“Do I change my network to the eero Network on my smart devices or leave them on my Xfinity Network?”
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Definitely move to eero. I don't mind, but it's much slower than what you'll get by plugging eero or any other wireless router into the ethernet port. Then there is a "bridge" setting on xfinity to turn off their wifi. It's a good idea to do that so the signals don't interfere with each other. The eero can distribute wifi to your entier home, and the wifi router built into the xfinity modem is good, but not nearly as good as the eero system. BTW there are two ways to access wifi with an xfinity system. First, there's an open xfinity wifi login that is available with almost any xfinity modem in any home or restaurant. It's purposely kept slow, but it's free to comcast customers. The second xFinity network from your modem is a real wifi router with a separate ID and login. you can turn this one off wity a "bridge" setting. Search your comcast material help materials (online) or call comcast for helping turn this off - it's confusing and useless. And much less coverage than an eero or any other mesh system. However, the built-in wifi from xfinity is good if you have a small house or apartment. You might not need a mesh system. I compared my xFinity wifi router to my older NetGear Nighthawk AC1700 and the Netgear router seemed faster. But the coverage in my large house with AC1700 and extender is not as good as an eero and 2 beacons.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes - Each of your smart devices will need to join your new eero network after you create the Name/ID and password for it. Your main eero pod will be connected to your Xfinity modem for internet access only. So your Xfinity network will still show up on your smart device (WiFi) pick-lists, however, none of your smart devices will be connected to it. They will connect to your new eero (WiFi) network instead.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you have the Eero set up correctly, you should no longer be seeing your Xfinity network as that should be turned off now. Or do you mean you're connecting to your Xfinity hot spot? (A public wifi access point that Xfinity provides for its customers.) You definitely don't want to be using that as it will be much slower and unreliable, as well as it's a public wifi network so less secure. Definitely connect all your devices to your new Eero network for best performance.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have Xfinity and connected my devices to the Eero.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have Xfinity and I still do...they are my ISP. This just becomes your router. I am no longer broadcasting from the Xfinity modem. Hopefully that makes sense and answers your question.
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