Hey all, I have a few questions:
I have Frontier Fiber service with one Eero 6 as my main router. I would like to have a VPN router upstream and use the Eeros strictly for wifi. If the router is upstream, anything connected to the Eeros should be covered by the VPN, correct?
Now for the set up, is it as easy as buying a router (like this one: https://www.flashrouters.com/privacy-hero-vpn-router-by-flashrouters), and plugging that directly in to my ONT, and then plugging the main Eero in to the router?
I also have a handful of hardwired devices that are on a switch connected to the other open port on the main Eero. Should I then plug the switch in to the new router, or leave it on the Eero?
Leave the switch on the eero. Otherwise, all good.
You would need to switch the eero into bridge mode, but other than that it should work.
If you buy any other eeros to use as access points I would make sure they’re not connected directly to the router. Eero claims that even in bridge mode, their devices work best when one eero is upstream of any others.
If the router is upstream, anything connected to the Eeros should be covered by the VPN, correct?
Yes.
is it as easy as buying a router (like this one
Yes, but why get a wifi router if you’re not using the wifi. A lot of people here seem to like Firewalla (all wired) for this.
I have one hardwired device on that switch that seems to disconnect periodically. I think the gateway is changing on my current set up.
The new router would then become the new gateway, correct? So if that doesn’t change should I be able to maintain my connection even if plugged in to the eero?
Yes, but why get a wifi router if you’re not using the wifi. A lot of people here seem to like Firewalla (all wired) for this.
I guess the price. I would probably need at least the firewalla purple which is $100 more. Would that do something more for me than this one?
I don’t know anything about that brand, but you can probably do a feature comparison by looking at the user interface for each. From flicking through that website I have to admit it looks a lot like a lighter-weight Firewalla on features.
So I can’t really endorse it but I have nothing bad to say about it either! If you end up going this route (ha ha) can you post a review after a month or so of playing with it?
I have a device that is connected to the switch. It periodically disconnects. To reset it, I have to turn my dhcp off on that device and then back on. When it reconnects, it connects to a different gateway. Just wondering if that might be Eero related, and if plugging in to the new router directly if that might fix my problem.
Or subnet mask? I think the screen shows both, and one of them changes when I reconnect
I went to double check when I got home… only to discover that my dog dug up behind our pool equipment and shredded the ethernet cable… I checked on my equipment from work today and saw I had no connection, so assumed it just disconnected again, so it may be working properly now, and just have to blame the dog and replace the cable. Lol.
Gotcha. Conduit is what you want, then 
LMAO! Yes, that would have helped. To be fair it was snug to the wall and somehow she got the one small section that crossed over to the plumbing.
