topic Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6 in Full Fibre

Possibly faulty eero pro 6

grayelephant — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:38:14 GMT

I am experiencing random intermittent disconnects, packet loss and extremely high latency on my eero pro 6.

This causes disconnects in services such as online gaming and choppy video conferencing that randomly disconnect.

This started last week with no changes to my network, we have attempted re-starting / re-setting the eero. In the eero app and in third party wi fi network analysers, do not show interference or congestion on both the 2.4 and 2.5 GHZ wi fi bands, this occurs on all devices whether on wi fi or ethernet.

I don't believe this to be caused by buffer bloat, as it occurs even when no other device on the network is utilizing the network heavily.

I suspect the eero pro 6 is faulty, is Talk Talk able to run any diagnostic tests to check for any hardware faults and send a replacement eero pro 6.

Thank you.

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

KeithFrench — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 22:12:05 GMT

What channel within the 5GHz band is your Eero using? It isn't channel 155 by any chance is it?

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

grayelephant — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:54:13 GMT

The 5 ghz channel is 104, but as it occurs over ethernet as well, I think there is a problem with the Eero itself not a wifi interference problem.

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

KeithFrench — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:49:46 GMT

In that case, I agree with you. I have asked one of TalkTalk's support to pick your thread up and check your Eero for you.

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Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:53:36 GMT

Good morning,

Would you like us to send a replacement eero for testing purposes to rule this out? We would also send a router returns bag so that one of the eeros can be returned.

Thanks

Michelle

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

grayelephant — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:05:11 GMT

Yes please, how long would it take to arrive as the disconnects, packet loss and latency issues are very annoying. Speaking of returns I still have an old ONT and an old wifi hub Sagemcom router from when I was on the old UFO service, what should I do with these, can I put these in the returns bag as well? As the engineer just left them and said he wasn't taking them with him and he didn't say what to do with them.

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

Debbie-TalkTalk — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:10:08 GMT

Hi grayelephant

I've ordered this for you now, please allow 24-48hrs for this to arrive.

Please let us know how the connection compares.

Thanks

Debbie

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

grayelephant — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:26:59 GMT

Hi Debbie

I have received an email saying I have been charged £129 for the the replacement eero, no charge was mentioned when you offered to send me it, I assumed there would be no charge as I am under contract with talk talk and the eero is faulty?

Thanks

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

Debbie-TalkTalk — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:28:40 GMT

Hi grayelephant

Apologies, this must be an error, there will be no charge for the replacement eero.

A charge would only apply if the old eero wasn't returned using the returns bag.

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

grayelephant — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 15:42:25 GMT

As well as mentioning the charge for the Eero, the email also mentions that there was a change to my contract, and it lists a new contract start date, and it mentions the price increasing with inflation in April. I did not agree to a change to my contract. So what is this email referring to please.

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

Chris-TalkTalk — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:21:25 GMT

Hi grayelephant,

The email is sometimes automatically generated when an eero is sent but the email appears to be sent in error, just ignore it. Apologies for any confusion

Chris

Re: Possibly faulty eero pro 6

Debbie-TalkTalk — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 09:07:33 GMT

Hi grayelephant

Have you received the eero?