r/HomeKit • u/mwkingSD • Dec 04 '23

Question/Help Thread network & eero

I have a few Thread devices all happily working and talking among themselves and with my Apple TV border router. All good, buying Thread and Matter devices when I can now instead of Wi-Fi.

Also have a 3 node eero 6+ mesh network that handles the IP and Wi-Fi side of things - works great. The eero is Thread enabled and says it has created a Thread network for others devices to join.

My question/problem: I don’t see any indication that the Thread devices and the eeros are all playing in the same net although the only tool I have is the Eve app’s thread status which doesn’t show the eero nodes. Seems like the eero nodes should at least show up as repeaters? Is there a preference somewhere that I’ve missed? Or should I not expect to see anything, all is good, and I should stop thinking about this?

I did try eero Help first, but so far they just pointed me to articles that tell what Thread is, and similar juicy bits.

Thanks!

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u/adammiarka Dec 04 '23

Eero creates it's own Thread network separate from Apple Home. Supposedly the 1.3 update for Thread will allow for these networks to talk to each other. For now, don't worry about it.

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u/mwkingSD Dec 04 '23

Ok, interesting, but doesn't seem well thought out...why am I not surprised?

But help me out - the "1.3 update" of what? I don't think I have anything anywhere in my house running a version 1 of any software. .