Interesting that you have a trio of Eeros from Virgin Media. Did you end up with 3 of these units by default or did you need multiple Eeros to get coverage in your flat previously?
Just trying to connect the dots - if you've had multiple Eeros deployed that would kinda make me suspect that there is something structural that is preventing the WiFi signal propagating.
I would be looking at using the Eeros as a complete replacement as you already have them sitting on the shelf at no cost, at least to establish that multiple units can penetrate or get round whatever the structure is that is blocking the signal. Try to work out what is blocking the signal.
You could keep using the Eeros, or move onto a 2nd Linksys Mx unit from ebay to keep your support with CF unhampered. Or any other mesh solution you care to choose - ubiquity is expensive but good.
Hiya - I don't have any Eeros.
I have a trio of Deco M5s, which I bought myself during the Virgin Media days.
They provided better coverage in my modestly sized flat than the Virgin Media Hub 4 ever did, however they too were prone to weak signal between the 3x units, and often resulted in total drop outs.
My situation was worsened due to frequent broadband outages (officially recognised by Virgin) that affected the neighbourhood. Often for days on end.
So to be clear, I had two issue - 1) Virgin themselves with frequent outages and 2) sketchy WiFi distribution via both the Hub 4 and the Deco M5 units (although Deco was better than the router alone, for sure).
So, I needed to change ISP anyway. 3 days into CF, I'm optimistic, but am noticing dropouts in the next room (latency between 70ms at best, and 250ms at worst) and often 0 connection in the furthest room (about 10m away from the router, with minimal obstruction).
The router is within an MDF TV unit (with MDF doors closed), but I wouldn't have thought that would be much of a limiting factor.
So options that I've thought about/read about:
1) Procure another Linksys router (is this basically a "mesh"?)
2) Buy a better router
3) Powerline adapters (which another poster above has advised against)
4) Use my old Deco M5 nodes for a mesh (even though it was prone to dropouts in the old Virgin Hub 4-based set up)
5) Procure a new mesh set up (new hardware)
6) Pay an extra £10p/m for CF to "guarantee" the signal (not sure what their solution would be)
Whilst repositioning the router and/or physical cabling might solve the issue, I'm really hesitant to that. With such a small flat, I am really hoping to achieve a wireless solution.
Thanks again
Z