ASUS ZenWiFi Whole-Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6E System (ET8 2PK), Coverage up to 5,500 sq.ft & 6+Rooms, 6600Mbps, New 6GHz Band, AiMesh,Instant Guard

Out of the box it’s super easy to setup. I recommend identifying what you’ll use for passwords in advance. I liked that the web GUI shows a full list of recommended security settings (e.g., turn off UPnP, etc.). You feel secure immediately. I like that you don’t have to pay for the security like with Orbi.

If you use two or more nodes, be aware of the connection issues. All nodes but the main one keep getting disconnected.

Amazon has mixed apples and oranges with these ratings. The ASUS ZenWiFi Whole-Home Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi “6E” System (ET8 2PK) versus the ASUS ZenWiFi AX6600 Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi “6” System (XT8 2PK), are two distinctly different products. I own the ASUS AXE11000 router, which I bought just for the 6E capability. Its Wi-Fi 6E is great if you are about 6 feet away. Its located in my basement and if I stand on the floor directly over where the router is located, I can see 6E nicely on my Samsung S20 Ultra. But move a few feet away and Im back to 5 GHz. Nice but no cigar. So in desperation I added the ASUS 6E pair. Both upstairs, and both as wired satellites. Bingo! My whole house now has 6E and my Wi-Fi speeds are as advertised. My Windows 11 PC with a 6E adapter now works too. I can recommend the 6E, ET8 2PK system, but know nothing about the ASUS XT8 2PK system. Amazon needs to separate the ratings for these two radically different systems.

It didnt last 5 months. Its too late to send back to Amazon. Coverage was decent, my house is long. So I had a small dead zone in the center. I couldnt ever set up the aimesh feature that I bought this for. After HOURS of trying tech support couldnt even resolve it. Unless the seller gives me some help. Im out the whole system. Oh, and for some reason ASUS official site wouldnt let me register the product. Frustrating.

I have had the router since December 2022, so approximately 3 months. During that time we have experienced near daily disconnections of all WIFI devices from the WAN connection. WIFI devices are able to connect to the network, but lose all access to the internet through it. Wired connections are completely unaffected.

I like that it is compact and that the lid works like it should, but I feel it is too sensitive. I have to leave it out in the open and cant put it under the open shelf area in my bathroom because the shelf (which is 3 above the lid) activates that sensor, thus it stays on and wont work correctly.

Ive had this mesh setup for a month and a half, and one of the nodes has already died. Havent had a chance to contact customer support yet, will update when I do.

I bought this pair in March of this year. Now, 10 months later, one of the pair (the primary of course) keeps dropping signal and providing *slow* throughput to the internet and on the local network. I can restore normal operations if I unplug it and plug it back in 10 seconds later. Rebooting does NOT work.

In the very beginning I was a little disappointed. Set up was pretty easy. I have about 30 smart devices. Most of them worked fine with a few exceptions, but I noticed after a few firmware updates it adjust and worked fine with my google home ecosystem. I have the main router on the 1st floor and the second node on the second floor. The controls over the system are pretty extensive and you have to play around with them to figure them all out. The parental controls are very good, but not as simple and intuitive as the google wifi system. As for speed it is up and down, but I am not sure that is the router fault as optimum is upgrading their internet speed system. I pay for 1GB speed but I get speeds are low as 200mb to as high as 800gb. I dont expect 1GB speed, but I would like something closer to it. I have found since the time I have set it up about a month ago to now it is performing much better. I still have drops but they are getting fewer and fewer. My hope is when optimum gets 2gb or 5Gb services I will see the real benefits of the router. Since I bought the router to future proof my system I have to wait to see where the speeds are. My hope is to have the system the next 5-7 years. For the money I think in terms of now its a little overpriced, but I bought it due to the overwhelming positive expert reviews. For the average person I think the tp link or linksys would do the job at about half the price.

We were so happy when our new router connected so easily! Literally, plug and play!