“Would it be a better idea to have a Eero Pro 6 router and add two Eero 6 extenders? Or two Eero 6? Probably prefer wireless, but it looks like it drops from 900 mbps to 500.”
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Any time you do a wireless hop (mesh network), you effectively cut your bandwidth and speedo in half, which is why they show 500Mbps throughput. Your main station will always be full speed as that device has to be hardwired (to itself/inside of itself). Although the Eero 6 Router is listed as 900Mbps, it is actually 574Mbps on 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n, and 1201Mbps on 5GHz with 802.11ax connections. With 802.11ac connections on 5GHz, you drop to 867Mbps. The Eero Pro 6 adds a third radio that is capable of 2402Mbps, but only for 802.11ax clients. Those speeds are taken right from the Eero website. Again, these are only achievable if you have a wired backhaul to your unit, and if any of these units are connected with a wireless backhaul (mesh), you can cut any and all of those speeds in half. Personally I prefer to connect all of my Eero 6 devices via Ethernet cabling so that I have full wireless speeds everywhere.
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