Eero Inquiry
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@travisdh1 said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
My sister and brother-in-law put Eero in they're 7000+ sq ft house. They like it because it was easy to setup and they don't have to mess with it. I prefer Ubiquiti enterprise gear myself (the consumer stuff is, well, consumer crud)
They are consumers - I expect nothing less. If the top most bandwidth isn't needed in the far reaches of the home, then this likely works just fine for them.
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@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
It's consumer shit - why would you ever want to hide your WIFI network - that's a business need.
it's not even a business need. It does nothing at all for anything since it's trivial to find hidden SSIDs.
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@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
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@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
It's consumer shit - why would you ever want to hide your WIFI network - that's a business need.
it's not even a business need. It does nothing at all for anything since it's trivial to find hidden SSIDs.
True!
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@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
OH - yeah, for home - I'm totally on board wiht Amplifi, even though they are an arm and a leg! (all of those mesh systems are)
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@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
that's no good
No good that they put home equipment into a business? Yeah, not so good.
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@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
that's no good
No good that they put home equipment into a business? Yeah, not so good.
that's what I meant.
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@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
that's no good
No good that they put home equipment into a business? Yeah, not so good.
that's what I meant.
Why do they care about hiding their SSID? Just put a password on it and the problem is solved.
And if the restaurant doesn't want to provide WIFI to their customers - them make the SSID something that's not obviously theirs, and when people ask - what's the WIFI - "sorry we don't have wifi"
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@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
Easier if you do it yourself. But if you have a support company, I think the Unifi is easier. The Eeros always made for a lot of extra work when we had to deal with them.
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@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
that's no good
No good that they put home equipment into a business? Yeah, not so good.
that's what I meant.
Why do they care about hiding their SSID? Just put a password on it and the problem is solved.
And if the restaurant doesn't want to provide WIFI to their customers - them make the SSID something that's not obviously theirs, and when people ask - what's the WIFI - "sorry we don't have wifi"
it's a long story - short version is they created a new SSID want to hide the old one.
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@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
Easier if you do it yourself. But if you have a support company, I think the Unifi is easier. The Eeros always made for a lot of extra work when we had to deal with them.
At a former job, we had an Amplifi system that caused ~8 hours of un-needed billable time. If it would have been a UniFi system, we could have fixed it without the site visits.
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@WrCombs that's ... so .... weird
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@travisdh1 said in Eero Inquiry:
@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
Easier if you do it yourself. But if you have a support company, I think the Unifi is easier. The Eeros always made for a lot of extra work when we had to deal with them.
At a former job, we had an Amplifi system that caused ~8 hours of un-needed billable time. If it would have been a UniFi system, we could have fixed it without the site visits.
Yeah idk. Mine’s been running for probably a year and a half now and it’s been fine. I have the remote management enabled and can do everything from anywhere.
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@travisdh1 said in Eero Inquiry:
@scottalanmiller said in Eero Inquiry:
@stacksofplates said in Eero Inquiry:
@Dashrender said in Eero Inquiry:
@dbeato said in Eero Inquiry:
@WrCombs You cannot hide your SSIDs on Eero. You also have a limit of your Main SSID and Guest Network. It is geared for Home and really small environments.
https://support.eero.com/hc/en-us/articles/214588166-Why-can-t-I-hide-my-network-SSID-with-eero-
Why Eero over Ubiquiti? Business versus consumer. Does the pro version have APs with wired connections?
Prob because management is much easier. I ditched my APs and edgerouter for a single Amplifi which I can update and control from my phone. My mom has a Deco setup and it works very similarly and is great as well.
Easier if you do it yourself. But if you have a support company, I think the Unifi is easier. The Eeros always made for a lot of extra work when we had to deal with them.
At a former job, we had an Amplifi system that caused ~8 hours of un-needed billable time. If it would have been a UniFi system, we could have fixed it without the site visits.
You can grant remote access to Amplifi. Aftyer I set it up at my mom's, with her credentials, I then added myself as a remote admin.
