ASUS - AX6100 Tri-band WiFi 6 Wireless Gaming Mesh Router (2-pack) - Black/Gold

I'm returning this first thing in the morning! When connected via ethernet, my speeds are approaching 950 Mbps! My old Netgear only got me to around 500 Mbps. As I had mentioned, my speeds over wire were amazing, which prompted me to lower my guard and be happy with my purchase. Little did I know the next few hours were riddled it terrible wireless performance. Perhaps I got a lemon, but I'm not about to replace it to find out! Instead I'm going with something else! The issue was first noticed when I started to use my laptop for some Christmas shopping and both Best Buy and Amazon was struggling to load. Best Buy was worse for some reason. Decided to run a speed test and oddly, Ookla was giving me great speeds over wireless, so I was very confused as to why 90% of the sites I was going to were struggling to load. Even Steam downloads were struggling! In effort to troubleshoot I ran ping tests and saw something rather disturbing. I then decided to run many other speed tests and to my shock and dismay, they were all bad except Ookla. Now I don't even trust Ookla. But I digress. WiFi performance on both Mesh and with one AP (Main unit) were horrible. Under 10 Mbps and often hanging out at 1 or 2 Mbps. I can't believe how bad this thing is. I'm super disappointed!

I originally had Aimesh using RT-AC88U and RT-AC86U Asus routers. Even though I had the Nvidia Shield plugged into the ethernet port of the RT-AC86U router I had slow pings and jitter above 80. Games would stutter so bad. Setup the RT-AX92U mesh and now ping is much better and jitter hasn't been more than 8. Wi-Fi 6 with these routers is real deal. Setup was easy for me since I'm familiar with Ausu routers. The small form factor is nice but having only 4 ethernet ports is a disappointment as opposed to 8 on the RT-AC88U. The antennas fall down easily as well. The price is a little steep and it's not Wi-Fi 6 certified but being certified doesn't really seem to matter.

Just recently upgraded to gigabit internet today (Verizon), I set up the routers using the app (its EXTREMELY easy). When I bought the router about a week ago, I maually upgraded the firmware to the latest available at the time by downloading the files on the asus website (Version: 3.0.0.4.386_40451-g30f1b6c). Everything works perfectly, as you can see from the pictures, I get close to 1000 mbps download and upload through ethernet and 500+/300+ download and upload on WIFI. When I turned on QoS, it tanks my connection and i get under 10 mbps, I would suggest not to turn it on if you use this firmware version. Theres a lot of lackluster reviews for this mesh system but it works fine for me, I would suggest finding a firmware version thats works and not updating it unless problems arise. As the great saying goes, dont fix it if it aint broke. My only grip with this product is that it uses its only ax wifi 6 band for dedicated wireless backhaul. Of course you can wire the backhaul using ethernet to free up the wifi 6 band but im not to fond of drilling holes all over my house to fish wires. It would have been great if all the wifi bands were utilizing the new ax technology.

I was hesitant about this AiMesh router, but after hooking it up and testing the WIFI speed....I was truly amaze. Whether it was WIFI or ethernet cable connection, the speedtest showed 100% consistent, no dips! Although I was data cap at 100Mbps, it pushed up to 120 Mbps and felt like it wanted to push even more! I also used the AiMesh Node feature (connecting 2 router wireless) and living in a 2 story home, all the devices connected to the network have FULL BARS! Just a side note, make sure to connect most devices to 5g-1 and not on 5g-2 (WIFI 6) as some devices connection don't behave well on that band, but my latest smart phone loves 5g-2 though!

I have no issues with wifi connectivity or speed. At peak there are 2 phones, 2 tablets, 1 smartwatch, 3 laptops, 6 smart tvs, 3 video game systems, 2 blu ray dvd players, a stereo receiver, and 2 USB storage devices connected over a single story 2500sq/ft home with the 2 routers provided in this package plus a slightly older Asus router that is mesh compatible. All but 2 video game systems, 1 tv, and the stereo receiver are wireless over G, N, or AC. Wired connections use CAT6 or equivilent. Constant gaming, streaming, browsing the web, work video calls etc, no issues. The mesh router thats the "main" one is located close to my cable modem in one corner of the house with the other in this packet in the living room and the 3rd older router in the master bedroom. Setup is easy enough if you read the included instructions and everything else is managed through the network dashboard. Ive been very happy with the product since having it nearly a year now. Only issues ive ever had are a result of the ISP, not the networking equipment. I consider myself an advanced user but nothing involving the setup of this is difficult enough unless you want something that is immediate out of the box or only requires a single button press.

The asus setup with a mesh system and the AX88U wasn't as smooth as it should be. Asus firmware isn't always the best as in updates might break some functionality. To get the setup working mostly flawlessly I have scheduled weekly rests of the router and AiMesh nodes. Once you get past the firmware issues and get a stable setup, the coverage and speeds are great!

These are a bit expensive but they work great! I have a Asus RT AC5300 as my main router in my office in the basement. On the main floor and 2nd level I have one each of the AZX6100. Setting these up was super easy and provides great coverage through my home. I have gigabit internet and get about 700 download in my office 3 feet from my router. Main floor connected to the the mesh node I can get between 300-500 download. 2nd level I can get about 300-400 download. This is much better than not having the mesh network setup. I was barely hitting 25 download on the 2nd level without a mesh network.

Replaced two Linksys AC routers with the ASUS AX6100 mesh system as 60+ smart devices had ground the Linksys to a halt. Wanted Mesh, AX, multiple ethernet ports, support of ethernet backhaul and support of a large number of connected devices. Asus delivered. Setup was easy and seamless. My 3200 sq foot house is easily covered, inside and out. Went from 4 SSID's to one and best of all, have recovered all the speed I had prior to adding the multitude of smart devices. Paying for 300 from AT&T fiber... getting almost 400 Mbps throughout the house! Fantastic.