ASUS - ZenWiFi BT10

I’m running BE92u and 2 BT10 as aimesh, not bad though

Mam od 2 tygodni i porownoje z Asus bt10, i wentylatora nie słychać, chyba że ucho do obudowy , soft 10/10 , zasięg dziwny no na lapku AC , bt10 lepsze ale na Pixel 7 udr 7 lepiej  , na pc z dongle ax od to linka, Asus by 10 szybszy 940mb a udr7 jakieś 800, w grach bt10 ping obu taki sam

I got BT10 about a week ago. I got a 2 pack and the node is wired. I have 3gbps internet and need to connect using PPPoE. Works well for the most part. I get full 3gigs over wire snd 2500+ up and down over wireless. Still playing around with some of the advanced features like fronthaul MLO. Only turn on MLO if you have WiFi 7 devices that support it and create a separate network for it.

BEST? I'd say a Asus ZenWiFi BT10 if you want one of the best consumer routers right now and pair it with a DOCSIS 3.1 modem.

I have replaced the phone-company-supplied router with an ASUS router, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m currently using a pair of ASUS ZenWiFi routers and they are not only incredibly powerful, but they are good looking. (I got them from Amazon some them and I’m not sure if they’re available in Thailand yet.) https://a.co/d/bAF1ops ProTip: if you have fibre coming into your condo, call AIS and tell them that you need a Fibre modem instead of a WiFi router. (I know that they have these because they did it for me.) The modem will translate the data coming in from the fiber optic cable to data going out on an ethernet cable. That ethernet cable should be then plugged into your Wi-Fi router. If you do this you won’t have an extra Wi-Fi transmitter to worry about that could interfere with your intended transmitter. And the modem is a much simpler piece of equipment so less likely to have problems.

the be550 cheaper because of the cpu 1.5 GHz and 1GB ram, be800 is 2.2 GHz, 1GB ram Take a closer look of [https://dongknows.com/tp-link-archer-ge650-review/](https://dongknows.com/tp-link-archer-ge650-review/) which have comparation, reviews, and importantly have a speed test by the way, i'm using asus zenwifi bt10, not on the top list, just because can't rent those from isp

I have the Hitron CODA56 modem and the Asus ZenWiFi BT10 (and BT8) router. I think it’s a great combo, although I did have some weird issues with my router losing connection periodically at first. Wi-Fi 7 capable and lots of advanced networking options (for free, no subscription) if you want to go deeper, or you can keep it simple and just use the app.

I just finished testing the BT10 and really enjoyed my time with it. Setup was straightforward, it stayed stable throughout testing, and I saw consistent speeds with good range. In our tests we push coverage out to about 30 meters from the base, with the satellite placed in two different locations, and it held up very well. One thing you might appreciate compared to something like the Eero is that the BT10 gives you access to a lot more settings and customization options without the need for a subscription or an account. I can’t speak directly to long-term reliability, but I haven’t run into many issues with Asus routers overall, so I feel confident it should hold up well. Check out our full review if you’d like more detailed results and info: [https://www.rtings.com/router/reviews/asus/zenwifi-bt10](https://www.rtings.com/router/reviews/asus/zenwifi-bt10)

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.

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.

I would choose BT10. I just bought a BE92u yesterday noon and returned few hours later due to terrible 6G range. I was only able to get 100m-150m download speed from 1 floor above it (3-5M away). I also bought a BE800 and BE550 Pro to try out. Suprising BE550 Pro is pretty good overall for both mobile and desktop which makes me think both BE800 and BE550 Pro are very comparable. However, i still decided to return both becasue i didnt get any improvement compared to my old Asus Zen XD5 wifi 6 routers. At the end, I got the Asus BE98 Pro. I am able to max out the max out the ISP speed of 1.5Gbs from 1 floor above the router. Connection from mobiles is also fast and reliable. So i beieve a triband mesh should be as good.

I'm so jealous of the people in Singapore getting 10Gbps and a decent router with it. The cable internet users cannot comprehend such speeds. Anyway, I took a quick look at the three options. RT-BE92U: * Supports the [Merlin custom firmware](https://www.asuswrt-merlin.net/) which allows a bit more customization than OEM default firmware. Probably would be my pick due to that alone. * 3x3:2x2:2x2 MIMO on the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands respectively. Not the best for a high number of devices due to 2x2 MIMO. * 1x10GE, 4x 2.5GE. You will not be able to utilize 10GE on LAN since the 10GE WAN port will be used up. * US$250 BT-10: * Most people will go with this option simply because it is worth twice as much as the other options. * Obviously, a mesh unit. You get two very capable routers, since they necessarily don't have to be used as a mesh unit. I think if the ISP doesn't own them then you can even sell one unit. * 2x2:4x4:4x4 MIMO on the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 6GHz bands respectively on each unit. * Due to 4x4 on both 5GHz and 6GHz, can offer good high speed Wi-Fi coverage if using Ethernet backhaul. * 2x 10GE WAN, 1xGE per unit * If you run them in a wireless mesh, you won't get anywhere near your plan speeds if you connect to the satellite unit since these do not use a dedicated wireless backhaul. * US$600 BE805: * One of the earlier Wi-Fi 7 routers. Expensive at launch but dropped in price quickly. * 4x4 MIMO on all 3 bands. * Has a chance of supporting OpenWrt in the future due to the MediaTek chipset. * Will probably get better performance with VPN...but you probably don't want to use any of these 3 for VPN if you have 10Gig. * US$300

The worst router system I’ve used. I’ve had a few orbi systems but their WiFi 7 versions were prohibitively expensive so I got this set. Worked excellent during my return period and gave me my full 1gig spectrum service over WiFi. It started randomly disconnecting around April(bought in dec 24) and it’s a b***h and a half to get this thing to connect to my spectrum modem. I will spend hours resetting both the router and my modem in the hope that there will be a connection at some point. I’ve spent hours and I can’t tell what is the issue that prevents this thing from picking up a connection from my modem. New Ethernet cables didn’t fix it. It’s great when it’s working, even impressively so, but the amount of times I want to hurl this thing at the wall is ridiculous. I don’t recommend.

Get a good mesh system. For a 2500 square foot house you don’t want a single router, unless it is maybe a completely open floor plan. Even then, probably not. I have a 2 pack of the Asus BT10 and it is superb. I have a wired back haul which is the best way to go with a mesh system. I ran some cat 6 Ethernet throughout my home. If you do this it doesn’t affect latency. I would highly recommend you check out https://dongknows.com This guy breaks down everything and I trust him a lot. (FYI latency for a mesh router increases when you don’t have a wired backhaul and or it is not setup properly. It is best practice to always do a wired backhaul. It is a great investment for your home.)

20 devices is nothing; I have 80+ devices running effortlessly on my Asus wifi 7 mesh

Asus ZenWiFi mesh system (2pk)... Thread closed... 😉

I bought an Asus zenwifi system but eventually hardwired the satellites to a switch plugged into the main unit. Works great.

asus zen wifi. with a house you should have it wired for ethernet anyway. the zen wifi can handle both and 2.5gb in the wifi 7 model.

If you want an easy setup, nice user interface and ability to tweak options/configurations down the road, ASUS ZenWiFi is a good option. Another bonus with ASUS is you can use a mobile phone app \*or\* a web interface on a laptop/computer to manage the system. Many other mesh systems from TP-Link, Netgear, Eero only let you manage them with a mobile phone app. That is fine if you have basic needs but if you want to get more control over settings, often not an option. For example TP-Link may not let you select WiFi channels for its wireless networks. 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. I asked Google Gemini for some thoughts too (another poster used Ai so I gave it a try too). I see ASUS ZenWiFi is in the list along with others. Since your needs don't seem very complex any of these should work pretty well. Unfamiliar with Eero, but you stated they are "difficult" to move into AP mode, no idea why but if you know that to be true then I suppose you could remove Eero from your consideration list. Have fun! Click below image to make it larger... https://preview.redd.it/q9mu50skxxrf1.png?width=925&format=png&auto=webp&s=1fb6721ce7d5fb1ded5fee09f45ed12ce365b752

Hello! I have an asus zen WiFi mesh net with two of the three nodes set up. I have Ethernet over coax and have the downstairs node connected via Ethernet. I should (based on the range of these routers) have excellent coverage in the house. I have noticed however my devices sometimes get confused which node it should connect to, resulting in sub par speeds. The nodes are very far apart. When I did add the third node I felt I was getting crazy interference. Any suggestions?

Yeah, extenders don't work in big houses. For 3500 sq ft, get a mesh system like TP-Link Deco or ASUS ZenWiFi.Covers everything, no dead zones, no 5G or 2.4GHz.

500mbs is more than enough for couple of people. Even for doing 4k streaming is fine. Don't really see any benefits of 1gig unless you are downloading/uploading tons of data. 2gb is just overkill and definitely not required. Look at review website dongknows to narrow down the choice of routers based on your requirement. Everyone is different so hard recommend, still some are good. Few router recommendations 1. Unifi UDR7. Great all-in-one router with lots of features. 2. Asus with wifi 7 and support for merlin firmware. Check above website for reviews. 3. If you want more control and would like to go DIY route, Any N100 mini pc with dual nic running opnsense/pfsense on it. Maybe directly or virtualized. Add an AP like unifi or omada or something else.

I'm no expert at all in networks. I use Asus tri band routera running Merlin firmware. I have one router at the far end of the house on the 1at floor and the second router at the opposite end on the second floor. The signal extends to the yard and fully covers the house with Wi-Fi 6. House is close to 3k square feet. I have the routers hardwired since that provided the best connection. If you go the Merlin website you'll see what routers are supported.

Was doing research on deco mesh systems and one thing i noticed is that there’s a lot of complaints about hardware revisions and firmware. I was interested in the ability to select preferred connection between decos and device preferred connection. That way i could set the mesh topology as i wanted while steering non mobile devices to specific decos where signals are strong from multiple decos to the correct one. Simple right? Nope. The updated firmware for this feature only applied to specific versions of hw. So a v1 xe75 got it but not a v2 at the time. Then an xe200 didnt have it at all and it some older popular models never got it at all. It just seemed like a mess and the model i ordered didnt have it but amazon lost the pkg so i got an asus instead that feature is just naturally in their firmware… Their wifi7 models all support it but it’s like they just stop supporting previous popular hardware and move on so quickly

If the internal walls in your apartment are concrete and you don't have line of sight to the router it can be hard to get reliable wifi in multiple rooms even in a small apartment. The issue is made worse by the fact that there are a lot of competing signals in most places in Hong Kong. WiFi 7 does deal with these issues better than previous technology, but is expensive. I use as Asus WiFi 7 router and it is a distinct improvement on the one that it replaced. With a 2.5G connection I am seeing download speeds in a 700sq ft apartment of 500mbps at worst and about 1100mbps as best.

If the internal walls in your apartment are concrete and you don't have line of sight to the router it can be hard to get reliable wifi in multiple rooms even in a small apartment. The issue is made worse by the fact that there are a lot of competing signals in most places in Hong Kong. WiFi 7 does deal with these issues better than previous technology, but is expensive. I use as Asus WiFi 7 router and it is a distinct improvement on the one that it replaced. With a 2.5G connection I am seeing download speeds in a 700sq ft apartment of 500mbps at worst and about 1100mbps as best.

Asus zenwifi is worth considering. Just got 2 nodes of the 6E one from 2023 for $200 @ microcenter. After some issues with a new fully updated asus wifi7 router constantly rebooting & some similar claims across a few of their wifi7 devices i fear they've got a bug. The 6E has been running fantastic for ~4days now

Avoid tp-link and any other CCP networking equipment. Don't intentionally put stuff with backdoors in them just to save a few bucks. Unifi is great but it's expensive and you really should use it wired. If you're just looking for plug and play mesh Asus has good offerings. Their AI mesh system works well

I've had zero problems with M1 for many years. Only went down once, and that was for scheduled maintenance in the middle of the night. Also, it's not just your internet plan that could be the cause of any issues. If your router isn't good enough, or is in a terrible position, or is overheating, or the bomb shelter is between your laptop and the router, you are gonna have issues no matter what plan you have. I have a standard 1Gbps plan but an Asus gaming router with ethernet cables going to the 3 heaviest users in the home – PS5, living TV and bedroom TV. I also set up a second router using Asus AImesh to provide wifi signal to one of the further corners of the house.

I've been using AiMesh since the beginning, and it was rocky at first, but now I'm currently quite happy with it. One solid main router and two APs outside. What unifi did you get to replace your setup and do you think it was worth the cost?

Asus AiMesh - Yea TP-Link Deco - Yes TP-Link Easy Mesh - Not sure

ASUS aimesh is the best option besides true ap based systems.

I've been using Asus Aimesh for years. 3 nodes and seamless switching when walking around. There does seem to be a client limit at about 75-80 wifi devices whiche forced me to move iot devices to a separate wifi network. Asus is great to start with but unifi likely my next system

I use Asus routers in my Ai mesh network and it gives me complete control over everything and I've loved it. I use that coupled with family link from Google and I feel like I've done my job as a parent blocking as much bullshit as I can for my kids.  But don't worry, their friends who's parents don't care about a single thing they consume will come along and ruin your hard work. Or your kids will be kids and find loop holes, which they always do. But you still tried. 

Asus AiMesh can be configured without an app and uses local credentials for management.

For gaming use cable, for wifi coverage of this size, you can do well with asus aimesh, you can pick two routers of your choice, cheaper than ismesh system and many settings available.

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) and I can fine tune whenever necessary (rare). I love the Unifi and don't plan on moving away any time soon. If you want peace of mind, I definitely also recommend Unifi.

As has been said, plug in everything you can. For a basic option, the Asus routers with AiMesh are a pretty simple solution. Start with one on the second floor centrally located and see if you need more. Use inSSIDer to see how your signal strength is as what kind of interference you have and set settings accordingly. If you’re not reaching all corners, add another compatible Asus and put them on floors 1 and 3 (both wired connection to WAN jack)

ASUS AIMESH Stable and cheap.