ASUS - ZenWifi Pro ET12 AXE11000
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"In a 6000 sq ft house I’ve just helped with it has 6 access points and has a perfect full signal everywhere you go."
"I have a 2 story 2350sf house. I have an Orbi with the master AP upstairs in the hall covering all the bedrooms rooms. Downstairs I have 2 Orbi Client APs on either end of the house covering all the downstairs, garage, and outside. ... I’ve never had any issues with coverage or bandwidth."
"I’m getting the whole gig almost every where in the house"
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"The child protection features not behind a subscription or paywall was a major deciding factor."
"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."
"no subscription for features that should be free"
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"The 2nd node is 2 stories upstairs (bricks walls and wood ceilings) and I can use the full 1Gb/s internet speed provided."
"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."
"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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"it is so easy to add another node anytime I want since their stuff is all interoperable with the AiMesh setup."
"I just have a dead zone that buying another kit completely fixed."
"Easy to get set up. Easy to manage and extend."
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"6Ghz is super crappy for distance."
"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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"their wireless backhaul is unstable ... Mine can establish at around 900Mbps and then randomly drop to 300 and stay there until I disconnect (remove from config!) the Node and re-add it which is time consuming."
"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."
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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."
"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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"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)"
AdministrationOk210 1.0Using Asus ET12 pro here working solid no problems. Had lots of issues when I had an Orbi
daveortega 1.0We 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.
Dontech1 1.0I have had the orbi 973 system since it came out ... Absolutely love it ... I did have one issue with the router last year and netgear replaced it... I installed a fan on it and never had a problem since. I did purchase a 800 series orbi about 3 years ago and returned it, nothing but problems . This 973 orbi is the best.. Before this orbi 973 I had the Asus et12 that is also a great router but only wifi 6E not 7 Routers and wifi are very difficult today .... I have lots (45 plus) of devices on the orbi 973, no problems at all....
ElOhhYouuu 1.0I use the asus ET12 Pro mesh system and have been very happy with it
greatalok 1.0I highly recommend Asus ET12 after using it personally. It replaced the Orbi pucks I had.. Bit expensive but rock solid.
iifuzz 1.0Not sure, I returned mine and bought an Asus, never been happier
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
PetriDishCocktail 1.0Hardwired 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.
sdp1981 1.0Same but I use an Asus et12 and et8 combination system 2 of each model
simplyeniga 1.0I would recommend the Asus Zenwifi Pro ET12. You can get one off eBay for a cheaper price. A 2-pack should be sufficient coverage. You can compare price with the TP-Link XE75 and Eero Pro 6E. Any of those 3 are good with wireless backhaul, and the Asus has the best coverage among all 3. Asus gives the best features available without any additional pay wall, Eero is the simplest to use but has additional features behind a pay wall and TP-LINK is the best on budget and comes between on coverage.
TinfoilComputer 1.0I have a pair of ASUS ET12s and they’re great! One on 3rd floor of one building and a 50 meter 10G fiber backhaul connection to the other in a second building behind. Covered the whole area, one SSID, 3 bands. Fortunately not a lot of metal in the walls.
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