ASUS ZenWiFi BT8

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Sentiment score81% positive
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Last updated: Apr 25, 2026

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Reddit Icondatasmog
3 months ago

Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Ai mesh system will do what you want. I doubt anything is specifically optimised for Homebridge which works on any LAN, wireless or wired.

Reddit Icongonyere
3 months ago

Add another. I have 3 zenwifi bt8s, plus 2 old ax92u

4 months ago

With aimesh, getting them properly placed is key. If at all possible, they should all be connected to your single main router. I have 5 - 3 zen Wi-Fi bt8s and two old rt-ax92. I may add a third ax92, but I'm not sure yet.

4 months ago

I just upgraded my Asus system to zen WiFi bt8 and it's worked flawlessly ever since. Well, except for yesterday morning when the chickens knocked the main router down...

4 months ago

I'm here because I'm trying to figure out if a unifi system is worth it. We've had an Asus aimesh system for years. A couple of the routers are starting to fail, requiring regular restarts. I'm debating getting new Asus routers, vs upgrading to unifi. What I can't figure out is if unifi even offers a mesh system - all the ap, whether "wired" or "wifi" seem to require Ethernet. And there's just no way we're going to run cable here. 

4 months ago

Thanks. This is helpful. Theoretically we could run cable, but it's probably not going to happen. Especially since the aimesh just works. Also, as our internet is fairly slow to begin with (50x10mbps), I just don't think it's worth it. 

Reddit Icongoon127
4 months ago

Asus is stable now that they’ve updated the firmware - https://dongknows.com/asus-zenwifi-bt8-review/

Reddit IconHeavyMath2673
7 months ago

Have just bought a ZenWifi BT 8. Was also worried about support forum reports regarding dropped connections. But the system is super fast and after 3 days using perfectly stable. Not a single issue. Connections dropping can have a multitude of reasons. We placed the second box in a place where it has good connection to the main router but still serves our previous dead spots well and it works perfectly as promised. Just buy somewhere with a good return window, test it and return if necessary. But our worries were unfounded.

Reddit IconOne_Walk_1699
5 months ago

In your situation the answer is definitely yes. Anything is going to be an upgrade over one WiFi router and a EOP adapter with old wiring. I recently upgraded to an ASUS BE14000 WiFi7 mesh for cheap. I also upgraded my ISP to 2.5Gbps and upgraded my switch to 2.5/10Gbps for relatively cheap since I have more and more devices using WiFi7 and 2.5Gbps or faster. I was coming from a dead-end LinkSys Velop system that had served me well but has no upgrade path with a mix of WiFi6/6E nodes. After some initial issues with WAN dropping off, the ASUS mesh has been great. I reset and swapped a new node as primary, wired 2.5Gbps backhaul via unmanaged switch to each of the other 2 nodes. WiFi 7 try speeds in the same room are over gigabit speeds. Whole home WiFi coverage and speeds are better with half the nodes. IoT devices (especially dumber 2.4ghz devices like smart lights and power switches) are handled better with same SSID across all bands. I want to add a more robust primary mode at some point with more 2.5/5/10Gbps ports so I don’t have to rely on the unmanaged switch so much but that can wait. The BE14000 is also limited as it has only 4 total ports and just 1x2.5Gbps WAN port and rest gigabit which is more limiting than I would like especially if you have a lot of wired devices local to the mesh node.

Reddit IconRadiant-Rooster236
4 months ago

I just purchased the Asus BT8 WiFi 7 mesh router. That thing is fast! You can purchase it as a single router or multiple nodes up to 3.

Reddit Iconsimplyeniga
8 months ago

Both the BT6 and BT8 are good with the BT8 offering double speed on the 5Ghz and 6Ghz band. So either would work for a 1gig plan and just depends on budget. If you can afford BT8 then push for that else settling with BT6 is also good

8 months ago

I’ll pick BT8. My experience over wireless backhaul has been great and I still get my full bandwidth via either wired or 6ghz band from the 2nd node.

Reddit IconStuzaTheGreat
6 months ago

I do t know which is the best bit I sure know that Asus AI Mesh is terrible. The backhaul will start great and then about 20 minutes later drop to 50% or less. It's quite common, Google it

4 months ago

That's exactly what I do. I started with an Asus BT10 and then later added 2 BT8's, all hardwired in Mesh mode.

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