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5G Outdoor Hub Stopped Working – Eero Says Offline, No Fix Yet

JamiefromUK
Regular

Hi all,

 

Just wondering if anyone else has run into this recently — my Three 5G outdoor hub randomly stopped working last Friday.

 

It all started when the Eero app suddenly showed my network as offline, even though everything seemed fine and I still had internet access. I figured it was just a glitch with the app itself, so I tried the usual fixes: reinstalling the app, clearing cache, restarting phone, etc. No change.

 

Eventually I was advised to reset both the Eero and the 5G hub. After doing that, the situation got worse — now Eero won’t let me set the network back up at all, saying the modem can’t connect. Super frustrating.

 

I contacted Three and all they’ve said so far is that they’re aware of the issue. According to them, it’s a problem on Eero’s side — specifically a dodgy firmware update that needs a patch. But when I reached out to Eero support, they claim it’s actually something Three has done, and say their app and systems are working as expected.

 

So right now, I’m stuck in limbo with no clear fix and both sides pointing the finger at each other.

 

Anyone else dealing with this? Any luck getting it resolved?

 

Cheers!

 

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cottonr
Regular

I have had this from last Thursday with a 3 5G router. I have disconnected my eero system and the router although it states it is connected, does not give me any internet access even if I cable a laptop to it! In my case I think the router might have gone pig and I have tried a hard and soft reset etc! 3 won't send me out a new router to test if it is their equipment but have given me a free month!!!! Feckin useless customer support

RogerD
Active

Try it now....my net connection issues just went away (diffrerent issues). SOmeone has done something at the network end.

gordon123123
Regular
So to recap and update on my 3 internet problem,   not had much in the way of feed back from 3, I did a reset on roof unit (80db) and made no difference, I again tried to setup the eero last night as suggested and guess what, it's still can't set up it's WiFi ! 
So the story so far to recap, 
Internet has been getting a bit knotchy over last few months , aspeshely through eero WiFi, so time to do some trubble shooting on the eero,  that's when I noticed it said "internet off line"  ! But internet still working, WiFi still working ! BUT eero not functioning on app,  when looking at speed test , does not work , looking at the fault finding , or anything on menu, it just spins , times out and says there is a fault ! 
So I soft reset eero,  same I  reloaded the App on phone , same,  I did a hard reset and after that nothing worked, no internet or WiFi ! 
Ok so deleted eero account and tried going through the set up as new system , the app finds the eero ok!  ( Did not to start with , had to Manuely put serial no in ) So blue flashing light goes solid , then put in name and password ,( used original and tried different, makes no difference it just spins around and times out to fault , contact support ! ( Which I have done 5 times! In early days the internet kept cutting me off the chat terminating chat this each er connection I had to get verified ! Painfull!  
By the way the mast has been soft and hard reset, and always shows the blue light 
So this evening as my 3 support has been painfull at best , I tried a bit more investigating,  I took the eero out of the system!! Bridged the 2 LAN plugs with a joiner and hay presto, internet working on most things on my switch ! Full mess WiFi , also it seems to be working faster than it has from day one !!!! 
So I conclude the eero hub thing is defective ,  remember I have given it many soft resets and a hard reset, deleted eero app and account and re set up but the Eero is still not responcive to setting up WiFi and since the hard reset it won't through put the internet through the LAN and may well have been cause of drop outs and hesitations I have been suffering , confirmed after using BB for a few hours it's working better than it ever has ! Better than when first installed! 
I suggest the susesfull route to getting the service I am paying for is to round robin a new eero N010001 or better as soon as possible so I can get the eero WiFi back 
Your welcome, thank you in advance  
PS nothing working this AM , no tower blue light , no BB service, I have plugged Eero back in and it's still dead , I guess you turned my service Off on finding a different hub? 
that worked !!!! Please sort out ! and after another painful chat , hay presto its working again (and eero 6 still in the bin
nelnelhk
Active

Quoted from you "Internet has been getting a bit knotchy over last few months , aspeshely through eero WiFi, so time to do some trubble shooting on the eero,  that's when I noticed it said "internet off line"   "

This is the ARN issue.. Simply changed it can solve this....

gordon123123
Regular

Longer reply , I am no expert ! but this is roughtly what happened 

So to recap and update on my 3 internet problem,   not had much in the way of feed back from 3, I did a reset on roof unit (80db) and made no difference, I again tried to setup the eero last night as suggested and guess what, it's still can't set up it's WiFi ! 
So the story so far to recap, 
Internet has been getting a bit knotchy over last few months , aspeshely through eero WiFi, so time to do some trubble shooting on the eero,  that's when I noticed it said "internet off line"  ! But internet still working, WiFi still working ! BUT eero not functioning on app,  when looking at speed test , does not work , looking at the fault finding , or anything on menu, it just spins , times out and says there is a fault ! 
So I soft reset eero,  same I  reloaded the App on phone , same,  I did a hard reset and after that nothing worked, no internet or WiFi ! 
Ok so deleted eero account and tried going through the set up as new system , the app finds the eero ok!  ( Did not to start with , had to Manuely put serial no in ) So blue flashing light goes solid , then put in name and password ,( used original and tried different, makes no difference it just spins around and times out to fault , contact support ! ( Which I have done 5 times! In early days the internet kept cutting me off the chat terminating chat this each er connection I had to get verified ! Painfull!  
By the way the mast has been soft and hard reset, and always shows the blue light 
So this evening as my 3 support has been painfull at best , I tried a bit more investigating,  I took the eero out of the system!! Bridged the 2 LAN plugs with a joiner and hay presto, internet working on most things on my switch ! Full mess WiFi , also it seems to be working faster than it has from day one !!!! 
So I conclude the eero hub thing is defective ,  remember I have given it many soft resets and a hard reset, deleted eero app and account and re set up but the Eero is still not responcive to setting up WiFi and since the hard reset it won't through put the internet through the LAN and may well have been cause of drop outs and hesitations I have been suffering , confirmed after using BB for a few hours it's working better than it ever has ! Better than when first installed! 
I suggest the susesfull route to getting the service I am paying for is to round robin a new eero N010001 or better as soon as possible so I can get the eero WiFi back 
Your welcome, thank you in advance  
PS nothing working this AM , no tower blue light , no BB service, I have plugged Eero back in and it's still dead , I guess you turned my service Off on finding a different hub? 
that worked !!!! Please sort out ! and after another painful chat , hay presto its working again (and eero 6 still in the bin
MymsMan
Rising star

It is not clear whether you ever tried changing the APN on the external hub to three.co.uk which other users have found allows the eero to 'phone home' and allows connectivity to other sites that are caught up in Threes network issues.

gordon123123
Regular

I had this last few days, last night i threw the eero in bin and connected outside unit to old Orbi mesh unit and its now working better than ever! 

MymsMan
Rising star

@gordon123123 wrote:

last night i threw the eero in bin 


Not too literally I hope - Three could charge if you don't return at end of contract