I have FIOS fiber internet. I have a cheapo router that Frontier gave me where I deactivated the wifi signal on and run a whole home eero pro 6 mesh network for wifi. This cheapo Frontier router essentially acts as a gateway. It has no QOS. I am a heavy Call of Duty player and want the XR1000 for the QOS to assign priority bandwidth to my PS5 and for the Netduma. Can I replace my cheapo Frontier router with the XR1000 and deactivate the wifi so I can continue using eero mesh network AND also be able to use the XR1000 as a gateway plus use the QOS and Netduma? Is this possible? Please advise. Thanks!
Thank you for replying! I definitely can add my own router. Fiber automatically has an ONT. Mine is in the garage. The fiber goes to it directly and then a cat 5 line runs to a switch which then splits off to all the cat 5 wall ports in the house. The cheapo router they provide is only acting as a gateway/wifi axis point which again I disabled. So it is really a gateway for LAN. I just wonder if DUMA OS 3.0 will work with wifi disabled on the XR1000. And I don’t need any better wifi in the office where this setup will be. The eero mesh is perfection for wifi. The goal is to only improve bufferbloat and reduce ping for call of duty game play.
You will be able to connect the XR to the ONT and disable the WiFi on it. It depends on how the Eero handles the IPs for the devices connected to it, whether they receive an IP from the Eero or the main router itself as that will determine the level of control you'll have. I.e. if the router handles the IPs then you can control each device individually, if not then you'll only be able to see the Eero for example
