Agreed! ASUS AiMesh is really good - my largest setup is an ASUS GT-AX11000 Pro as the main router and seven ASUS XT8 as nodes. Have other locations and friends with ASUS XT8 as the main router and one or two additional ASUS XT8 as nodes and it has been working great.
Disagree. We had Google mesh years ago. A newer, good triband system with dedicated wireless backhaul will help. Even WiFi 6 ASU rog has a good system. Also recommend the new Eero WiFi max 7 mesh system. it doubles our mesh speeds in a huge home.
I have been using the Asus AI-Mesh system for years. Seems very robust, to me. Devices seemlessly switch between the nodes. It handles 2.4ghz and 5ghz fine. Sonos works without a hitch.
I am definitely using wired ethernet backhaul, however, from the remote node.
Currently two of the Asus RT-AX55.
if you insist on wifi i personally love asus ai mesh. i’ve had nothing but great experiences with it so far. speeds are consistent through my entire house. eero on the other hand i personally have had very, very bad luck with. Devices that don’t roam properly across the nodes correctly, hit or miss connection drops during hand offs, poor speeds on satellite nodes (even with the pro models with tri band) and half of the good features being behind a stupid paywall. i personally wouldn’t ever touch eero again.
Most consumer based router/mesh system is not that great. Already tested Deco and Asus AI-mesh but it never gave me good signal and performance.
If you really want the best then you should try prosumer/enterprise solutions like from Ubiquity Unifi AP.
I switched from consumer wifi mesh to Unifi U6 pro almost 4 years ago and never looked backed. Up until now my wifi signal is still doing great.
The single Unifi U6 pro AP was able to cover my house 200sqm unlike from my previous wifi mesh with 3 nodes there were still dead spots.
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