I have Spark Fibre and am currently using a Spark Smart Modem (gen 1), but I want to move to a mesh set up because some parts of my house and garden have no or bad signal. I was thinking about getting the Eero 6+ mesh 3 pack. Good reviews, and getting Matter and Thread support. Was wondering if anyone has tried these? Good experience? Bad? Also if I do get them, do I just plug them into the ONT or do I plug it into the Spark Smart Modem via bridge mode.
Thanks, I ended up plugging the first unit into my Spark Smart Modem, and turning off the modems wifi. But I’ll look into the VLAN tagging in the new year. So far I’ve found them to be very reliable, and I got them 25% off on Amazon so happy with the purchase. The only downsides are that some more advanced features require a subscription, but they’re mostly features I can do on my devices anyway if I wanted to (ad blocking, content filters etc).
Has anyone tried using a Trustpower issued EERO 6 with another ISP Fibre network? I got a used Trustpower EERO6 for $50 (obs. very cheap) and setup the PPPoE settings with VLAN Tag 10 but not having any luck with it plugged staright into the ONT with 2degrees Fibre. For that price, I'm guessing these might be locked to Trustpower and just may be better as door stops rather than trying to use them with another ISP.
Trustpower Terms and conditions state the following, so they're not 'stolen' from the Trustpower.
Title and risk You will own, and be responsible for looking after, all free and purchased Equipment once it is delivered to you.
Has anyone tried using a Trustpower issued EERO 6 with another ISP Fibre network? I got a used Trustpower EERO6 for $50 (obs. very cheap) and setup the PPPoE settings with VLAN Tag 10 but not having any luck with it plugged staright into the ONT with 2degrees Fibre. For that price, I'm guessing these might be locked to Trustpower and just may be better as door stops rather than trying to use them with another ISP.
Trustpower Terms and conditions state the following, so they're not 'stolen' from the Trustpower.
Title and risk You will own, and be responsible for looking after, all free and purchased Equipment once it is delivered to you.
They're not locked down to Trustpower just setup with Trustpower specific settings (DHCP, VLAN 10).
They're a bit annoying to change configuration as they're all "cloud managed", you need to have a working internet connection in order for you to be able to change any settings.
I'd suggest going to a friend thats on Trustpower or another provider that uses DHCP and VLAN 10, connect it to their ONT, change the settings to PPPoE (also making sure you've entered the correct username/password) and then plug it back into your ONT.
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