Eero

Eero Pro 6 teardown

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I bought a set of 3 eero Pro 6 mesh (Wi-Fi 6) routers back at the end of 2023, and the first one of them died in the last few weeks. Trying to power the device via USBC no longer does anything, and eero support didn’t have much to try other than the reset button and a new power adapter. So I figured I would take it apart and have a look inside just incase it was something super obvious (it was not). So here is a little overview of what’s inside an Eero Pro 6, and how to get in!

Teardown

Before starting, I found this Reddit post which shown an image of a screw on a different eero device, hidden under the label, and that was the same on the eero Pro 6, except the label revealed 2 screws.

These were 2x size 20 torx bits, and were very easy to undo, and with a little prying around the edge with a plastic pry tool, I managed to pop the bottom plate off.

This bottom plate revealed the real button, but also 4 black plastic clips, and 4 more torx screws, this time size 15.

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Smart home: Starting with OPNSense Router, Eero Wi-Fi and a pile of cables

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I recently moved into a home, that whether I like it or note, is rather “smart”.

There is a Ring video doorbell, Ring camera out the back and Wi-Fi radiators throughout, not to mention the Wi-Fi fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, hot water tank and Amazon Echo Dot that I was recently gifted.

In total, I think there are around 18 Wi-Fi devices in the house before I add any of my own.

Router choice

When first moving in, I only had an old Netgear WNR1000v3 router that would barely give a single client 40MBps connection, let alone be able to support 20+ devices moving forward. It also really couldn’t handle the fibre internet speed, given it is from 2011.

I also tried an old Plusnet hub that I had kicking around, but apparently they lock the PPPoe details to only allow Plusnet accounts?

Trusting the advice of my dear friend Ollie after discussing his “2022.11.14 Low Power Firewall” research spreadsheet, I settled on buying a Beelink U59 Pro N5105 mini PC (that would also arrive the next day).

You can find a good performance review including power benchmarks for this device on CNX Software.

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