Neighbor eero repeater

[agilani]

Hi Everyone,
So i started to have pretty bad 2.4ghz today and after looking into it found out that some neighbor has setup some 3 or 4 eero repeaters. These repeaters are constantly changing channels and interfering with my 2.4 ghz channels. Its doing the same thing on 5ghz too, but the 5ghz isn't as congested and doesn't go as far so the signal is weaker. Anyone have any recommendations on how to deal with this?

 

[sfx2000]

hehe... welcome to the club...

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/orbi-the-bandwidth-annihilator.47742/

Only recommendation I can suggest - live with it...

 

[agilani]

hehe... welcome to the club...

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/orbi-the-bandwidth-annihilator.47742/

Only recommendation I can suggest - live with it...

There are too many devices that still don't support true n or ac

p.s. is it still illegal to deauth someone elses signal?

 

[thiggins]

p.s. is it still illegal to deauth someone elses signal?

Yes.

Your problem has nothing to do with N, AC or even G support.

 

[sfx2000]

p.s. is it still illegal to deauth someone elses signal?

Don't do this... in some areas, this will get you into trouble.

In any event, it won't fix things for you, as the clients will just rejoin to their previously associated BSSID in any event.

 

[agilani]

Yes.

Your problem has nothing to do with N, AC or even G support.

I only rely on 2.4ghz for devices that don't support true n or ac...like cameras and thermostat. Even the newer cameras i purchased that say they support n only support n over 2.4ghz

And trying to keep 2.4ghz up and running and stable now requires constant work and troubleshooting.

 

[thiggins]

I only rely on 2.4ghz for devices that don't support true n or ac...like cameras and thermostat. Even the newer cameras i purchased that say they support n only support n over 2.4ghz

And trying to keep 2.4ghz up and running and stable now requires constant work and troubleshooting.

I understand your point now. This is an unfortunate design choice, but it is driven by the desire to maximize profit.

 

[punkinduster]

found out that some neighbor has setup some 3 or 4 eero repeaters. These repeaters are constantly changing channels and interfering with my 2.4 ghz channels. Its doing the same thing on 5ghz too, but the 5ghz isn't as congested and doesn't go as far so the signal is weaker.

Are you sure it is the eeros? I have 3 in my house and they do not constantly change channels. Mine use channel 1 for 2.4G and have never moved to another channel. I do understand your frustration with crowded bands but am not sure it is your eero neighbors fault.

 

[agilani]

Are you sure it is the eeros? I have 3 in my house and they do not constantly change channels. Mine use channel 1 for 2.4G and have never moved to another channel. I do understand your frustration with crowded bands but am not sure it is your eero neighbors fault.

Yes, it was the eero. I watched the eero change channels over 10+ times during a 10 minute period. Many times overlapping with my 2.4 ghz channel and the signal being almost the same as the asus repeaters i have in my house. During this time, the latency for my 2.4 ghz wireless went up to 100ms+ at times and every 2 out of 10 packets dropped. It looks like the eero has settled down now. Maybe the neighbor was moving them around or resetting them, don't know.
During that same time, some odd dns resolution issues as well, couldn't resolve dns consistently on 2.4ghz. I could ping cloudflare pretty consistenly, but could not get to google.

There are also a few hidden ssids radio hopping as well. For the few that i tracked down, they are amazon firesticks. I don't know where amazon decided not to use valid mac addresses for the hidden wireless ssid they broadcast. Two of my three firetv boxes are wired in using asus repeaters with ac for backhaul, but the remotes still use wifi of sorts.

Another thought, at this point with the density of 2.4ghz radios in the area, i think any change to the topology kicks off some of the routers to change channels due to auto channel setup. This then causes a cascade of devices hunting for a better channel.
For the most part, I stabilized my 2.4 ghz by disabling auto channel around 9 months ago. It was a little difficult at first since the the wireless menu on the asus routers are hidden after you enable repeater mode.

 

[sfx2000]

Are you sure they're Eero's - might be Plume devices...

 

[agilani]

Are you sure they're Eero's - might be Plume devices...

I assume so, the mac addresses of all three repeaters/devices were from eero. Since i can't see the devices, i can only judge based on the mac addresses the devices are broadcasting.