ZenWiFi AX (XT8)

I used to be a big fan of Asus and recommended them all the time. I really like the scope of their software and everything they make available without having to pay a subscription. I lived with my father for several years in a very large home with a detached mother-in-law suite and we used 5 of the

I am a fan of ASUS’s WiFi 6 products. My ASUS XT8 mesh system has been great (had it for over 5 years). However, ASUS’s WiFi 7 products are hit-or-miss. Not sure what the issue is, but they seem to have firmware issues with the new stuff (WiFi 7). Some people have issues, other people think it’s roc

I agree with u/msabeln - use the R7000 in Access Point mode. Yes, it requires you to to connect the Nighthawk to your router with an ethernet cable, but the performance is very good. I actually use my Nighthawk R7000 as a wired AP. My WiFi 6 mesh system (ASUS XT8) doesn’t work well with some older “

TL;DR: I recommend ASUS mesh for a quick and cost-effective setup. Avoid new ASUS hardware releases until the bugs are fixed in firmware. Ubiquiti is great if you wish to have a more customized layout where you can have complete control over VLANs, the hardware you buy, placement and type of access

I like the Asus ZenWifi line (I have Asus XT8 right now), as the security features are included for free. With TP Link, Eero and Netgear you must pay an ongoing subscription fee for the extra security features. People who are considering cost always see that TP Link is cheaper, and that's true if yo

I'm curious about their reliability too! I am hoping you buy one (or both) so I can find out. 😂 I'll share an anecdote. I have an ASUS XT8 mesh system (WiFi 6). It was released in about January of 2020. Been using since mid-2021. For the first 8-ish months I had periodic problems with the mesh node

OK. For best performance, you need to wire the mesh nodes together (wired backhaul - via ethernet). Or get a router and connect wired access points via ethernet. Is that a possibility? For WiFi 6 I'd recommend the ASUS XT9 mesh system. It's the slightly upgraded version of the system I have (XT8). T

for your case inwould buy a udr7 and grow if needed from there, u have 10gbe spf+ wifk 7 (2.4 5 and 6ghz 2x2) with MLO I have a udr7 as my main router and it replaced 2x asus xt8 flawless. i have a very old ufw lite 5 port gb lan for slower devices i have my esxi with 2 x 2.5gbe uplink directly to t

You’re welcome! Thanks for the link for the Portal router. So they’re WiFi 5 (AC); 9 WiFi antennas; 2.4ghz=3x3, 5ghz=4x4 (good multi stream support; most consumer routers are 2x2 on 2.4ghz and 5ghz bands); and mesh capability built-in. The quantity of antennas and multi steram support definitely con

It's the ASUS router. I had the same issue when I had my XT8 mesh routers. It would work like shit. When I changed to an enterprise solution, even if it was slower, it just worked flawlessly. Asus routers just do some bullshit.