I’ve
always loved Wi-Fi and I’ve always wondered why Wi-Fi Networks don’t operate
more like Mesh Networks.
Well
here comes the Eero Wi-Fi Router that
distributes internet access wireless across your house using a Mesh Network of
small Wi-Fi routers as noted in the article “Eero Wants to Zap
Your Home's Wi-Fi Dead Zones”, published FEBRUARY 3, 2015 BY STEPHANIE
MLOT, PCWorld.
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Co-founded
by Nick Weaver, Amos Schallich and Nate Hardison, the San Francisco-based
startup convinced VC (Venture Capitalists) of the genius of their idea. There
were able to raise some US$5 million funding from the following VC's:
1.
First Round Ventures
2.
Homebrew Ventures
3.
Menlo Ventures
4.
Stanford University
According
to Eero, three (3) of their Mesh Networked Eero Wi-Fi Router costing US$300 can cover an
area of 2,200 and 2,500 square feet, with each additional Eero Wi-Fi Router costing n additional US$125.
In
the past, whenever customers of mine want to have Wi-Fi spread all around their
house despite structural limitations, I’ve always recommended Power-Line Adaptor to extend Internet from their
Router as explained in my Geezam blog
article entitled “How
to expand and secure your Wi-Fi Network with Power-Line Adaptors”.
So
how is this product better than Powerline AV or even a regular Wi-Fi Extended?
It’s all about the Mesh Network!
Eero Wi-Fi Router – How
a Wi-Fi Router based on a Mesh Network can remove Dead Zones
The
Eero Wi-Fi Router does it a completely
different way from most Range extenders.
What
the Eero Wi-Fi Router does is to split the
Internet over several smaller routers that are strategically places to minimize
dead spots as noted in the article “Startup
Eero wants to wipe out weak Wi-Fi”, published February 3, 2015 by Stephen
Shankland, CNET News.
They
then use a private Radio channel, basically a backhaul Radio similar to the
IPRAN (IP Radio Access Network) used by Telecom Providers to interlink their
Cell towers to create a Mesh Network. It’s considered a Mesh Network as the
different routers that a part of the Mesh can be moved to new locations,
depending on the wishes of the user.
This
is the basis of the Mesh Network as noted in the article “Eero
now taking pre-orders for its innovative Wi-Fi router”, published February
4, 2015 By Chris Stobing, Digitaltrends.
How the Eero Wi-Fi
Router Works – Trio of Routers uses IoT to deliver seamless Internet
The
Eero Wi-Fi Router uses the regular 2.5 GHz
and 5 GHz Frequencies used by Wi-Fi Routers to transfer Internet access around the
house. They are using Qualcomm's DSP and Wi-Fi Radios and 1GB of flash storage running
their own proprietary software.
Each
Eero Wi-Fi Router communicates via the Mesh
Network to determine the best radio frequencies and even coordinate with a
neighbor’s Eero Wi-Fi Router to avoid
cross-channel interference.
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The
Eero Wi-Fi Router then relay this information
via the Eero Wi-Fi Router app to
smartphones, Laptops and Tablets in the area, informing them of the best
Frequencies as well as Eero Wi-Fi Router in
the Mesh Network to get a good connection. Because they use a single network
name, it’s easy to connect and is not confusing to the homeowner.
Naturally,
the first Router in the Eero Wi-Fi Router
Mesh Network is connected to your main ISP (Internet Service Provider) Router.
Then after that, with the help of an app made for the Eero Wi-Fi Router, the householder then places
the other Eero Wi-Fi Router at different
points in the house.
The
Eero Wi-Fi Router firmware is
self-updating, easy to set up and easy to track attempts to access your network
and grant access to family and friends. With these optimizations, the Eero Wi-Fi Router, like a Telecom Network is a
self-optimizing Network that makes High Speed Broadband accessible in any part
of your home.
At
these prices, this is clearly for the householder seeking to leverage more IoT (Internet
of Things) connectivity with their home appliances. It'll be some time before this
trend catches on in Jamaica as it's just starting in the US of A.
But
if the smartphone adoption in Jamaica and the trend of Internet controlled
Light bulbs like the LG Electronics Internet Controlled LED Light Bulb as
described in my blog
article entitled “LG
Electronics Internet Controlled LED Light Bulb - Li-Fi’s Standardization of
Alexander Graham Bell’s First Invention powered by Powerline AV 500 and
Homeplug AV” are anything to go by, then this'll be in Jamaica by 2017!
Here’s
the Link:
Eero Wi-Fi Router Twitter Feed: @geteero
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