So net is all basically fine. Connection is fast everywhere. Not completely consistent, but since it's ranging between 100 and 200 mbs faster than I've ever had and sometimes more it doesn't matter.

Xbox is happy.

Plex at home and yarring torrents is golden.

BUT, I can't seem to get the remote server for plex to stay open.

I followed steps for setting up static ip on the plex server laptop itself. And I set up a port forward on eero.

Still drops in and out.

Would my guess that I need to set up my connection as static on the eero be the issue? Advice seems to be that port forwarding always has to involve static ip.

Do you use Apple stuff at home? If so, sack off Plex and get Infuse.

No Apple. Paid outright for plex. So it wins on cost.

Huzzah! Nice work, Face.

A new challenger has entered the arena.

https://firewalla.com/products/firewalla-purple-se

This is a replacement for my Eero+ subscription, which did a basic job, but I thought a one-off payment for this little box of joy would be better. My set-up is now...

wall -> modem/router (bridge mode) -> Firewalla -> Eero (bridge mode)

So the Firewalla is my router, but it does all kinds of stuff. Mostly I bought it for the firewall features and the ability to filter stuff out on a device-by-device basic. My kids devices are all set to block social media, adult and gambling stuff. Handy to be able to configure a VPN client and target specific devices too. For example, I've set it so that the living room TV can connect to a US VPN at the push of a button if I want to watch something from the US Netflix collection. Ad-block does what it says on the tin.