Amazon eero PoE Gateway - 10-port eero router and PoE switch (Two 10 GbE ports, eight 2.5 GbE PoE ports)

I traded in an older Eero in order to get the trade in credit and, more importantly, the 20% discount on new purchases. With this new gateway, I can increase the speed of my wired network with a dependable product and free up my prior gateway to use in a better place than my attic.No issues with heat, although I have a dedicated plug in fan aimed at my modem and other equipment. This part of the attic has AC but it's not always effective.

We finally got high speed gigabit internet in our area and the internet provider offered 2.5Gbps+ speed, but only offered the Eero pro access point as a gateway.The problem was with the Eero Pri6E is limited to just 1 2.5Gbs input network jack and the output ethernet is just 1Ggbs ethernet jack!!! Like why would you do that? Which means if you want to connect your pcs, Macs, etc to hardwire- you'd be limited to 1Gbps.So, let's welcome the Amazon Eero PoE Gateway! I had been waiting and waiting for this to come out, ordered it and it arrived yesterday! All good.OK, so I basically used the EERO app to replace my current Eero pro6E access point (which was acting as the gateway), turned it off, unplugged it. Then I had to plug in my new PoE gateway, it registered and setup. I chose to run the ethernet from my provider into the 10Ggbs port on the back of the gateway. I connected the output of the gateway to my other devices, etc.Voila! it works!Then I re-added my Eero pro 6e access point (which used to be the gateway but no longer, now just an access point). I had to plug it into the PoE Gateway, run add device on the Eero app (you have to stand close to it for app to connect I think), connected and it too started working again.It took me a couple hours and had to do it this morning before folks woke up .I wasn't sure if it worked, but the Eero app and setup was pretty smooth. OH, one other thing I did was take screenshots of my network settings in the Eero app before doing all this, as I was worried I'd lose the settings of thatever the Internet provider had done when they setup -- the good thing is I didn't need them after all.Now, my Mac,PC's are running at close to 2.5Ggbs (the ones that have network card to go that high) -- next up, will buy some PoE devices to reduce the amount of wires for things that are connected to it.Very happy with purchase - see my speed test

We had so many problems with connecting our cable Internet to our POE eero sixes. After trying multiple other switches finally paid the extra money for this unit. It’s been such a relief to have a reliable Internet connection again.

Not using the POE capabilities. Have 3 Eero Pro 6E that I was using before. Love them, except for the fact that they only have one 2.5 Gb port (the other is 1Gb). So, if you have multi gig internet service, or (as in my case), a multi gig media server in the house, they are all limited downstream from the gateway at 1Gb for a wired solution.The POE Gateway allows for an all Eero solution (DHCP, controls, and monitoring) at 2.5Gb throughout the house (with added bonus of two 10GbE ports for future proofing).Saw some comments that it is pricey, but considering that a multi gig POE switch can cost $500.00 or more, the price is reasonable for this unit (keep in mind that a single Pro 6E costs about $200.00 when on sale).Just wished that they would list all the MAC addresses on the units (you can only get the MAC in the app once it is connected to your system). My ISP requires the MAC of the home gateway for authorization - had to call Eero for the MAC, and they only gave me a single MAC, when every port has a different MAC. Required a bit of plugging and unplugging cables to the ports to find the correct one.

The product arrives in great simple packaging with a premium feel.After replacing my existing unmanaged poe switch from another vendor, the file sharing between windows hanging off two poe eeros works seamlessly. But at this price point, the power adapter should be built-in. The external power adapter takes space an becomes clunky, which takes off one star.

Just about everything is great about this device, so I won’t list all the good but list the bad. One slightly bad thing about this product is lack of mounting options you can do with this, but it gets way worse. The false marketing about POE on this device is straight up criminal. You will only get 97watts available to use, but the lie goes deeper. Instead of like every other POE switch I’ve ever used allowing you to use up to the max power allocation, this device locks allocation to connected devices max POE rating. So for instance I have two WIFI 6E WAPS that I know use only10watts each but rated for 60watts, Eero gateway then locks you at 60watts used. This means I can’t even power up my other WAP cause that would be 120watts and way over the 97watt max, instead the actual 20watts I need to power them. They market saying 8 POE ports that you can’t even use more than one for modern devices. Stinkin lies from the tablecloth. Runs way to hot also, I expect it to die in less than year because of this. ** UPDATE- 2 months later and it over heats and drops WAN connectivity multiple times a day just like I feared. Avoid this poor design device.