ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole-Home Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (XT8) - 2 Pack, Coverage up to 5,500 sq.ft or 6+Rooms( Renewed)

The best settings

Ok, 3 channels, 2 5G and 1 2.4, all can have their own name (SSID). My home automation systems can be networked easily on the 2.4, while I channel surf on 5G. And one of the 5G's can access the DHCP range of the home automated switches, so I can turn things on and off with ease. The other 5G is for secure computing. Oh, and there is a guest network with 1 2.4 and 2 5G channels. So I can keep everybody separate, secure, and happy with 6 SSIDs. Plus I get coverage with 2 mesh stations where I needed 3 before. And fast. Also, you can tweak anything, a lot of access to the the parameters. Like changing admin and a simple password to perhaps Odin and a complex password. The lack of 1 star is that I lose connection to one of the SSIDs sometimes. Apparently the base works but not the remote since I had a weak signal. Might be an airliner talking on approach or radar. Cycled the radio on the SSID, full strength was back. Have to look at the settings to see if I can fix it. But for most folks, defaults should work.

I was hopeful this tech was ready to broadcast the signal power needed to penetrate my floors and walls, it is not. However once I bought 4 units it saturated the entire 2700 sq ft we call home. The 160 MHz Wi-Fi is utterly useless for me. Nothing on 160 is ever stable. The user interface is thorough and friendly. Setup is a breeze. Finding data choke points however is not intuitive or even considered (unless I’m missing some hidden memory feature). Lastly, I did have to keep an old Wi-Fi router in my system because some peripheral devices, like Wi Fi activated lights just could not find this router.

I have an Asus primary router. These sub-routers (part of Asus' AiMesh network) were purchased to fill in the gaps in my home WiFi network (2500 sq ft house) in the 5 Ghz spectrum. They work very well. The 5Ghz spectrum doesn't do well with walls (or other objects) in the way. It is just physics. These help amplify the signals from the primary Asus router throughout the home and my fiber speeds are above 500Mbps pretty much everywhere in my house (and outside) now, whereas in some (most) areas I had a very hard time getting 20Mbps. Very easy to set up with Asus' primary router interface. Rebooted a couple of times and let the system optimize and I am a very happy customer.