ASUS ZenWiFi 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.

Just a brief one.I have Sky FTTP via the usual Openreach ONT, and the Sky router was excellent on ethernet (1.2Gbps) but not so hot on Wi-Fi (150-250Mbps).So I plumped for the ASUS XT8 following the reading of several reviews. I set it up in router mode connected directly to the ONT, rather than as an access point from the Sky router. I set the DHCP option 61 for Sky, and bingo - job done. 1.2Gbps on Ethernet and 770Mbps+ on Wi-Fi. Ensure the Tri-band setting is used for maximum Wi-Fi speed.Easily covers my three bed house, would probably do a much larger house too. The DHCP 61 key is as follows (accessible within the WAN section of the GUI via the router's IP address on any browser)....anything@skydsl|anythingAs long as you use that key (importantly with the 'pipe' symbol after 'skydsl') it'll work perfectly. You can use that precise key if you wish.Anyhoo, a cracking router. I also purchased the matching wall mount which allowed me to position the router in the dead centre of the house.The accompanying app is a little shaky in that it can quit for seemingly no reason, but it does the job for a quick overview. Far better to use the IP GUI via Ethernet for any settings changes.Worth every penny of the price. Nice and compact, looks pretty too.