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Re: Eero WiFi Mesh System
Yeah so you have the 5g tower colloquially called the ‘trash can’. You can’t disable the router functions on it or place it in bridge mode. The best you can do is simply put the eero behind it or place the eero in bridge mode. If you are concerned with NAT, well regardless of what you do, T-mobile does carrier grade NAT upstream on both IPv4 and IPv6 so it doesn’t really matter. BTW, I run eeros on my network and they work fine as long as I turn off SQM or Optimize for gaming and video conferencing. That doesn’t work for me because my speeds are so variable until I get upgraded to n41/5GUC.708Views1like0CommentsRe: Internet Gateway DHCP/DNS Address Settings
The real problem for me is that t-mobile’s DNS blocks things like plex.direct domain lookups that return an internal IP address. I get that it is for ‘security’ but that should be a changeable option. I put another router behind the t-mobile gateway and only run IPv4. That router has dns settings and dhcp settings so I can get my network correct. My router allows for IPv6 passthrough but then most devices then use T-mobile’s IPv6 DNS servers, again with the same problem. So yes please, can we change the DHCP settings as well as the upstream DNS server?439Views7likes0CommentsRe: Restart router daily?
I agree, it helps for about a day… and so I bought a Kasa smart plug. That plug holds the schedule on the device and doesn’t need the internet to turn back on. I restart at 2:57AM every night for one minute. Gets me back to mostly normal speeds everyday except for the one day where I saw the modem connect at HSPA speeds! Another reboot fixed that.30Views0likes0CommentsRestart router daily?
For my t-mobile home internet, I have to restart the router daily otherwise I drag down from 80+ mbps to something like 20mbps. Are better routers coming out? Am I the only one this is happening to? I have called support before on this and they just have me reboot or reset the router but it eventually comes back. I tried an Alexa plug but it needs internet to start back up. Doh!11KViews9likes34Comments