ZenWiFi AX6600 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (XT8)

I have the ASUS ZenWiFi AX6600 and the software allows you to give 2 and 5 GHZ different passwords. This router is highly rated.

Hi, I’m currently running an aging ZenWIFI XT8 AX6600 that is starting to disconnect more frequently after years of use, and I thought I might want to upgrade to WiFi 7. Where my current router is situated, I’m getting >600 down and >500 up on 1 gig service. The router probably isn’t more than 20ft away, 1 floor below my computer (pretty old house- more than 100 years old). I rent and can’t run a wired connection. I’m looking for something in the sub $300 range that would potentially give me a boost to my throughput, and I do a lot of gaming. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I looked over a lot of reviews a posts, and now I’m at the point where some advice from people with real world similar setups would really help!

Yeah, sorry. It's the XT8. I've had it for 5 years and it's just starting to get finicky. Still the best router I ever had.

I use Asus ZenWifi XT8 mesh system (3 nodes) - detached house - all working flawlessly (cat 6 for ATV/Macs/gaming and wifi 6 for iPhones/security cameras etc.). Think there is a newer version of this one now though so have a check. Totally happy with performance and speed. EDIT - all nodes are CAT6 connected back to the main node so uses Ethernet as the Backhaul.

Still OK. But ideally you do want to run Ethernet cabling to any nodes and 100% run cat5/6 to the ATV - in my opinion. You then get full speed to each node and release extra bandwidth for the wifi network. You can hide them under the carpet edge/skirting or pop a board and run along floor joist. In our last bungalow I ran cat6 outside (in black conduit), up the wall into the loft space and connected all the wifi nodes in the loft via cat6 and mounted them to the ceiling in the rooms below (we have white units to match the ceiling so they are not noticed). One each end of the house and one upstairs in a central location. Perfect signal and rock solid.

Asus XT8s and XT9s are fantastic.

I bought an Asus RT-BE92U recently to replace (sort of) a pair of Asus ZenWiFi XT8 in an AiMesh. It's WiFi 7, 4 x 2.5Gbps LAN ports and 1 x 10Gbps WAN, Tri-band WiFi (very important for AiMesh imho) It's now my router and master node for my AiMesh, with the old XT8s now being (actually quite good) nodes.