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    I bought 2 TP Link Kasa Smart Plugs and installed them on my main eero and the 2nd one.   I have them set to turn off at 6:00am and then turn on at 6:01am - 7 days a week.    It keeps everything fresh and running great.      

    • Pittscb
    • 2 yrs ago
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    One of my eero pro (I have 8 in a large home all connected by cat6) occasionally overheats from being in a hot garage and drops down to either 100mbps “okay” or even 10mbps ”poor” wired data rate. It never recovers even after it cools down. No automatic restart, no self healing, it simply remains at the slower rate until I manually reset it. This is one example where I would benefit from a scheduled restart.

    • Muss1109
    • 1 yr ago
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    Yes! Exactly. I pay $105 a month for gig speed internet and I’m running an Eero 6 which seems to decay every day on speed. Each time I manually reset there’s a huge speed jump. Why can’t this be a feature to reset each night at 3AM? 

      • txgunlover
      • 1 yr ago
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      Muss1109 Eero's don't need to be rebooted except in very rare cases.  Did you know rebooting resets the mesh and it takes hours to go through all of the optimizations?

    • Muss1109
    • 1 yr ago
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    Thanks for the reply. I was not aware it takes hours to do so. I guess it really just boils down to what is the actual problem ? After resetting, more often than not, I'm pulling 100+ mbps download speeds where if I do not reset it, after a few days it's back in the tens of mbps download speed sitting in the same room. 

    • jbmilan
    • 1 yr ago
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    My eero router locks up almost once a day, which requires a reboot of the unit that is connected to the hardwire internet connection. I ended up putting a Smart Plug on the unit that runs on off a wifi from another router so I could remotely reboot it when I am away from home. Very frustrating.

    • pseudonym
    • 8 mths ago
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    +1 for reboot scheduler. Almost every other router I've owned has this, why not Eero.

      • pseudonym
      • 3 mths ago
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      Just to add, on the advice of others 'round the 'net, several months ago I bought a digital timer that can on/off in one minute. Plugged my eero into this and it reboots weekly. I still face some issues with eero updates and other things, but far fewer since doing this. (Eero seems to be like Windows; you don't *have* to reboot it but if you do it runs a lot better. 😧)

       

      Setting up the timer was a little odd, since these timers want on/off pairs but I want it on all the time except for shutting off and turning back on within a minute one day a week. I programmed the first pair with no "on" time and the "off" time on Saturdays as 0300, then for the second pair I programmed the "on" time as 0301 on Saturdays and did not program the "off" time.

    • Senior Network Engineer
    • C8888
    • 3 mths ago
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    I use a TP Link Kasa plug and have one on each of my Eero devices (probably not a bad idea to have one on your ISP modem) and set it to go off and on for 1-2 minutes every night around 3-4am. I set the Kasa plug to the Wi-Fi on my isp router (which has a separate SSID than my Eero, so that I can manually turn it off and on without disconnecting myself from the Eero Wi-Fi. : ) Kasa Smart Plug Ultra Mini: https://a.co/d/22rGaIy

    • karshan
    • 3 mths ago
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    So nothing on this either eero?

      • Spcbetts
      • 2 mths ago
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      karshan they need to have that feature but so far nothing. I am even being told to manually power cycle my eeros every two days now by customer service reps, they are eero 6e pros. I have 3 of them. Less then 3 months old. One was replaced. Still need to constantly power cycle then every 2 to 3 days. I only have 5 devices hooked up using them and the eeros keep constantly rebooting every 1 to 3 hrs unless i power cycle them. It is being a seriously major annoyance that i am considering selling them on the market place and move to another mesh router.

    • hamamotoj
    • 2 mths ago
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    Take your pride out of it and listen to your users.  No matter what you say.  A scheduled restart would make your product perform much better and make your users happy.  I'm gonna put a old fashion lamp timer on my stupid eeros to do this.  I will not reccommend eero to anyone.  Get this instead ASUS ZenWiFi Pro AXE11000 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh System

    • Senior Network Engineer
    • C8888
    • 2 mths ago
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    I agree. I don’t believe Nick Weaver the CEO of Eero even looks at these. I would recommend emailing him nick@eero.com. I had to do this when I found a bug and until I got him involved, tech support just ignored me and kept sending stupid FAQ documents that had nothing to do with the bug (they didn’t understand IPv6 DHCP settings) Eventually I got tech supports attention and a real nice agent worked with the developers and issued a new firmware update and fixed the issue.

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