ASUS - ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4)
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"it is so easy to add another node anytime I want since their stuff is all interoperable with the AiMesh setup."
"I do have usable network access from my shed which is about 100 Ft away from the house."
"Asus’ AIMesh setup also works well, allowing you to easily tailor the hw for your home’s needs"
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"TP-Link/Netgear software and features are worse than ASUS and far more basic/limited. ... Eero requires a subscription for stuff you get for free/default on ASUS, also MerlinWRT is a god send."
"With ASUS you have control over a multitude of settings. Or just leave it on the defaults and if you ever wish to dive into the config, it will be ready and waiting for you. ... For example TP-Link may not let you select WiFi channels for its wireless networks."
"And you have free internet security for the life of the product."
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"Asus ZenWiFi performs well, supports wired backhaul"
"if you have a good signal from one to the other, you can setup wireless. Have done so for a work shed not attached to the main house."
"I would buy a mesh system that is capable of being hardwired together as multi access points. ... I have a hardwired ASUS AX Mini."
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"I have over 100 devices in my HomeKit/HomeBridge home with 3 Asus ZenWifi AX APs/Routers. Totally rock solid connection 95% of the time"
"Mine just works"
"I installed 3 of these at my parent's lake place. We had one room opposite of the router that would not get any signal because it was a renovated screen porch (exterior wall and door to get into the room). I essentially made a path from just outside the room with the router, to the room with the signal issues. Every repeater had a minimally restricted line of sight to the next. Worked amazing."
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"I have a 2 ZenWiFi AX’s on each floor of my house. WiFi everywhere, including a bench at the back fence of the property kicks butt."
"I installed 3 of these at my parent's lake place. We had one room opposite of the router that would not get any signal because it was a renovated screen porch (exterior wall and door to get into the room). I essentially made a path from just outside the room with the router, to the room with the signal issues. Every repeater had a minimally restricted line of sight to the next. Worked amazing."
"The coverage is amazing and the speed is good everywhere. ... Heck, as soon as I turn onto my street my phones switch to it and I'm the 4th house down."
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"One of my nodes constantly disconnects from the main access point despite being 40 ft away with 2 walls between."
"The backhaul will start great and then about 20 minutes later drop to 50% or less."
"No devices connect to any nodes, only the primary access point."
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"One of my nodes constantly disconnects from the main access point despite being 40 ft away with 2 walls between."
"The backhaul will start great and then about 20 minutes later drop to 50% or less."
"The XD5s often drop to 2.4GHz backhaul. This isn't a huge issue for most devices, but because we have Sky Q with mini boxes that need to communicate across LAN, if any of the sky box's nodes drop to 2.4GHz, their connection becomes really unstable."
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"I find the ASUS firmware and app not great. ... I find the ASUS zenwifi system too "automagic" for my liking. ... I naively thought I'd find a way to do this with something like the ASUS mesh, but alas.... no. ... logs aren't verbose enough."
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"One of my nodes constantly disconnects from the main access point despite being 40 ft away with 2 walls between."
"No devices connect to any nodes, only the primary access point."
"The XD5s often drop to 2.4GHz backhaul. This isn't a huge issue for most devices, but because we have Sky Q with mini boxes that need to communicate across LAN, if any of the sky box's nodes drop to 2.4GHz, their connection becomes really unstable."
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"Don't allow the iPhone devices (which have mac randomization) to join the wifi at all. It would flood the wifi with bunch of crap, causing all sorts of diaconnects, even with other devices."
According-Peace-6938 1.0I've had the ASUS ZEN WIFI Mini xd4 since 2020 and just recently upgraded the main router to an ASUS RT-AX82U AX5400 DUAL-BAND WIFI-6 GAMING ROUTER so I could put one of the nodes in my basement where I spend a lot of time. The coverage is amazing and the speed is good everywhere. Heck, as soon as I turn onto my street my phones switch to it and I'm the 4th house down. I'd recommend to anyone and you have free internet security for the life of the product. And all of the mesh systems are compatible with one another.
Even-Further 1.0If it was me, I would buy a mesh system that is capable of being hardwired together as multi access points. I have a hardwired ASUS AX Mini. It is awesome. Best Wifi set up I've ever had. It is getting older, but when I replace it, I will hard wire with the same install method. Netgear is a terrible company. They have fine print gotcha business policies. Most products have a 90 day warranty. After that, they will charge you to talk with a representative, saying it a tech support contract is required. They did this to me on a hardware defect. Talking to Netgear is like talking to phone scammers, they are trained to get your credit card info for BS support services.
raiderfan227 1.0Third this. I've had Asus minis before and currently 4 XT9's. No issues.
Happydan68w 0.1I would upgrade to better mesh system. ASUS makes nice mesh routers. I have zenwifi AX they are great get WiFi all over the house and good bit in tho the yard around the house. House location has no cell phone service.
No_Variety_8105 0.1I have a similar house and tried Linksys Velop and Asus ZenWifi AX mesh options. Neither were terribly reliable. In the end I ran a couple of Ethernet cables and now have two InstantOn AP22 access points which provide great coverage and have been rock solid.
Sybrrgeek 0.1Not sure why you’d want to stay away from mesh. It’s a great system especially if you use a wired backhaul (even over a MOCA network) like I do. I have over 100 devices in my HomeKit/HomeBridge home with 3 Asus ZenWifi AX APs/Routers. Totally rock solid connection 95% of the time (sometimes I have to reset a couple Meross light switches when I reboot/update the WiFi). How many Sq Ft in your place?
Stunning-Ship-6007 0.1I had Netgear (with an external firewall and generic access points) before they acquired Orbi, then tried Orbi which did not have enough info/options. Then went to at least 4 different types of AX Asus units for the longest time (10+ years with plenty of options and info but started to become unstable), then recently switched to Gryphon AX due to the need for parental controls for kids. I am thinking of going to Unifi next in a year or 2, as I miss the options/info that Asus provided, and get more with Unifi.
CrypticShampoos 0.1You can connect mesh nodes through Ethernet. OP has an Asus router, so they can buy more WiFi6 Asus Routers and connect them through Ethernet to set them up as AiMesh Nodes. My house network is set up like that, and I only have issues when streaming to my phone when going downstairs because it changes nodes, so it lags for like two seconds, and then goes back to normal. Other than that, it's a great experience all around.
It's called a wired backhaul mesh. Look it up. The point of using mesh nodes connected through ethernet is to keep the "seamless" transition between nodes without having any network degradation between them.
StuBarrett 0.1Asus with Ethernet back haul. Router + 2 APs. Works great, gigabit access all over the house!
bizengineer 0.0Yeah I like the ASUS approach as well. Mine just works, and it is so easy to add another node anytime I want since their stuff is all interoperable with the AiMesh setup.
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