ASUS - ZenWiFi BT8
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"Unifi provide the most stable wifi network for IoT of all the AP on the market, even with one VLAN, even in mesh configuration. ... I have +200 IoT devices in my home from Apple, Switchbot, Aqara, Logitech, Eufy, Hue, Govee, and numerous exotic brands. I have been through hell with solutions from Apple, Orbi, Peplink, Meraki, Eero, Huawei and many many more. And only since I am rocking on Unifi I can open my Apple Home app with not a single device error !"
"I have over 60 devices connected to it, and have ZERO issues."
"Finally, nothing drops, everything is fast and solid, the devices themselves are now the bottleneck."
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"The Asus 6 and 6e routers/mesh routers are very stable and work fantastically ... I have the xt8 mesh system (2 nodes hardwired) . Haven't had to reset it besides updates in over 2 years after I set it up."
"20 devices is nothing; I have 80+ devices running effortlessly on my Asus wifi 7 mesh"
"I just bought 3 ASUS wifi 6 routers and the AImesh is actually perfectly fine. ... 600 megs in my living room via mesh"
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"With a 2.5G connection I am seeing download speeds in a 700sq ft apartment of 500mbps at worst and about 1100mbps as best."
"Upgraded to An Asus Mesh (Zenwifi BQ16) with wireless backhaul and the gaming consoles in my house are receiving the full 1gb bandwidth connected directly to the node with no issues having all on and playing online."
"Great wifi coverage in all rooms incl 5ghz"
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"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."
"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."
"Right now I am leaning toward the Asus BT6 or BT8 due to cost, brand reputation, and lifetime security/parent controls without a subscription."
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"Right now I am leaning toward the Asus BT6 or BT8 due to cost, brand reputation, and lifetime security/parent controls without a subscription."
"I really like the ASUS application and parental controls"
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"Frequent connection drops, network slowdown for no necessary reason and more. ... It does fairly worse than the isp provided router at this point."
"connects and reconnects so frequently it's approaching useless."
"The WiFi performance on my BE550 is abysmal. ... It’s in the same exact spot where my aged VR2100 was, and that’s a 7 plus years old router that never costed anywhere near £200, on discount. ... The VR2100 has no problems providing solid 5GHz in our master bedroom, whilst the BE550 has no 5GHz at all in the same spot I sleep."
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"I have noticed however my devices sometimes get confused which node it should connect to, resulting in sub par speeds."
"I have some older tech that was the primary connection problem, but even newer ~4 year old tech was having trouble."
"the Ring Chime modules ... would disconnect randomly with the AX5400"
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"speeds and coverage is not great. ... my WiFi download and upload speed is worse than what it was with my old router ... Even in front of the main unit O can't get even 1Gb and upload is less than 5Mb lol."
"Upgraded to the ASUS BE 14000 from my old TP link. I had xfinity gig internet and fios had just come to our area. I decided not to cancel xfinity until I got fios up and running, but that day never came. They installed fios, it tested amazingly fast up and down on a direct connected device, but as soon as we plugged it into the router everything slowed, especially the upload speed. Uploads were 1 to 3 mbs. ... The final suggestion from a tech (which I did not try) was to use their WIFI router connect that wired to my three node Asus mesh wifi. I didn't do that, because even if that does somehow solve it, it's a shit setup. ... Overall I had two tech's on site, 3 phone calls with tech's and a tech call with ASUS. Nobody could explain why, ASUS blamed Fios and Fios blamed ASUS. Either way, there's something about the asus mesh system that doesn't communicate well with the fios ONT."
"Also as a side note if enable MLO front haul for clients (which was one of the main reasons bought it), all will go to crap and downloads and uploads would be abysmal."
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"Upgraded to the ASUS BE 14000 from my old TP link. I had xfinity gig internet and fios had just come to our area. I decided not to cancel xfinity until I got fios up and running, but that day never came. They installed fios, it tested amazingly fast up and down on a direct connected device, but as soon as we plugged it into the router everything slowed, especially the upload speed. Uploads were 1 to 3 mbs. ... The final suggestion from a tech (which I did not try) was to use their WIFI router connect that wired to my three node Asus mesh wifi. I didn't do that, because even if that does somehow solve it, it's a shit setup. ... Overall I had two tech's on site, 3 phone calls with tech's and a tech call with ASUS. Nobody could explain why, ASUS blamed Fios and Fios blamed ASUS. Either way, there's something about the asus mesh system that doesn't communicate well with the fios ONT."
"The problem has been isolated and only happens with Verizon FiOS. ... Asus technical support are supposed to reach out to me to help me troubleshoot and figure out what settings should be used for Verizon FiOS Internet. ... There's an issue with Verizon ONTs (where the fiber goes to.)"
"from there it works fine but you miss a lot of the features that the Asus router has, which sucks."
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"Every single unit from all of the different brands are plagued with massive issues. ... It's so bad that I returned every single one I used and picked up an eero 6E. I have had 0 issues on 6E. ... In my opinion wifi 7 is nowhere near ready for primetime and is an utter joke. ... To sum this up avoid wifi 7 like a plague (at least for now)"
"After some issues with a new fully updated asus wifi7 router constantly rebooting"
"I think the Wi-Fi 7 firmware is just too problematic at this point."
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.
r/HomeNetworking • Looking for fiber plan and simple wifi router recommendations. ->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.
r/askSingapore • Recommendation for home broadband ->FYI , all of our current routers and mesh product all have extensive on router functionality including Open, Wireguard and much more. As such you could pick BT6, 8, 10, 16 our any of the routers. Also all of the units have our Gaming QoS option for prioritizing game packets and or specific systems, if you want a more streamlined experience our gaming models ( ROG, ROG STRIX, TUF GAMING ) also have dedicated Gaming Ports which are pre configured should you connect your device to that port. You can also do this manually through our firmware/app. Also note unless you need the coverage specific to a kit ( which can be done via AiMesh ) on the router side you have the benefit of no backhual use maximizing throughput if you are within the coverage area of a router.
r/HomeNetworking • Thinking of getting the ASUS ZenWiFi BT8 router ->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.
r/HomeNetworking • Best mesh WiFi for large house with multiple floors and walls ->Not familiar with DD-WRT but my ISP was slumping out Asus Zenwifi's BT8's for $180 so picked one of those up. Newly released OpenWRT on it now. You can't find that price probably (Telia @ Sweden) but pretty happy with it. Great wifi coverage in all rooms incl 5ghz (I have no wifi 7 device), 2,5g WAN +LAN (+2 1gb ports),I picked up a 2,5g flex mini to get everything on 2,5g.
r/DDWRT • What is the most powerful fastest and compatible wifi6/7 DDWRT Router? ->Greetings just changed my Asus Router with a new Asus ZenWiFi BE14000 Wifi 7 system speeds and coverage is not great. I have a 2Gb plan on fiber my WiFi download and upload speed is worse than what it was with my old router (which only supported 1Gb speeds hence why I changed). Even in front of the main unit O can't get even 1Gb and upload is less than 5Mb lol. Yes my phone says it's connected with WiFi 7 which is how I'm testing and was also my previous way of testing with old router (have a Pixel 9 pro XL). Any advice on what could be going wrong? Thanks!
r/HomeNetworking • Asus new ZenWiFi BE14000 Problems ->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?
r/HomeNetworking • What is the Best WiFi Mesh System for Home? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ->Works well. I get nearly 1Gbps on my laptop via wifi. Seems like a stable connection. Not sure how far it works though as I only have a small living space. Also seems that OpenWRT will support it at some point in the (near) future so that is something I'm keeping my eye on. Perfectly happy with it.
r/HomeNetworking • Thinking of getting the ASUS ZenWiFi BT8 router ->Asus AiMesh - Yea TP-Link Deco - Yes TP-Link Easy Mesh - Not sure
r/HomeNetworking • Wifi mesh system ->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
r/HomeNetworking • Why do TP-Link get a hard time from people,and routers made by Asus are often praised.... ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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