One of the main differences is that the 6E for the most part is a glorified dual band system compared to the actual tri band system of the X68. A Pro 6 would likely be better.
One thing to also check is making sure that the computer you are testing from is actually connected to the closest leaf. Most of the time Eero will keep you on a further away leaf as long as the signal strength is still good. Can help to turn the wifi off and on again on the device itself to help this.
Yes but if the third radio band is 6Ghz (which it is in this case) and you don't have line of sight within about 30 feet of the nodes, it's basically useless and will never actually do anything. Everything will fall back to 5Ghz/2.4Ghz which essentially makes it a glorified dual band system. It's a 6+ in disguise.
For the price they charge the 6E should really be quad band. 2.4 x 1 with 5Ghz x 2 (aka the Pro 6) and then 6Ghz x 1.
If you have your nodes that far apart you can’t make use of the 6ghz backhaul but you could still connect a 6ghz device to it and have 2 free radio channels.
Yeah this is a bad take IMO. 6Ghz will be 6Ghz, and adjusting your placement so it is used for backhaul will skyrocket your speeds compared to any other eero system. The radios are so much more sensitive and have a way lower noise floor that eero can handle even 400-500 Mbps of traffic over the 6Ghz link at very low RSSI.
Eero Pro 6 is great, and should be used when you really need that backhaul penetration in difficult environments, but eero Pro 6E is definitely *not* a glorified dual-band system.
Wait, the 6E model is a dual band system? Am I looking at the wrong model? If I copy the model name S010001, it takes me to the model that's tri band.
I'm just gonna try to do a hard reset again and see if that does anything, I probably did something wrong since the buttons on the eeros are really fucking bad.
I am going to assume you have a one wired, one wireless node style setup, so no real possible topology issues.
50 Mbps off a leaf node is indeed quite poor. How far is the leaf eero from the gateway, and the leaf eero from the client you tested on? In my experience with eero Pro 6E, I was able to get my full 500/100 internet speeds on 5Ghz and 6Ghz, off the wireless node that was about 30ft and one floor (no walls) away.
If you place the eeros too far apart, or there are too many obstructions, they will not be able to mesh effectively on their 5Ghz or 6Ghz radios, resulting in lower speeds like you are seeing.
Another thing to note is eeros take about 3 days or so to "learn" the environment. Some things happen quite immediately (propagation of path costs to all nodes), some take about an hour or so (notching out narrowband interferes), some take about a day (Automatic Channel Selection), and others take about 3-5 days (non-peak time automatic speedtests to tune the SQM algorithm for the Optimize for Conferencing & Gaming feature). Hard resetting nodes or deleting a network reset these times, but rebooting a node due to placement testing should not interfere with it too much.
One last thing to consider is wiring in said gaming PCs to the leaf eero. If its nearby enough, it will yield higher speeds, lower latency, and improved reliability.
I ain't gonna lie, I don't really know, If I could give a rough estimate, I say it's about 25-30 feet. Interior walls are the only thing that's, I guess affecting with the connection between the 2.
The problem with wiring the pcs is that, I can't really do that. Since the main eero already has all 2 ports connected and that the other eero is just too far to be wired, I don't really have a option other than to just have the pcs rely on wi-fi cards. And also that I have no outlets to put a powerline adapter near the nodes, and that we can't just have wires around the house.
For now, I am just gonna hard reset it again since I think I did something wrong while trying to hard reset it, (The buttons on the eero are absolutely dogshit) and if that doesn't work, then mine as well wait 3 days.
You can always use an unmanaged switch if you need more Ethernet ports, and you can wire a PC into an otherwise wireless eero.
I would steer clear of power line personally.
Good luck with the testing!
Just a simple one eero wired and the other eero being wireless.
Both of the eeros are decently at the top, the main eero being at the very top of the house.
I should probably mention that I wasn't the guy that thought of getting it, I'm just a family member of the household.
And to be fair, 2 gig does sound nice lol but I'll probably think about going back if I can't fix it.
One of the main differences is that the 6E for the most part is a glorified dual band system compared to the actual tri band system of the X68. A Pro 6 would likely be better. One thing to also check is making sure that the computer you are testing from is actually connected to the closest leaf. Most of the time Eero will keep you on a further away leaf as long as the signal strength is still good. Can help to turn the wifi off and on again on the device itself to help this.
How? It has 3 x radios in it.
Yes but if the third radio band is 6Ghz (which it is in this case) and you don't have line of sight within about 30 feet of the nodes, it's basically useless and will never actually do anything. Everything will fall back to 5Ghz/2.4Ghz which essentially makes it a glorified dual band system. It's a 6+ in disguise. For the price they charge the 6E should really be quad band. 2.4 x 1 with 5Ghz x 2 (aka the Pro 6) and then 6Ghz x 1.
If you have your nodes that far apart you can’t make use of the 6ghz backhaul but you could still connect a 6ghz device to it and have 2 free radio channels.
Yeah this is a bad take IMO. 6Ghz will be 6Ghz, and adjusting your placement so it is used for backhaul will skyrocket your speeds compared to any other eero system. The radios are so much more sensitive and have a way lower noise floor that eero can handle even 400-500 Mbps of traffic over the 6Ghz link at very low RSSI. Eero Pro 6 is great, and should be used when you really need that backhaul penetration in difficult environments, but eero Pro 6E is definitely *not* a glorified dual-band system.
Wait, the 6E model is a dual band system? Am I looking at the wrong model? If I copy the model name S010001, it takes me to the model that's tri band. I'm just gonna try to do a hard reset again and see if that does anything, I probably did something wrong since the buttons on the eeros are really fucking bad.
No. It is not.
I am going to assume you have a one wired, one wireless node style setup, so no real possible topology issues. 50 Mbps off a leaf node is indeed quite poor. How far is the leaf eero from the gateway, and the leaf eero from the client you tested on? In my experience with eero Pro 6E, I was able to get my full 500/100 internet speeds on 5Ghz and 6Ghz, off the wireless node that was about 30ft and one floor (no walls) away. If you place the eeros too far apart, or there are too many obstructions, they will not be able to mesh effectively on their 5Ghz or 6Ghz radios, resulting in lower speeds like you are seeing. Another thing to note is eeros take about 3 days or so to "learn" the environment. Some things happen quite immediately (propagation of path costs to all nodes), some take about an hour or so (notching out narrowband interferes), some take about a day (Automatic Channel Selection), and others take about 3-5 days (non-peak time automatic speedtests to tune the SQM algorithm for the Optimize for Conferencing & Gaming feature). Hard resetting nodes or deleting a network reset these times, but rebooting a node due to placement testing should not interfere with it too much. One last thing to consider is wiring in said gaming PCs to the leaf eero. If its nearby enough, it will yield higher speeds, lower latency, and improved reliability.
I ain't gonna lie, I don't really know, If I could give a rough estimate, I say it's about 25-30 feet. Interior walls are the only thing that's, I guess affecting with the connection between the 2. The problem with wiring the pcs is that, I can't really do that. Since the main eero already has all 2 ports connected and that the other eero is just too far to be wired, I don't really have a option other than to just have the pcs rely on wi-fi cards. And also that I have no outlets to put a powerline adapter near the nodes, and that we can't just have wires around the house. For now, I am just gonna hard reset it again since I think I did something wrong while trying to hard reset it, (The buttons on the eero are absolutely dogshit) and if that doesn't work, then mine as well wait 3 days.
You can always use an unmanaged switch if you need more Ethernet ports, and you can wire a PC into an otherwise wireless eero. I would steer clear of power line personally. Good luck with the testing!
Powerline is a good alternative for a required hard wired work computer. WiFi on eero is sketchy at best.
Do you actually need 2 units? I’d try running the network from one single unit. The Wi-Fi radios in the eeros are pretty good.
I don't really know, currently the pcs are connected to the main node even though the pcs look like they're close to the other node.
Try unplugging and removing the second one from the network. Just to see what happens.
What’s your topology?
Just a simple one eero wired and the other eero being wireless. Both of the eeros are decently at the top, the main eero being at the very top of the house.
Return them and go back to gig. Why do you think you need 2gb service?
I should probably mention that I wasn't the guy that thought of getting it, I'm just a family member of the household. And to be fair, 2 gig does sound nice lol but I'll probably think about going back if I can't fix it.