![]() When I added the satellite, that number jumped to 135Mbps. ![]() When I ran my tests using just a single Eero as a router, the average speed back there was about 70Mbps. Those speeds in the back bathroom were also telling. That's exactly what you'd expect to see once you start connecting through the satellite, because you'll typically lose half of your bandwidth when you relay the signal from the satellite back to the router. In fact, they held steady at about 150Mbps - half as fast as my home's internet plan allows, and half as fast as what I saw from Eero at close range. ![]() Like we saw in the top speed test, those speeds dropped off at range, but not by nearly as much. At close and close-ish distances, it returned faster average speeds than Nest, faster average speeds than both the dual-band Netgear Orbi and the fancier, tri-band Netgear Orbi Voice and faster average speeds than two of the three mesh systems I've tested that support Wi-Fi 6. Speeds dropped at distance once I started connecting through the satellite, but they held steady and didn't fall by very much, which is indicative of strong mesh performance. I think most users wouldn't have a problem keeping things within that range, but it's definitely something to think about before buying in.Īt close range (the living room and kitchen), Eero (teal) was among the fastest routers I tested in this real-world speed test. Still, the data suggests that you don't want to put your satellites any more than 30 feet away from the router, or each other. It's designed for multi-point, mesh internet, and not for single-point, standalone connections. That's not a great look, but keep in mind that Eero's system doesn't feature a dedicated router the way that most other mesh systems do. Wired to a local server, a single Eero device transferred data over Wi-Fi to a laptop 5 feet away at a respectable rate of 488Mbps - but the speed dropped off a cliff once we were more than 30 feet away. It's clear as day in that graph up above. In fact, in our first speed test, where we measure the top wireless transfer rate of a single device from each system at various distances, Eero finished dead last. Ry Crist/CNET Top speedsĮero didn't ace our speed tests. Eero's speeds plummet once you're connecting from more than 30 feet away or so. This graph shows the top wireless transfer speeds of a single device from each mesh system we've tested. Eero didn't drop my connection once, which is the same high level of mesh reliability that I saw from the costlier Nest Wifi, and better than what I saw from Netgear Orbi. This all worked perfectly during my speed tests, where I move from room to room with a laptop to track the network's performance throughout a typical home environment. As you move through your home and Eero figures out how best to route your signal back to the router via the satellites, it will also automatically hand you off from band to band to ensure the best signal strength. Instead, you'll connect to a single, unified network. Like most mesh systems, Eero doesn't split your internet into separate networks for the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. Neither Nest Wifi nor the new, dual-band Netgear Orbi included Ethernet jacks on the satellite devices at all. Still, they don't take up too much space, they aren't eyesores and I appreciate that each one includes multiple Ethernet jacks for users who want direct, wired connections for things like media streamers, desktop PCs, smart home hubs and other Eero units. ![]()
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