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"eero is the world’s first WiFi system. A set of three eeros covers the typical home. They connect to create an intelligent mesh network that blankets any size

by acd 12y ago

"eero is the world’s first WiFi system. A set of three eeros covers the typical home. They connect to create an intelligent mesh network that blankets any size or shape home in fast, reliable WiFi" There is another product Open-mesh which is a system which was before eero so this part of the FAQ needs to be updated. Smart use of two radios though for the repeating stuff.

mikeash 12y ago
I imagine they've settled on a definition of "system" with enough conditions and caveats that their product is the only one that qualifies.
jsjohnst 12y ago
Curious their definition of "wifi system". My Aruba wifi network at home definitely does everything their system does and more (albeit I would definitely not consider it consumer friendly).
- mfringel 12y ago
  ...and that's the thing, right there. Having deployed a large Aruba installation, I really like the Aruba system in general (consumer-unfriendliness aside). That being said, unless things have changed since a few years ago, you're still looking at >$1000 to do a minimal installation, once licensing and support is set up.
thaumaturgy 12y ago
Ehh... we used open-mesh for a while, but there's still a lot of room for improvement. I don't know what their hardware is like now, because we gave up on it years ago, but when they were running on the Engenius hardware the reliability was pretty awful. I think we ended up having to replace every single Engenius unit we deployed. Then we discovered Ubiquiti and their hardware was amazing, but you couldn't use it for open-mesh after the FCC tapped Ubiquiti on the shoulder for allowing their radios to be reconfigured with a different country code. Open-mesh seems like they're targeting the hobbyist / light commercial deployment market, Eero looks like they're aiming for the home and end-user market. Maybe their marketing is stretching things a bit, but I don't think it's completely out of line.
- monojussi 12y ago
  I deployed and ran a five-unit open-mesh system about a year ago. After some slight deployment shenanigans, the system was stable and pretty fast.
  - thaumaturgy 12y ago
    Oh, good to hear. :-) I like Ubiquiti but I'll keep open-mesh in mind then as an option.
  - lazylizard 12y ago
    i have 3 units in my network, 1 upstairs(7 floors up in my flat) and 2 downstairs(in a friendly shop)..even the lc version works.

by acd 12y ago

mikeash 12y ago

I imagine they've settled on a definition of "system" with enough conditions and caveats that their product is the only one that qualifies.

jsjohnst 12y ago

Curious their definition of "wifi system". My Aruba wifi network at home definitely does everything their system does and more (albeit I would definitely not consider it consumer friendly).

mfringel 12y ago
...and that's the thing, right there. Having deployed a large Aruba installation, I really like the Aruba system in general (consumer-unfriendliness aside). That being said, unless things have changed since a few years ago, you're still looking at >$1000 to do a minimal installation, once licensing and support is set up.

thaumaturgy 12y ago

Ehh... we used open-mesh for a while, but there's still a lot of room for improvement. I don't know what their hardware is like now, because we gave up on it years ago, but when they were running on the Engenius hardware the reliability was pretty awful. I think we ended up having to replace every single Engenius unit we deployed. Then we discovered Ubiquiti and their hardware was amazing, but you couldn't use it for open-mesh after the FCC tapped Ubiquiti on the shoulder for allowing their radios to be reconfigured with a different country code. Open-mesh seems like they're targeting the hobbyist / light commercial deployment market, Eero looks like they're aiming for the home and end-user market. Maybe their marketing is stretching things a bit, but I don't think it's completely out of line.

monojussi 12y ago
I deployed and ran a five-unit open-mesh system about a year ago. After some slight deployment shenanigans, the system was stable and pretty fast.
- thaumaturgy 12y ago
  Oh, good to hear. :-) I like Ubiquiti but I'll keep open-mesh in mind then as an option.
- lazylizard 12y ago
  i have 3 units in my network, 1 upstairs(7 floors up in my flat) and 2 downstairs(in a friendly shop)..even the lc version works.