The Eero Outdoor 7 Brings Wi-Fi to the Backyard

The Eero Outdoor 7 comes with fixings and instructional videos for installation onto stucco, vinyl, wood, oregon fibre cement walls. You tin besides connect it to a obstruction oregon a woody station if you prefer. The Eero Outdoor 7 supports PoE (power implicit Ethernet), meaning you tin plug a azygous Ethernet cable into the 2.5 Gbps Ethernet larboard to present some net and power, though the different extremity volition person to plug into thing similar Eero’s PoE Gateway ($400).

A wired transportation volition compression the champion show from the Eero Outdoor 7, but means moving a cable. If you similar to link wirelessly, you’ll request the optional outdoor powerfulness adapter, which costs an other $50. It volition usage the 5-GHz set to link to an existing mesh wirelessly, reducing the disposable bandwidth for devices. If you’re wondering astir the deficiency of 6-GHz, often touted arsenic the main vantage of Wi-Fi 7, Eero decided it didn’t marque overmuch consciousness for outdoor Wi-Fi wherever the scope is truthful vital, and it’s a just constituent (6-GHz is comparatively abbreviated scope and requires much power).

The Eero Outdoor 7 is compatible with all the existing Eero systems that the institution sells, truthful you tin determination freely wrong and out, and it volition walk disconnected the transportation seamlessly to your devices, automatically uncovering the champion channels and minimizing interference. Just similar Eero’s routers, the Outdoor 7 is smart-home-friendly, with enactment for Thread, Zigbee, and Matter. That volition beryllium useful for devices similar security cameras and robot mowers and could beryllium a important selling constituent for the Eero Outdoor 7 compared to different outdoor routers, similar the importantly cheaper TP-Link Deco X50 Outdoor ($150).

The Eero Outdoor 7 costs $350 and is disposable starting November 13. The bundle with the 30-watt PoE (Power implicit Ethernet) and outdoor powerfulness adapter is $400 and gives you astir 18 feet of cablegram to tally to an outdoor outlet. It volition besides beryllium offered successful two-packs and bundled with different Eero systems, similar the Max 7. The Eero Outdoor 7 comes with a three-year warranty.