I'd bet there's already a topic on this, but I am not sure what to search for
The other day I was at my kids sports team standing around like sports teams parents oft do, and a dad next to me pulled out his phone and made some noise like 'zap'. Curious, I asked him what he was up to and he said his 13 year old was home, supposed to be doing homework, and he can see via his app that he was playing Playstation. As he described it, with a push of a button he turned the playstation off for network access while leaving the rest of his infrastructure whole.
I asked him what he was using and he said 'Eero' and in broad terms that I struggled to keep up with, described a system where:
-He could label devices within the network (I assume by IP address but don't know for sure), and can both turn these on and off as well as schedule their use (ie no "John's IPad" between 9:30PM and noon on weekdays).
-He could monitor in easy to decipher visuals who/what was using his router, both real time and looking backward
-He described organizing his house into 'highways', and put all his Sonos on one 'highway' to ensure there is no interference. Potentially this allows some prioritization also
We didn't go into it but I assume there is ability to restrict content (adult websites).
It looks like Eero is just a mesh system, yes? I see they also offer subscription services (Eero Plus) where I suspect some of these features lie.
I've heard in other forums about "Tomato" software on certain routers that are unlocked, but again know little about them.
So - I am not a technical dunce but I am not a network pro. Maybe 4/10 on a scale, 5 if I'm being generous.
He also noted that the above can be defeated via hotspots w/ phones but I think there are ways to counter that as well. My kids don't have a phone just yet (11/8) so I am not too worried there for now.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!
The other day I was at my kids sports team standing around like sports teams parents oft do, and a dad next to me pulled out his phone and made some noise like 'zap'. Curious, I asked him what he was up to and he said his 13 year old was home, supposed to be doing homework, and he can see via his app that he was playing Playstation. As he described it, with a push of a button he turned the playstation off for network access while leaving the rest of his infrastructure whole.
I asked him what he was using and he said 'Eero' and in broad terms that I struggled to keep up with, described a system where:
-He could label devices within the network (I assume by IP address but don't know for sure), and can both turn these on and off as well as schedule their use (ie no "John's IPad" between 9:30PM and noon on weekdays).
-He could monitor in easy to decipher visuals who/what was using his router, both real time and looking backward
-He described organizing his house into 'highways', and put all his Sonos on one 'highway' to ensure there is no interference. Potentially this allows some prioritization also
We didn't go into it but I assume there is ability to restrict content (adult websites).
It looks like Eero is just a mesh system, yes? I see they also offer subscription services (Eero Plus) where I suspect some of these features lie.
I've heard in other forums about "Tomato" software on certain routers that are unlocked, but again know little about them.
So - I am not a technical dunce but I am not a network pro. Maybe 4/10 on a scale, 5 if I'm being generous.
He also noted that the above can be defeated via hotspots w/ phones but I think there are ways to counter that as well. My kids don't have a phone just yet (11/8) so I am not too worried there for now.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!