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New fibre with eero

TENNYSON123!
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We recently upgraded from copper to fibre with the eero box. Its rubbish nothing upstairs will connect we have had openreach out a few times who dont know what to do. At my witts end. The signal is awful and nothing will connect to it please help. 

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Michelle-TalkTalk
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Morning,

 

How are you getting on?

 

Thanks

 

Michelle

 

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KeithFrench
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Hi @TENNYSON123! 

 

The advice from @ferguson is certainly correct, but there has also been a couple of problems with the Eero just recently, that might make things even worse. If you look in the Eero app under Radio Analytics, what 5GHz channel is it using?

 

Slow speed, intermittent dropouts, breaks in the signal or no signal on some or all devices or no internet access might be caused by Wi-Fi interference from other local networks, which can also lead to a permanent reduction in speed. No ISP can be responsible for your local environment, this is mainly a byproduct of the popularity of Wi-Fi.

Generally speaking, the 2.4GHz band suffers much more from interference than the 5GHz band, but the 2.4GHz one can sometimes have a better range, but this all depends on your local area.

In other words, I try to help you optimise your Wi-Fi connection. The next stage involves sending out a guide to you to help you get me some important diagnostic results so that I can analyse them for you and recommend changes to your router configuration to solve them.

I only send this out to people who request it.


Whilst the Eero is supposed to manage Wi-Fi interference, if this is very bad, particularly in the 2.4GHz band, then it cannot do anything about it, no router can. The same goes for any router at that point. Other things that may then need to be investigated are its location within your property and the WiFi bands that you use. It is possible that you may also need to purchase additional Eero nodes as it is supposed to operate as part of a mesh system. I can help with any of this. However, I would suggest that you follow my help to find out what the root cause of the problem is, before throwing money at it.

Keith
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ferguson
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I am afraid a single eero is notoriously poor as a wireless router, they are very much designed to be used as part of a mesh system. Our knowledgeable expert on WiFi issues may be able to offer some suggestions,  can you oblige please @KeithFrench?