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Getting eero wifi mesh network, can i still use my XR500?


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So I'm in the UK at the moment. I also live in a slim but tall 3 story house. At the moment I have my XR500 router on the ground floor. Very powerful for the ground floor and a pretty decent signal on the 1st. But on the top floor, the single is weak and continually drops. Getting 30Mbps max. I tried to use a powerline extender, but if you saw my other post, it was a disaster. 

I decided to flood the house full of Eero Pro 6E nodes. 6 in total, 2 for each floor. This should be able to give us 1 Gigabit wifi on throughout the house. 

But my question is, my XR500 is great as a modem and the hub in the back is useful. Can I just switch off the wifi on the XR500 and carry on using the XR500 other features and carry on using it as my main router? The the eero just handles the wifi? 

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