ASUSZenWifi AX Mini (XD4) Wi-Fi 6 AX1800 Mesh Network System (Covers up to 185 m², Easy Installation, Security Features and Parental Controls) - Black

Great product. It is small and minimalistic. Can fit almost anywhere and looks elegant. Signal is good and works well for what I have at home. The range is effective. I can throttle kids devices so they don’t hog the bandwidth when I need it for work which is great. Simple set up. You need a switch if you want to link them all up via LAN cable to improve the back haul connection, they only have 1 lan port, thats Incase you need to connect multiple devises, but the wifi 6 hasn’t failed me so far. The app is great too, I love the GUI, shows which device is connected to each node. You can also dedicate devices to an individual node, I.e. tv to node 1 in lounge. So it won’t be searching Etc. The app does it all for you. Remote access. Seamless transfer of device across nodes when changing location in the house with no loss of signal, it’s really smart and detects when to switch node for optimum signal automatically. To install VPN you need to use a computer through browser. However once installed you can activate and deactivate from your device. This is helpful to gain access to media regions / work vpn quickly and remotely. All in all I highly recommend. It’s great value for money, reliable no glitch system, with no issues so far. All devices work and run well. You can add Alexa devices and they all connect smoothly from smart switch to CCTV. All in all I’m very pleased with my decision to purchase this over other devices.

I purchased this Asus mesh setup as a 3-pack about 18 months ago attracted by its reasonable cost and WiFi6 capability and been really pleased with it. I originally used it with a Virgin Media Hub 3 that I ran in modem mode (sorting the VM config was more difficult than setting up the Asus mesh) but we now have BT Openreach so the Asus is running in PPPoE mode and plugs directly into the Openreach ONT (the little white box on the wall) so you dont even need the BT Smarthub which means a really quick and neat installation. We have a 4 bed house with solid internal walls, BT delivers 500MBps and we get 230MBps performance pretty much everywhere in the house and in our relatively small garden. The speed loss is probably the result of not having a dedicated wifi backhaul channel - although the Asus can be setup with a wired backhaul if you can be bothered to run some cables. If i had a slower internet feed i suspect the % speed loss would be much lower. I like that the system is easy to setup and the Asus app is quite good and useful to be able to monitor (and if necessary reboot) the system remotely. The units themselves are incredibly neat and you can switch off the indicator lights too if you want to. It has proven ultra reliable. When running with VM we had a few VM outages after which on a couple of occasions I had to switch the Asus units off then on again to reboot the system. Running with BT it hasn't missed a beat. If I was buying again, given my experience, I might be tempted to pay a bit more for the Asus XT9 which has a dedicated backhaul but just how much better the performance would be I'm not sure. Certainly can't see any reason to upgrade from these tiny little cubes, their size belies their performance and capabilities.

When my long serving and ancient ASUS router eventually expired I was pleased to find this system with the familiar user interface. With a hard wired network around my house I am able to take advantage of the wired backhaul facility which is a must for this two band Mesh system. Each satellite is hard wired via a network switch. Very easy to set up and transfer portfwarding from old router. Early days yet but it is giving a stable and strong WiFi signal throughout the house.

Having had issues with the provider supplied WiFi router for some time I started looking at replacements. We had been getting poor speeds and signal drops around our house with streaming and Teams calls struggling even though we have full fibre 500mb to the house.I settled on this product and instantly resolved our issues. Opening the box I was treated with small asthetically appealling cubes. All cable and wall mounting kit was included. Setup was very simple using the Asus app. The only thing that took a little time was looking up the Sky Broadband settings to allow me to connect directly without the need of the original router. This for me was important as allowed me to turn on the QoS setting which is so simple and has made a massive difference with streaming and video calls.The app allows you to click Optimise and it will automatically sort all the connections out and ensure the best performance. The parental controls have been great and simple to activate to keeps our kids safe too.All in all would highly recommend as used to have 40mb in some areas of the house and problems with juddering. Now we have 300mb around the house and no juddering.

Absolute rubbish download speed, and poor distance!, the coverage is patchy at best, despite installing the mesh router by the book. Tried a speed test, and the result was shocking- My old Deco reported speeds at around 75 Mbps which was fine, but the range wasn't very good, and that's why I bought this, it promised faster download speeds and a greater range- a claimed coverage of 7500 ft, in which it achieved BUT the download speed is very very poor.. I'm going to try again from the very start, but to be honest, I don't give it much hope and so it might have to be returned....very disappointed, EDIT.. after giving up with this system, I set up up my old deco system again, and I ran another speed test- here you can see the difference..