ZenWiFi XT9

I'm running a couple of XT9s myself, and am very pleased 6 months in.

Have got the ASUS XT9s and to be fair they’ve been solid for me.

I have the same. Been far more solid than my previous Nest WiFi setup. I've set up some presence detection automations using it too.

Nest WiFi Pro sucked for me when I tried it 3 years ago and returned it. I hope it’s gotten better. I went Asus ZenWifi XT9 which also supports wireless backhaul.

Recently installed ASUS XT9, works great.

Wired. But if you can’t or won’t just get a 3-4 unit mesh system with dedicated wireless backhaul. I know of a friend of a friend that lives in an apartment in the Bay Area that was converted from an industrial building. Most walls are more like 8-14” exterior walls. Zero chance of wired. They had 2 Asus XT9s when they moved in and bought 2 more. The guest BR is the furthest room and if I remember correctly I was still getting over 250Mbps.

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.