Turns out the problem was simple, for some reason each Eero issues its own DHCP, so none of the suggestions are going to fix it. I started out with support and it was pretty clear they would be more wasting my time than anything, and found a few threads here that pointed to the cause. After constantly have to re-find units (we have 7 in 4 rooms), one time a hard reset and start from scratch. I had several weeks of hell as well when I swapped out my Orbi mesh system. I could not have gotten my system back up and working without all the help/support from this community. Thanks, again, to everyone who contributes to this site. And, of course, my guess is that many others can edit and improve on what I've written above. I'll check back in a couple times to see if others have questions that I can help answer. My hope in posting this is that I can help others who have cable modems (like the Xfinity product) and eero WiFi. Your comments and ideas helped me figure out the solution above. My thanks to all the other people who have posted to this support site. Then, connecting the switch, from which all other devices on our network stem from, to the other port on the "gateway" eero device.Connecting the "gateway" eero device to the Comcast/Xfinity modem.Enabling "Bridge Mode" on the Comcast/Xfinity modem.My impression is that the critical steps were: So, it appears that everything is working again (fingers crossed).And, I am able to control the Sonos system from my iPhone using our eero WiFi network.I am able to control the Sonos system from an iMac connected via Ethernet to one of the eero Pros (not the "gateway" Pro, but another one that is wired into the first switch).Other Sonos devices are connected to the eero WiFi network.Some of our Sonos devices are connected via Ethernet to the second switch.Our other Eero Pros are connected to that same switch (or a second switch connected into the first switch). #RING AN EERO ROUTER INSIDE HOME PRO#Plugged our Ethernet switch to the other Ethernet port (the one not used to connect to the Xfinity Wireless Gateway) in the "gateway" eero Pro.Connected the eero Pro device that was indicated as the "gateway" (was the only device that my eero app showed as being the "gateway") with the Xfinity Wireless Gateway (Ethernet cord/connection). #RING AN EERO ROUTER INSIDE HOME HOW TO#
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