If I get T-Mobile internet, can I connect their gateway to an eero 6+ router? If so, is there any trick to that?
Yes. I first changed the SSID (network name) of the T-Mobile WiFi network to make sure it is different than the one set on the Eero. You can’t delete or disable the T-Mobile WiFi network, don’t connect to this network. I did “hide” it and set to be 5GHz so it does not compete with the 2.4GHz on the Eero. I then just used the Ethernet cable to connect the Eero directly to the back of the T-Mobile gateway and then finished configuration of it works fine. Didn’t need to do anything else, just works.
I was using the T-Mobile gateway WiFi, but found it to be not very reliable, disconnects and then have to forget and rejoin the network, much more stable after going with the Eero.
Thanks for your reply. I ended up simply plugging one eero 6+ pod into the T-Mobile gateway. That’s it. I did nothing else and everything worked after a very short time. I had the other pod downstairs and that continued to work, just like it did before I switched from Cox to T-Mobile.
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