Ethernet connections dropping Eero gateway

I have a G1100 and it has had 2 Ethernet connections for the last 2 years. One of those connections was my Eero pro router.

A few weeks ago I added a third Ethernet connection to the gateway - a laptop for work. Last week my Eero network dropped off as disconnected. In the Fios gateway page I tried romping g it and it kept failing. I tried and tried to reconnect the Eero and thought that the LAN adapter must have been busted. Finally I disconnected all devices and restarted the gateway. I added the eero first to port 4 and it worked fine! So I added the laptops on 1 and 2 and the eero went back to disconnected! I disconnected the laptops and it came back up. What exactly is going on and how do I fix it?

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Cang_Household

Can you run speed test on your two computers? For speeds lower than 100Mbps, it is commonly indicative of a bad cable or bad Ethernet port. Can you swap the EERO onto a different LAN port on G1100 and try again? Thanks.

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Cang_Household

Have you configured your EERO to "bridge mode?" You need to disable EERO's DHCP server. You are likely experiencing an IP conflict.

JuanA1

If I set the eero to bridge mode, that would allow the Fios gateway to assign IP addresses as necessary correct? Is there a potential for problems there? I have a lot of devices connected to the eero network like smart light switches, echos, alarm, etc etc.

Cang_Household

Do you currently have a double NAT setup? Meaning your Verizon router establishes a LAN network and your EERO establishes another network within Verizon router's LAN?

JuanA1

Yes, DHCP is set to auto on both.