Homes need better Wi-Fi. Is Eero the answer?

As we blanket our homes in connected devices, our Wi-Fi needs to keep up, which means our Wi-Fi networks will likely need to look a lot more like enterprise networks and less like the current home systems with a router in the middle and maybe a repeater or bridge somewhere else. Instead, we’ll need a router and multiple access points so every inch of the home is covered.

A new product wants to bring enterprise Wi-Fi to the masses with a series of beautiful white boxes and cloud-based software controlled from your phone that should give you most of what you need. Eero is a system of white boxes that will cost about $125 per box or about $300 for a system of three on a pre-order basis. The idea is that each box will cover about 1,000 square feet, although that really depends on the type of home you have. Certain materials are much harder for radio signals to pass through. Each Wi-Fi access point is also an 802.11ac router with 2×2 MIMO and has Bluetooth radios in it so you can also set it up via your cell phone. The boxes support WPA2 encryption. The router can handle gigabit speeds and is up to date with the current gear most devices are running.