Eero’s realizing that wires can be good, actually
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#645H0)
Wires in the wall - what a concept. | Image: Eero When it comes to networking, Wi-Fi is great for convenience, but it can't hold a candle to wires when it comes to performance and plain old reliability. Amazon seems to have taken this idea to heart because it's introducing an ethernet jack-laden gateway, which supports power over ethernet, or PoE, to its Eero lineup. It's also releasing a PoE access point alongside it.
The tech, which is popular among businesses and home networking enthusiasts alike, lets you run a single cable to your networking equipment instead of having to connect power and ethernet separately. For those willing to pay for the equipment, it should provide more flexibility for where Eero access points can be mounted or even just let people achieve cleaner cable runs.
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