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A few weeks ago my ISP (Frontier) installed a Fiber optic system. It comes with model FX523 modem, connected to an eero pro7 router. I have three older desktop computers that run Linux Oses, that I normally connect to a router via Ethernet cables. I also have a Samsung Galaxy A15 smartphone that I connect via WiFi.
I did lots of google research into this. I have 33 pages printed out and laying on the floor! According to the research the eero pro7 is a very good piece of hardware. But I have several problems with it.
1) I don't like the fact that the only way to access the settings is through the eero app on my smartphone.
2) For the past few years I have used the adult filter with cleanbrowsing DNS. Even though I have done lots of research, I have not been able to make this router use cleanbrowsing DNS. It is very odd, in order to get to the custom DNS, I had to disable "Advanced Security" which was on by default. After typing in the new DNS stuff, I had to reboot the thing and then test to see if was using cleanbrowsing. I tried this several times, and it does not. According to my research this could be because it is not registered with cleanbrowsing DNS. So I contacted cleanbrowsing about it, and I'm waiting for a response.
3) I cannot connect 3 of my computers to it without buying a switch. But since I am having such trouble understanding the settings and getting it to do what I want it to do, I am not sure that I want to buy a switch for it, or just buy another kind of router. A router that I am more familuar with.
I used to use the ASUS RT-AC51U router that I had added to my former Frontier DSL service to try and add a little more security to my internet. Back when I was using this, I could set the DNS in the Frontier Modem/Router, or the ASUS router and get it to work either way. Either one I could bring up the settings through the web browser and making the little changes that I wanted was easy. Before anyone says anything against my old setup, I didn't know what I was doing, but I at least got it to do one thing I wanted.
I have been trying to find me a different router to buy. I wanted to buy something in a local store so that I didn't need to order something and wait a week or so to get it in the mail. According to the research Netgear BE9300 or TP-Link BE9300 are the best ones my local stores carrie. The next one that might be better than those two would be the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro. If I wanted that one, I would need to order it from Amazon. Yet the research indicates that none of these perform as good as the eero pro7 does!
I am dealing with a lot of questions floating around in my head, and I can not seem to narrow anything down. Which is why I am posting this here. Please Help! Should I buy a different router or keep trying to get the eero pro7 to do what I want with the DNS? What router do think is the more secure? What about WiFi needs or Ethernet speed? What would you do, if you were me?
I did lots of google research into this. I have 33 pages printed out and laying on the floor! According to the research the eero pro7 is a very good piece of hardware. But I have several problems with it.
1) I don't like the fact that the only way to access the settings is through the eero app on my smartphone.
2) For the past few years I have used the adult filter with cleanbrowsing DNS. Even though I have done lots of research, I have not been able to make this router use cleanbrowsing DNS. It is very odd, in order to get to the custom DNS, I had to disable "Advanced Security" which was on by default. After typing in the new DNS stuff, I had to reboot the thing and then test to see if was using cleanbrowsing. I tried this several times, and it does not. According to my research this could be because it is not registered with cleanbrowsing DNS. So I contacted cleanbrowsing about it, and I'm waiting for a response.
3) I cannot connect 3 of my computers to it without buying a switch. But since I am having such trouble understanding the settings and getting it to do what I want it to do, I am not sure that I want to buy a switch for it, or just buy another kind of router. A router that I am more familuar with.
I used to use the ASUS RT-AC51U router that I had added to my former Frontier DSL service to try and add a little more security to my internet. Back when I was using this, I could set the DNS in the Frontier Modem/Router, or the ASUS router and get it to work either way. Either one I could bring up the settings through the web browser and making the little changes that I wanted was easy. Before anyone says anything against my old setup, I didn't know what I was doing, but I at least got it to do one thing I wanted.
I have been trying to find me a different router to buy. I wanted to buy something in a local store so that I didn't need to order something and wait a week or so to get it in the mail. According to the research Netgear BE9300 or TP-Link BE9300 are the best ones my local stores carrie. The next one that might be better than those two would be the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 Pro. If I wanted that one, I would need to order it from Amazon. Yet the research indicates that none of these perform as good as the eero pro7 does!
I am dealing with a lot of questions floating around in my head, and I can not seem to narrow anything down. Which is why I am posting this here. Please Help! Should I buy a different router or keep trying to get the eero pro7 to do what I want with the DNS? What router do think is the more secure? What about WiFi needs or Ethernet speed? What would you do, if you were me?
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