Amazon’s eero family allows us to form a mesh network in our home with great performance, allowing us to connect dozens of wireless devices to the local network, and enjoy high speeds from our fiber optics. Now, with this new equipment, the speed we will obtain is at a much higher level thanks to the new standard and its technical specifications.
Main features
Nowadays, connectivity to the Internet and the local network is essential, not only for leisure but also for work. For this reason, having a very fast and stable Mesh WiFi system is essential for any home. eero Max 7 has all the ingredients to be one of the best in this regard. This model has a powerful Quad-Core A73 processor, in addition, it has 2GB of RAM and also 4GB of FLASH memory to store all non-volatile files.
Wireless
The main wireless features of this new device are that it is simultaneous triple band with Wi-Fi 7 and BE20800 class. The speeds and antenna configuration of this equipment are as follows:
- 2.4GHz band: Up to 688Mbps speed, thanks to its two internal antennas in MU-MIMO 2T2R configuration and 40MHz channel width.
- 5GHz band: Up to 8646Mbps speed, has four internal antennas with 4T4R MU-MIMO and 240MHz channel width when possible, otherwise it will be 160MHz, so the speed in this band will be somewhat lower.
- 6GHz band: 11528Mbps speed, having 4T4R MU-MIMO and compatible with 320MHz channel width in this band.
This equipment incorporates all the technologies of the Wi-Fi 7 standard, such as MU-MIMO, OFDMA, Beamforming, MLO and also WPA3-Personal for all frequency bands. We have both WiFi roaming and band-steering, so we don’t have to worry about which node to connect to or which frequency band. Thanks to Amazon’s patented technology TrueMeshwe will be able to have really fast roaming without any interruptions, guaranteeing that customers have a fast and reliable Internet experience, choosing the best route for network traffic depending on different factors such as network design, interference and connected devices.
This model also includes connectivity Bluetooth 5.0 BLE to make local configurations, and to control other devices that use this technology for the Internet of Things. It also has the new wireless standard Thread for home automation, which works only as a controller, and even matter also as a controller. Furthermore, something very notable is that it also has ZigBee which works as a controller, perfect for home automation. Taking all these standards into account, it is clear that the eero Max 7 is not only a device that will provide us with WiFi, but will also be the central core of all home automation in our home.
Thanks to Alexa, we can go one step further in automating different tasks and also perform different orders to all the devices in our home.
Wired
This new equipment has two 10GBASE-T Multigigabit ports with automatic detection, as usual. Thanks to these fast ports, we will be able to take full advantage of the device’s WiFi 7 performance. We will also have others two 2.5G Multigigabit ports with automatic detection. Therefore, each eero Max 7 node will have two 10G ports and another two 2.5G ports.
Logically, this equipment is a neutral router, so we will need a modem or the ONT to connect to the Internet through xDSL or fiber optic lines. Thanks to this equipment, we will be able to have a truly advanced main router.
Other features
A very important feature of the eero Max 7 is its ease of configuring and controlling it, we can do it in a matter of minutes through the application designed specifically for this. A very important aspect is that this device is compatible with previous eero, but logically we will not be able to squeeze the most out of it since this model is the first to have the Wi-Fi 7 standard.
Amazon has a paid subscription service called eero Plus, this will allow us to add advanced online security features, parental control and also use three security-related applications such as 1password to manage our passwords, Malwarebytes to protect us against malware , and Guardian for VPN access.
The price of this eero Max 7 model is €699.99, if we take into account that we will need at least two devices to set up a Mesh network, the pack of two devices costs up to €1,400. This price is very high, but we must keep in mind that we will have the best that exists today in WiFi Mesh and connectivity for home automation.
