Review of WiFi 7 Pro Router & 1.6Gb Service - Mixed Feelings.

[CarbonStar]

Hi Everyone!

Please see my review below, 

1). Engineer Appointment was 8am-1pm and the gentleman arrived around 9:15am and gave a courtesy call 10 mins before too!

2). Swapped the little ONT box within 5 minutes, just took off and added new one - turned everything on and started working!

3). Gave the Hub Pro a few minutes and was hitting max speed!

4). My iPhone 16 Pro Max is able to get around 1.4Gb download max from the hub, up from 840Mb from my Eero 6E router (TalkTalk).

5). PC is almost at 1.7Gb Down with Ethernet.

6). Disappointing to see you cannot hide your SSID / not Broadcast Your Wifi Signal - but it is what it is I guess.

7). Not sure if I need to opt out of "EE WiFi" which makes you a public WiFi hotspot? - can anyone advise on this please?

8). Overall, higher latency on EE than TalkTalk but much faster speeds - not sure if I'll keep or switch back as Latency is more important than Speed to me. Disappointed in this - EE has 2-4x more latency than TalkTalk - I will see if this will settle over next 24-48 hours.

9). Furthest Room in my home (3-storey) gets 600 - 700Mb which is excellent. The same spot with Virgin Media (1Gb) would get 150 - 300Mb using their router and wifi booster in the same location as EE's Pro Hub and Extender. I appre you don't need such fast speeds however for battery life, the quicker load times and stronger signal I'm hoping will help!

I think that's everything, so conclude,

Great Speeds, Easy Set Up.

Higher Latency - most important for me - so I will most likely cancel this and go back to TalkTalk.

[JimM11]

@Huggons1 Not many user's got them yet, no doubt someone will find out, if not yourself when you get the delivery, are you thinking it does not like the Smarthub+ does, if it is a true dedicated wireless backhaul then is does need so, and why its hidden so only analyzers will pick it up to show.

[Huggons1]

Thanks. I am hoping it doesn't broadcast the unwanted hidden ssid's, or there is an option to switch them off.

I can easily check, once the router is received, using a Wi-Fi  Analyzer. All my previous EE routers (most recently Smart Hub 2 and Smart Hub Plus) do broadcast the hidden ssid's, with no way to switch them off. I have some equipment in my home that has issues and the equipment manufacturer is convinced that the broadcast of the hidden ssid's (which jump around the channels) are the root cause.

Cheers  

[bobpullen]

@Huggons1 - the behaviour will be the same.

Your equipment manufacturer may have one less excuse in their toolbelt though as I believe the Smart Hub Pro will primarily use 6GHz channels for its backhaul link. 

[JimM11]

@Huggons1 I have always observed that the hidden channels follow exactly the same channel as the non hidden both on the 2.4ghz and the 5ghz, will admit that i have fixed the 2.4ghz to channel 1 as you can not 100% as FW updates do make it go smart so you have to go back and reset, but 5ghz does not allow anything but what it thinks is smart. Only seen 3 jumps in 7 months so fairly sticky.

[Huggons1]

 

[JimM11]

@Huggons1 Are the signals both from the same router?

[Huggons1]

Yes they are

[JimM11]

@Huggons1 What EE router do you have? And does the 5Ghz signal also have different channels? Also pic of my 5Ghz channels

[Huggons1]

The posted picture was for my EE smart hub plus router. I was only interested in the 2.4 GHz, as this is where the effected equipment operates. Will check 5 GHz.

Hoping my EE smart hub pro arrives today 

[Mr_Incredible]

Is anyone able to confirm whether the new Pro router can handle VLANs and does it have a "guest" network for isolation?