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I suppose they also do text messaging if they have a real phone number.Д®ero is the only mobile app that I know of that shows you all the devices connected to each Eero device. When you next login, you are verified with a temporary code sent to the email address on file as being the administrator for the system. However, you can log out of the mobile app. The mobile app will continue to work day after day after day, it can not be password protected. The updating went well.Д®ero routers do not have passwords.

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Almost immediately, the app said the firmware was old and offered to update it. I said yes, the app said it failed, but it had actually worked. At the end of the initial setup, the app offered to connect my device to the new eero-created Wi-Fi network. A new Eero does not create a Wi-Fi network out of the box as most other routers do.

The initial connection between a new eero and the app is clearly done through the cloud. That worked fine, no Bluetooth or location service needed.

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Why? I set it up by entering the 16 character serial number into the eero app.

And, what's with Bluetooth? The initial setup on Android wants you to enable Location Services on the device. It also does not tell you how you know when the router is finished booting. For one thing, it does not mention that both Ethernet ports are the same and you can plug either one into your modem or gateway device. The documentation, as it existed in mid-February 2019, left out a lot. I was not asked how big my house was or how many floors it had. My initial setup experience did not match the documentation. Anyone concerned with privacy can create a new email address used just with Eero and nothing else.

You are not told this during the initial setup. Do you want a router that knows who you are? Note, however, that you can provide an invalid phone number and do the identity verification solely with an email address. This, in turn, requires you give them a phone number which is used to verify your identity via text message. Getting started with Eero requires setting up an account with them. 2019) and Model A010001, which is a first generation router. My experience with Eero is based on firmware version 3.11.0-436 (current as of Feb. This is not a review and is not limited to security issues. These are my random observations about the Eero mesh router system.

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