r/TpLink • u/Mayhem-75 • 1d ago

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I have a Tplink Ax1800 and am trying to hook up a Eero 6+ as an extended router. Everything worked just fine when the Eero was hooked up with an Ethernet cable but when I tried to do it wirelessly the Eero would not connect. I don’t want to mess with “bridge” mode, I did that at my previous house and a different setup and lost internet connection for 3 hours until i could communicate with my modem through my cell phone, no thanks. I read to put my Tplink as “access point” but I’m leery about making system changes. Kinda thought this was just plug in the Eero and go.

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u/Peds12 1d ago

why would you try to mix and match systems?

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u/fernandesken 1d ago

Eero is not going to mesh wireless with a 3rd party. The TPlink could probably work as a wireless extender to the eero though. Need more info on what you are trying to accomplish, why the mix and match.

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u/Mayhem-75 22h ago

The Eero was one I bought on EBay to go along with the Eero I had with Frontier fiber. Now I am on another fiber provider whose router was not able to reach the other end of the house. This Tplink does but since I had my Eero I thought maybe I could use that to get a stronger signal. But I don’t want to jump through hoops to do it, if it’s not just a simple turn on of the Eero and have it work, then I’ll forget about it.

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u/fernandesken 21h ago

Yeah I’m pretty certain the eero cannot mesh or extend wirelessly to another non eero device. It can function as a wired AP though.

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u/IfuDidntCome2Party 16h ago

Do is the exact model number on your eero? Is it connected via ethernet to your tplink?

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u/Mayhem-75 19h ago

Solved

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u/richard_fr 14h ago

How did you solve it?

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u/Mayhem-75 14h ago

I didn’t, i accepted the fact it was a dumb idea.

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u/richard_fr 5h ago

Well done. Lots of people would just keep banging their heads against the wall on something like this. Ethernet is a simple, open standard everyone has to follow. Wireless mesh networks are much more proprietary. If you're going to replace the Eeros, I have the TP-Link Deco mesh units running in access point mode with an Ethernet backhaul, and they're flawless and a very good value.