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ASUS Mesh system ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 2 Pack
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Great product, minor niggle
I have 2 of these together with ASUS ZenWiFi XT8 WiFi 6 AX6600 (2 Pack). I used them to set up a mesh wifi in my modern reihenhause (with floor heating), and the behavior is flawless. I was able to integrate it pretty simply into my relatively complicated home network topology.
In a modern row-house cover multiple floors is challenging as the wiring and floor heating create a kind of faraday shield b/w the floors -- meaning I get my neighbors wifi signals really strong, but my wifi a few meters below has little to no signal. I do have ethernet ports available on the top floor, ground floor and basement, so I plug the routers into those locations and the middle unit (the mini) is able to use the neighboring router signals sufficiently well. I helped neigbors set up their repeaters and I can confirm that my experience was much better than theirs and I now have completely hidden routers providing fantastic, strong, fast, whole-house wifi. Super nice.
The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is minor but annoying and easy for Asus to fix: the plug has the very common perpendicular transformer orientation, meaning it blocks other plugs when put in a strip or standard 3 plug socket. Annoying and there's a simple fix -- orient the transformer inline the wide axis of the plug. If they would fix that, it would be a perfect product.Pro
- excellent signal
- easy to set up
Contra
- mains plug could be better designed
This review was created for a different variant: Mesh Router ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 1 Pack
After 4months 2of3 dropped out
This review was created for a different variant: Mesh System ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 3 Pack
Avoid if you don't have a star topology
On the first day of installation, everything looks good, then performance deteriorates.
And if you have a topology where the primary node is not in the middle of the two secondary nodes, you can have major problems.
I have an interesting situation, where for a secondary node the best connection would be to connect to the other secondary node. However, it preferred to connect to the main node, perhaps to get better latency. Then, a few days later, there was a power cut and, because the connection to the main node was no longer good enough for his liking, he got into an error. It was completely unable to adapt automatically and connect to the other secondary node, with which it had a perfect connection. The only way out of the impasse: a hardware reset on this 'stupid' node.
In conclusion, sold as 'AI', in reality the nodes are hardly capable of adapting to changing conditions, and go into definitive error mode, which even a power off doesn't resolve.
Unless you have fairly simple needs, I'd advise you to buy a more expensive product from a manufacturer specialising exclusively in network equipment.
This review was created for a different variant: Mesh System ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 3 Pack
Very good product
Pro
- Indtallation
- App
Contra
- Has limitations when transmitting through a thick wall
This review was created for a different variant: ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 3 Pack Mesh System
A good wifi network
Pro
- Easy to install. Excellent app.
- Network with efficient coverage
This review was created for a different variant: ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 3 Pack Mesh System
Does what it should
Very easy to set up as a router or access point by default. Setting it up with Ethernet backbone is a bit trickier and only works with 1G Ethernet. My Homelink cabling only provides 100 MB and cannot be used as a backbone.
Pro
- Good value
Contra
- Setup with Ethernet backbone possible but tricky
This review was created for a different variant: Mesh System ZenWiFi AX Mini (XD4) 3 Pack
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