ASUS - ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000
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"Each node has extreme coverage compared to many other Mesh systems, so 2 is more than enough for my size house."
"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."
"We have several Asus Zenwifi ET12’s at our house and are getting great speeds with only a wireless backhaul. Even to our guest house which is 30’ away from our main house with its own ET12 connected in."
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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."
"Asus gives the best features available without any additional pay wall"
"no subscription for features that should be free"
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"We have several Asus Zenwifi ET12’s at our house and are getting great speeds with only a wireless backhaul. Even to our guest house which is 30’ away from our main house with its own ET12 connected in."
"XT12s, which give me 1Gbps wireless mesh setup from furtherest device east to west."
"my asus tri-band does really well. ... i get hardwired speeds on 5G using the dedicated 6G backhaul"
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"I’ve connected them to each other via an Ethernet cable that runs up through the attic (single story home). It also supports a dedicated WiFi connection between nodes, but hard wired is the way to go if at all possible."
"Asus AiMesh can be configured without an app and uses local credentials for management."
"Asus’ AIMesh setup also works well, allowing you to easily tailor the hw for your home’s needs"
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"I just have a dead zone that buying another kit completely fixed."
"it is so easy to add another node anytime I want since their stuff is all interoperable with the AiMesh setup."
"Easy to get set up. Easy to manage and extend."
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"6Ghz is super crappy for distance."
"but the 6G band does not penetrate well ... so it's important to not put too much distance or material between the main router and the mesh units"
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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."
"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."
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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."
"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."
"Ran the Asus ET12s for a year and then they became insufferably problematic with random slowdowns and the like."
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"One of my nodes constantly disconnects from the main access point despite being 40 ft away with 2 walls between."
"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."
"No devices connect to any nodes, only the primary access point."
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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."
"I went from DD-WRT for years to ASUS AiMesh and have been on Unifi equipment for a good four years now. I never have any issues with roaming (3600+ home)"
https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-zenwifi-pro-et12-axe11000-whole-home-mesh-wi-fi-6e-system-90ig05z0-mx1a20-2-pack/16301387 Isn’t a good flair for this, but video gamers need good wifi. This is what I use at home and it’s been amazing for the last year. Excellent deal. I also have a spare unit since I’m only using 3 of 4, if someone local to the lower mainland of BC wants to buy it.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->I haven’t seen them for $500. Maybe I’m wrong. I also prefer ASUS for wifi having used tp link in the past and netgear more recently. In any case, despite lacking wifi 7, the ET12 is very robust.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->I bought these a year or so ago on a worse deal, around $200-300 off, and they've been amazing. I just have a dead zone that buying another kit completely fixed. ASUS mesh wifi is REALLY good.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->It does have a two, per.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->It has two 2.5gbps ports and two 1gig, the two 1g also support link aggregation.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->I can’t link a pic in this subreddit (unfortunately, u/lbabinz let’s make it happen), but yes, it has a 2.5g WAN, 2.5g LAN, and two more 1g that can be combined to 2g with link aggregation. It’s a pretty great unit.
r/VideoGameDealsCanada • [Best Buy] ASUS ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (90IG05Z0-MX1A20) - 2 Pack ($999-$500=$499) ->I can highly recommend ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12. I got two of these covering 240m2/2580ft2. Zero issues on any equipment in the entire house. Each node has extreme coverage compared to many other Mesh systems, so 2 is more than enough for my size house.
r/sonos • Recommendations for good base-only WiFi router to use with Sonos system??? ->We have several Asus Zenwifi ET12’s at our house and are getting great speeds with only a wireless backhaul. Even to our guest house which is 30’ away from our main house with its own ET12 connected in.
r/HomeNetworking • What is the Best WiFi Mesh System for Home? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ->I tried ET12 and I was comparable performance to my old TP link route which was also WiFi 6E. My recommendation is to just try both and see which one works best for you. There are so many variables at play with wired back haul, walls etc.
r/orbi • Looking for practical differences between 770 and 970 ->I use the asus ET12 Pro mesh system and have been very happy with it
r/HomeNetworking • What mesh system to buy ->I highly recommend Asus ET12 after using it personally. It replaced the Orbi pucks I had.. Bit expensive but rock solid.
r/BuyItForLife • Best mesh wifi system recommendations ->ET12 have no 5Ghz band 2. I returned mine & got the XT12s, which give me 1Gbps wireless mesh setup from furtherest device east to west. 6Ghz is super crappy for distance.
r/HomeNetworking • What is the BEST Wi-Fi Mesh Network for 7000-8000sqft? ->Not sure, I returned mine and bought an Asus, never been happier
r/TpLink • Best mesh system?? XE75 vs BE65??? ->ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 AXE11000... Two of these get as good of coverage as the tp link did and none of the issues. Also no subscription for features that should be free
r/TpLink • Best mesh system?? XE75 vs BE65??? ->Hardwired is best. If you have extra phone lines or coax cable you can use that. If not you'll have to Go wireless. Ubiquiti is great. But, it's beyond most homeowners without really doing their homework. Therefore, I would recommend an Asus system. All of their stuff works. Just buy two, three, four of their routers in the AI mesh system will work perfectly.(Buy the exact same router for everywhere). You just need to make sure they are tri-band or quad-band routers (one band will be used exclusively for wireless backhaul). For example, et12, ET 8, et9, bt-10 are all recommended. Check out Dong knows--his website is great.
r/wifi • WiFi system for large house. ->Backhaul is how the routers talk to each other. It's best to do it wired. But, if you can't they will use one of the channels on the router that becomes a dedicated circuit (band) where they talk to each other. That's why you need at least three bands. If you want Wi-Fi, 7 I would recommend the bt-10 or the expensive BE98 pro. If you just want Wi-Fi 6e, any of the routers I mentioned before would work.. et8, et9,xt9,xt12,et12. Additionally, avoid the BQ 16 and the be96u, the firmware on the routers is buggy and has not been updated. I have personally used the et8, xt9 and the be98 pro. They have all been fantastic.
r/wifi • WiFi system for large house. ->Ran the Asus ET12s for a year and then they became insufferably problematic with random slowdowns and the like. I sold them. Won’t go Asus or Netgear again.
r/HomeNetworking • What is the BEST Wi-Fi Mesh Network for 7000-8000sqft? ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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