ASUSZenWiFi AX Whole-Home Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System(XT8), Coverage Up to 230 sq m or 2475 sq ft or 4+ Rooms, 6.6 Gbps WiFi, 3 SSIDs

I had my doubts about some of the reviews on here, but I went for the plunge. I wasn't sure if I need 1 or 2 devices, we have an old house with very thick walls and have a few dead wifi rooms upstairs and in the garden.Before installing this router I thought I explain my current setup. I have Virgin broadband to fix my black spots, I had connected a long cable from the router to another old SKY router upstairs. This router provided WIFI upstairs. For the back of the house and the garden I used another RJ45 slot on the back of the router to a powerline adapter. In the back of the house I had the powerline adapter this time connected to an old BT router. My son room need faster internet connection to play online, so he also has a wired connection from the router to a network hub in his room. This all worked fine but I did have 3 different WIFI SIDs. It was a pain keeping the other two routers updated.Setup was easy, I just put my Virgin router into modem mode, then connected my ASUS router to Virgin. I rebooted the ASUS. I installed the app on my iPAD and went straight into setup mode.With 1 router I now have no blackspot in the house. My WIFI 40% faster in almost every room. The one room that had no WIFI at all was my sons bedroom who plays xBOX. He can play online fine using the new WIFI. He switched from hardwired to WIFI and hasnt noticed any difference.Overall I very happy with this device, it had made my network quicker and simpler to manage. Note I am only using the 1 router, so cant comment on how it performs with 2.

I live in a fairly large house with thick walls and heavy concrete slab between the floors(>4,000 SQ.ft.). Previously had a draytek firewall with 4 access points, patchy, not completely satisfactory. APs stopped receiving firmware update so needed to replace. Suitable replacement draytek system with wifi6 would have cost in excess of €1,500 ( house wired with CAT6, i installed previous system and found the process not user friendly. I was not eager to repeat).Replaced with 3 of these. Setup very easy through app. Straightforward to modify setting through app or web GUI. My skills in this regard are overall very modest, general knowledge only. I can follow instructions, that's about it.Setup<30 minutes, more from me taking my time than anything else. Slight delay in installing initial firmware update, but not a big deal. "Router" in main living room, connected to ISP router via switch in garage (previous cabling installed by prior owner, not a good place for useful wifi coverage). I expected to need to use an Ethernet backhaul, but was delighted to find that it was not in any way required. Wireless 5-GHz-2 backhaul more than adequate. You might need to use wired connection if you have>500Mbps connection and connection speed is absolutely crucial in all parts of your house, otherwise it's unlikely. 1 node in study at front of house, second in central position upstairs. The house is bathed in stable wifi with nearly no speed difference compared to direct Ethernet connection to ISP router. In addition, the garden has a stable wifi connection throughout. Good quality connection to approx 30 metres from any node through walls.Included security software more than adequate for the vast majority of home users.Some of the difficulties mentioned by other users could be due to prior firmware versions, which according to problems mentioned ASUS users forums may have introduced some issues. Current version (3.0.0.4.386_45934) seems stable without major issues.I would recommend without hesitation, especially if you have a house with internal architectural "complexities". Much easier than using a standard firewall with wired access points, also much cheaper. Expensive by compared to other available mesh systems for sure, but worth it.

Not quite cutting edge now but it remains more than adequate for most domestic situations. Fast, configurable, built in security. Really good.

I have two broadband services coming into the property.One is fibre, the other standard broadband.I’ve had previous ASUs routers before and I do find them reliable and updated with new firmware for many years.The XT8 gives access to the informative ASUS software, which I personally like.It lets me monitor traffic, gives me tools to reduce issues.I can setup vpn within the router if I want.Big reason for this router is it allows me to link 2 broadband packages, in either fallback or split traffic according to other criteria.I have switched the wireless off on my other 2 routers.The signal quality at close range is very good and since I’ve had it there have been a couple of firmware updates.As a make, I have found ASUS to be reliable, versatile in how to set it up.The software can be accessed through a simple IP address and changing passwords is straight forward.It has wpa3 as well as wpa2, so if your device supports the newer standard, then good.My work pc supports wifi6, so does my mobile and a couple of other devices, which is good.I only got the single device as I can use my older asus router if needed as an extender.It takes up minimal space and fits in to my white wall background fine.Works fine with the ASUS app as well.It has a 2.5GB Ethernet port on the back as well as a standard USB 3 port.All I can say is my experience has been quite positive, and I use it everyday.****Update****I recently struggling to get my 160MHz range to show.this happened after doing a couple of firmware updates, as I had originally been able to see it.After this latest update and doing a complete reset of the system I now have it back again.It is the freq with the least interference, caused especially by living in a flat in London.So far it has remained stable.On my PC using a intel AX200 card, speed varied between 1.4 - 1.7Gbps