The eero Pro 6E is a tri-band Wi-Fi 6E router with a 2.4GHz band, a 5GHz band, and a 6GHz band. It's available as a single router or in packs of two or three for mesh networking. It has a sleek design with a small footprint, a low profile, and no external antennas. It features a built-in Zigbee smart home hub and support for Amazon Alexa. You manage it through eero's mobile app, where you can configure basic settings. The app has a paid subscription tier that allows you to access additional features like ad blocking, content filters, and a VPN. We bought a two-pack and tested it in both mesh mode and standalone mode.
Our Verdict
The eero Pro 6E is a great router for apartments, condos, or small homes. Its attractive design and small footprint will easily fit into your living space. It provides great speeds suitable for bandwidth-heavy internet activities, like quickly downloading large files. It also has a 2.5 Gbps wired networking port.
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Small and sleek design.
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Built-in smart home integration.
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Impressive top speeds.
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Have to pay an additional subscription fee for advanced features.
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Only two networking ports.
The eero Pro 6E is a very good router if you have a medium- to large-sized home with a backyard. It provides great speeds suitable for bandwidth-intensive internet use, like 4k video streaming on multiple devices and quickly downloading large files, no matter where you are in the house. You can easily add access points to a mesh network for better coverage. It only has two wired networking ports, but only one is rated for 2.5 Gbps.
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Small and sleek design.
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Great range performance.
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Can add additional mesh access points to improve range.
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Built-in smart home integration.
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Impressive top speeds.
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Have to pay an additional subscription fee for advanced features.
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Only two networking ports.
The eero Pro 6E delivers great speeds that are suitable for a 1 Gbps internet connection or higher. It also supports Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS), so it can use less congested DFS-only channels to give you better speeds in noisy wireless environments.
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Impressive top speeds.
The eero Pro 6E has very good range performance. Since it's a mesh router, satellite access points help it maintain consistent average speeds over long distances, making it suitable for high-bandwidth uses and high-speed downloads over a wide area.
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Great range performance.
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Can add additional mesh access points to improve range.
Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This router is available on its own or in a two- or three-pack. We bought and tested a two-pack. Here's a photo of our unit's label.
Compared To Other Routers
The eero Pro 6E is a Wi-Fi 6E router with 2.4GHz, 5GHz, and 6GHz bands. It shares many features with other eero routers, including mesh networking with additional access points and compatibility with Zigbee smart home devices. eero offers an "eero Plus" membership that allows you to access advanced settings and additional features like ad blocking, content filters, and VPN access.
This router and other eero routers stand out because of their ease of use and setup, integration with smart home features, and sleek design. You have to use the eero app to set up and manage the network, and there's no web interface at the time of writing. It's convenient and easy to use, but it's not very flexible, as there are very few configurable options you can change compared to standalone routers and even some other mesh systems. Performance-wise, the eero 6E has slightly better speeds and range than other Wi-Fi 6E routers, but it's usually more expensive.
The eero Pro 6 is a discontinued Wi-Fi 6 router; the eero Pro 6E is a Wi-Fi 6E router that replaces the former. They're both tri-band routers, but the Pro 6E's third band is 6GHz instead of 5GHz. The Pro 6E is a better router since it can reach higher top speeds and has better range. It also has a 2.5 Gbps networking port, while the Pro 6 only has a single gigabit networking port. They're both designed for mesh networking; you can easily add more access points for better coverage.
The eero Pro 6E and the Google Nest Wifi Pro are Wi-Fi 6E routers designed for use in a mesh network. The eero is better overall since it can reach higher top speeds and has better range.
The TP-Link Deco BE63 is a better mesh router than the eero Pro 6E. It supports the newer Wi-Fi 7 standard, is faster at short distances, and has better range overall. That said, it's slightly bigger than the eero.
Test Results
This router has two networking ports that automatically detect whether you use a WAN or LAN connection. However, you'll have to buy an external network switch if you have many wired devices.
While this router has a USB-C port, it's only used for power and doesn't support data transfer.
- Ethernet cable x2
- USB-C power adapter x2
- User documentation
We tested this router in dual mesh mode. While there's a slight speed penalty when connected to the satellite, this is expected, and the additional access point helps deliver more consistent speeds over very long distances.
Note that this test's average 6GHz speed is slightly slower than the average 5GHz speed while connected to the satellite unit. While we don't know precisely why this occurs, our best guess is that this mesh system uses the 5GHz band for wireless backhaul between the main router and the satellite unit when it detects usage on the 6GHz band, bottlenecking the speeds. That said, this is just a theory. We encourage you to reach out in the comments section if you have any feedback on this or any theories of your own.
We tested this router in dual mesh mode. Note that its 6GHz speed is slightly slower than its 5GHz speed when connected to the satellite unit. While we don't know precisely why this occurs, our best guess is that this mesh system uses the 5GHz band for wireless backhaul between the main router and the satellite unit when it detects usage on the 6GHz band, bottlenecking the speeds. That said, this is just a theory. We encourage you to reach out in the comments section if you have any feedback on this or any theories of your own.
Wi-Fi 6E gives access to the 6GHz band, which takes advantage of less signal interference for faster speeds, but you'll need devices that support it to benefit from it.
