Eero Mesh Network

[Helpineedhelp]

Hi! @navderek hope you are well.  I am contemplating buying an eero pro 6 mesh network. Normally, I’ve connected the router into a primary eero device through a cable which then shares with the mesh.  However, this means that the router and eero are in the basement. I’ve got data jacks on the upper levels.  Could I connect the router such that it feeds the data jack on the upper floor and then connect my primary eero to the data Jack?

[BellDRock]

@JD and @ZaneP 

Are you able to assist with this question?

Thanks so much for your help!

[ZaneP · Accepted solution]

@Helpineedhelp cc: @JD 

I don't use a mesh network, so I'm not able to offer much assistance on the specifics of the Eero setup. But I assume it's the same as any mesh network, and not overly complicated.

I'm a little unclear on your overall setup:

• You mention "the router". Is that your own router, or Bell's HH3000 / HH4000?
• You said you have data jacks; I assume you have ethernet cable installed, so one end of the ethernet terminates at the jack. Where does the other end terminate? Is it pulled to a switch? To the Bell HH? 

If the ethernet cable path goes from the HH (or a switch) to the data jack, you could use ethernet to connect to one of the Eero devices from the jack. That device becomes the primary, and the other Eeros connect to it wirelessly.

Hope this helps a little.

cheers,

ZaneP

[Helpineedhelp]

Thank you!  This really helps!!   I will have a bell HH router. The builder has provided two cat5e data jacks.  Would the bell technician be able to connect the the bell router to these jacks - or would I have to do it myself?  

Hope you have a great day! 

[JD]

Hey @Helpineedhelp ,

I have a Google Mesh setup (5 pods) with 3 of them wired connection using a daisy chain setup and 2 are using Wi-Fi input.

Whenever possible, you want to connect your mesh system with wired ethernet connection so each pod is provided with the best possible signal strength.  Each pod will have an input and output that you can use to daisy chain them to each other.

If the builder has all the data jacks running to a central location, then you can use a switch to connect your pods or use the each pod to connect to another pod (daisy chain).  Below is a visualization of your options.  This is better than connecting the pods to each other via Wi-Fi because the signal will be much weaker and deteriorate with every additional pod.

[Helpineedhelp]

Thank you! @JD @ZaneP @BellDRock Hope you have a great week.