With HomeKit routers, you have the option to completely block off anything outside of your home from accessing your smart home devices. There are three options. Restricted which restricts access to within your home like I mentioned. This doesn’t even allow firmware updates to be pushed from the manufacturer of the product. Next is Automatic, which blocks off access but only allows the accessory manufacturer to push firmware updates, then it goes back to blocking mode. This is the recommended setting. Third is no restriction which allows anything to get in. Also, with HomeKit routers, if one or any of your mesh routers disconnects from the system, it is viewable in the status bar. Also viewable in Home settings under Network and Routers. Other than that, not much else you can do with it unless it’s doing something in the background I’m not aware of.
Wow! Did not know it wasn't HomeKit certified yet. Really weird how the Apple site clearly says names HomeKit on their Eero product listings. Would you happen to know if the Linksys MX8000 is HomeKit certified?
Ok, I think there might be some confusion here. The eero, eero pro and eero beacon are all currently supported by HomeKit secure routers. They were the first to get this certification. The eero 6 and eero pro 6, which are eero’s newest WiFi routers that support WiFi 6 are not currently supported by HomeKit secure routers. I had 4 eero pro routers and 2 eero beacons working perfectly fine in HomeKit until I received the eero pro 6 and 2 beacons on Black Friday. The issue I ran into was that I connected the new eero pro 6 as my gateway router, which basically serves as the mother ship and is connected directly to the modem. The fact that I did this wiped out all my previous eeros from HomeKit since the new gateway eero pro 6 I added doesn’t support HomeKit yet. Had I just added it to another part of the house and not as the gateway, I’d still have HomeKit support with my network. Hope this clears it up.
You mean for Linksys only, right, because the eero and eero pro also have HomeKit firmware at this time.
Yes only Linksys Velop. Wi-Fi 6 Velop MX8000 is not supported yet. You said the same for eero? The Wi-Fi 6 versions, not yet supported but standard eero and eero pro are.
Yes. I just wanted to make sure we don’t confuse the OP anymore than we have to lol.
I’m glad you asked... lol
Oh wow that’s a shame. I tried Eero a year or so ago and had trouble getting Nest devices to connect. Plus at that time their solution for 2.4 was terrible. I’ve been using the Eero Pro again for about a month now and it’s been flawless. Haven’t had a single problem. But I haven’t messed with HomeKit WiFi yet so maybe that’s why.
The sad screen of someone who has been defeated hahaha
I had HomeKit routers with eero pro working flawlessly since it was released to the public... up until I introduced the pro 6 into my life.
That’s weird. Could it be a firmware thing they get after adding the devices to HomeKit WiFi? I have little to no understanding of how that stuff works.
Speaking of firmware, I asked support if they have any other open support tickets for the new firmware. Of course they wouldn’t admit it and she seemed hesitant when I asked, like searching for an answer that would soothe me. Whatever it is, I’m pretty sure whatever files that Pro 6 “injected” into my network caused this mess. Multiple factory resets and changing the SSID and password did nothing to cause a full fix. Serves my right for jumping on a Black Friday deal I didn’t really need.
I don't know the first thing about Eero but you have my sympathies. Normally, routers can't leave traces behind when they are removed. Do Eeros phone home? I wonder if that's the issue - when you dropped in the new ones, a change was made to your Eero "account" in the cloud that can't be undone? Just a thought. If you have to have an Eero cloud login for these routers, would it be worth creating a new login/account just to see if you get back to normal with a clean start?
Quick update on this. I’m in way too deep with eero. I tried one more time before making the switch and so far so good *knock on wood*. As of now, I only connected personal devices (laptops, cell phones, tablets) and my HomePods, AppleTVs and Televisions and a Peloton. No smart home devices yet but it seems to be running solid now. I factory reset each router and left them unplugged until it was time to connect them as if I just removed them from the box.
