Customer Ratings & Reviews

Before choosing a mesh Wi‑Fi 7 system, make sure your internet plan is actually fast enough to benefit from one. Anything under 2 Gbps probably won’t justify the upgrade. But if you do have high speeds, this system is definitely worth considering. One thing to note: while it’s rated for Wi‑Fi 7, the max speed caps at 5000 Mbps or 5 Gbps. So if you’re chasing true 10‑gig performance, this won’t be the right fit. For everything else, though, it’s extremely powerful and has consistently delivered blazing‑fast speeds throughout my home. Setup wasn’t bad overall. It took a little troubleshooting, but I had everything up and running in about 45 minutes on my own. The app is genuinely helpful—parental controls, timers, multiple network management, all the modern features you’d expect. Each router also includes two 2.5‑Gbps Ethernet ports, which makes hardwiring consoles or other devices super easy. I’ve had zero issues with multiple devices connected at once; the system handles handoffs and coverage seamlessly. If you’re looking to boost your home’s speed and expand coverage, this system checks all the important boxes. It’s not the absolute top of the line, but it’s more than strong enough to be satisfying. My only recommendation is to make sure its speed limits and features match what your home actually needs.

The ASUS Zen WiFi BE5000 PRO is a great option for those wanting to expand their WiFi coverage. Set up is straightforward using the ASUS app. It will walk you through the process with possibly some speed bumps along the way. I have used several mesh systems over the years and the BE5000 Pro is right on par with other routers. Nothing particularly special about it, but it does the job well. I have a two story home and always had trouble getting a signal in one of the upstairs bedrooms and the back porch. With this mesh system I am getting a great signal and about 400 mb down in areas where I previously had no signal. I pay for 1.2GB internet and I get that if I am next to the main router, but it degrades as I walk around the house, of course. I still get very good speeds around my property and overall I am happy with the router. It is important to realize that with any WiFi router you will see speed degradation as you are in various parts of your house. This is normal unless you are connected to an ethernet cable 100% of the time. The main issues I have had with other mesh systems is the nodes would just randomly disconnect. Haven't had that issue with this router and it seems like a solid system. I recommend this router and it will certainly get the job done!

I have been watching Wifi Mesh networks evolve over the last few years. They’ve matured into much more stable configurations thanks to the implementation of dedicated antenna to carry the backhaul traffic and are well suited for homes that do not wish to run ethernet through the walls. This new Wifi 7 ZenWifi mesh system seemed like it might fit nicely to solve for some Wifi dead zones I was experiencing. These are the smallest Wifi 7 devices I’ve seen on the market. A closer inspection reveals that the small size is possible because they lack a 6Ghz Antenna and the supporting hardware. No 6Ghz is the bad news. The good news here is that these are much easier to hide in plain site thanks to their diminutive size. Each of the three units is identical except for a removable sticker that is placed on the front of the main unit reading (in grammatically incorrect English) “Hi! I’m Main Unit, Start with me.” Each unit is white, with the Asus logo on the front bottom center above a very large LED light that is used to flash status codes in a default brightness setting my wife referred to as being “as bright as the sun.” It’s a great thing that the Asus app can be used to dim or disable the LED light. Each unit has two ethernet ports, and a press-button power button allowing the device to be physically toggled on/off while remaining plugged in. Physically setting these up requires a standard A/C plug. Start with the Main unit and pay special attention to the port used for the ethernet cable from the modem which must be connected to the second ethernet port on the device. The ethernet ports are not labeled but when looking at the back of the unit they are ordered left to right. The ethernet cable included in the box is unlabeled but given the poor performance experienced I think it might be Cat5 which would be odd considering the device supports 2.5Gb ethernet. My internet plan is 2Gb and I saw an immediate improvement in performance after replacing the included ethernet cable with a Cat6a cable. Once the main unit is powered on, connect to the Asus phone app where the Asus app will walk through creating the first Wifi network. Pro tip - keep all of the units in the same room for the initial setup then move them to the remote rooms. Note that each device will need a Day-0 firmware update. During the initial setup in the app the Asus wizard prompted for creating the primary SSID, then it asks about enabling a dedicated iOT network. Presumably this iOT network would be limited to 2Ghz and have all the fun iOT networking tweaks applied including network isolation. Choosing yes, allows a network to get created, the Asus Admin Console showed that the wizard created a Guest network on the same subnet with a dedicated SSID and not a true IOT isolated VLAN. Though the admin console suggests there’s a wizard for doing so. Once you have two SSIDs created you are unable to add a third SSID. The Asus admin console includes a decent amount of firewall and configuration options available to geek out with but out of the box everything worked as expected. My only complaint here is that on the mobile app devices within the app are identified by IP or Mac address and not by device name which makes it hard to sort out which device belongs to our children in order to turn them off when they are misbehaving. 

With any wifi replacement the most painful part of the process is resetting all of your IOT devices and moving them. After a few days of getting that part sorted this mesh system has resolved my wifi dead zones. While the lack of 6Ghz support is a bummer for the longer term, I’m happy to see Wifi 7 devices are not connecting with faster speeds, no longer bottlenecked by my Wifi 6 system from before.

The ASUS - ZenWiFi BE5000 PRO Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 7 system is a three node system. It arrived boxed well. Set up: I didn't realize until after I started setting it up that there is one node that is marked as the main one to start setting up first. I had trouble getting the nodes to connect with each other so I reset them to factory default and started the setup again. The app seems good but it has many options that are not self explanatory. I found that using the Quick Internet Setup option under Settings provided the easiest setup of all methods. I connected all three nodes close to the main one that is connected to the modem and then let the Quick Internet Setup do its thing. It took care of the setup much more quickly and all three nodes were showing a white light which means they are connected to internet. I made sure the nodes had all updated to the latest firmware to make sure that did not cause any problems. Ethernet: My house is large so I have ethernet ports in the far sides of the upstairs and basement to allow better coverage. At this point, I moved the nodes to where the ethernet ports are located and connected them. The speeds seemed good at first but then I had some trouble with the nodes staying connected. After awhile I rebooted the nodes and tried again. When the nodes stayed connected, the speeds were good when close to the node but when I went into the next room, the signal was bad and the speed suffered greatly. I tried repeatedly to test the speeds and coverage. The coverage was better when the nodes were not connected to ethernet and were using Wi-Fi backhaul to connect but the nodes were too far away from each other to stay connected. Summary: I was disappointed with this system but it may be my house or something I was not doing correctly.

This router takes several minutes to get everything configured the first time so be patient, but afterwards everything worked great and connectivity is solid. I connected several devices to it with no problems. I have installed mesh networks many times and one important feedback point is that you need to follow the prescribed ‘Startup’ process versus try to 'force' the installation without understanding the proper sequence of steps, the proximity requirements for initial syncing and the LED color patterns. This includes initially turning off your internet modem then waiting about 30 seconds before powering it back up; this allows you to start from a ‘clean’ internet router that you will connect to the ASUS BE5000 mesh system. Remember to setup the ‘main’ node first. The nodes are basically identical but if you examine the main node, it has a sticker that identifies it as the one to connect to your internet router with the RJ45 cable. You will be looking for the LEDs on the front of the nodes to be solid white which will indicate they are fully connected. Once you see the LEDs turn solid white, go ahead and look in the ASUS Router app, then click on the Devices selection and you will see the nodes with their IP addresses. If you see ‘Update available’ on a node, select that and do the update. This unit has the latest technology, and I observed improved connectivity and super speeds due to the WiFi 7 capabilities. The app provides you with a lot of great security features so take some time to check out the options. I only needed about 2,000 square feet coverage in my single level house, but this mesh system is spec’d out at 6,800 square feet coverage if you have the included 3 pack. I was able to put one unit in my garage and one unit in the master bedroom which is on the opposite end from the garage. I placed the third node in the dining room which is in the middle. This placement worked out very well. It’s a good idea to put the main node in the middle and the satellites on either end. Remember that your initial setup requires the nodes to be close together and in the same room as your existing router for first time setup. All nodes have remained connected - great. I am very pleased with the solid setup, the large square foot coverage and the ability to use the app for your initial install and status. I highly recommend this excellent mesh system.

I live in a townhouse where there has been numerous wifi and cellular connectivity issues, especially on the ground floor. This Asus was recommended, and so far it has worked well. Out of the box, the modules were larger than I imagined. They were quite boxy and definitely not innocuous. Set up was a challenge as the unit seemed to update quite a bit and slowly. I found it best to take it slow as setup was just not fast. Once up and running, coverage was a definite improvement, although it seemed to have less options. This was actually fine for me. I did notice an improvement in coverage and speed, especially outside and in the garage. I did also notice that they system worked better with 2 nodes vs the 3 that came with the system. All in all, I have noted a significant improvement in coverage and smoothness of connection, especially in parts of the house like the garage and outside. To me that was a definite plus. I do wish the units/ nodes were not as large, but the increased operation made it acceptable.

I recently moved to a churchs extra building which is actually a Gym. And the data coverage in this area is terrible, even on Verizons network. I rarely get 1 bar of 4G LTE, and have to go outside and walk around to just get that. Not cool at night when its freezing outside. It also did not have any internet. So after running long cables I was able to get Wifi to where I stay. But it was just a standard router so there were dead spots everywhere. Thats where the Asus Zenwifi 7 Mesh system came to the rescue. The initial set up took awhile but with patience I was finally able to get everything set up. Took about an hour for set up and the proper placement of each node. The Asus router app wasnt too hard to follow and without it I doubt I would have ever figured things out. Once set up I ran some tests where my phone use to drop Wifi to try to get a data signal. And now all the dead spots are covered. Easily pull 200+ MB/S now and more if Im closer of course. The only issue I have had which is very rare is that a node will drop coverage once in awhile. But after a power reset it always comes back. This is exactly what I needed to get proper coverage at my place. No more stepping outside in the cold wandering around with my phone in the air.

After using the ASUS ZenWiFi BE5000 Pro three-pack for a while, I can honestly say it’s one of those products that makes your home technology feel better without constantly reminding you it’s there. Wi-Fi is one of those things you only tend to notice when it’s slow, drops out, or leaves certain parts of the house with weak coverage. When everything works the way it’s supposed to, you stop thinking about it entirely. That’s exactly what happened after I installed this system. I was replacing an older router that had started to show its age. It wasn’t terrible, but as we’ve continued adding more connected devices around the house, I found myself restarting it more often than I’d like. We have laptops, phones, tablets, gaming systems, streaming devices, smart TVs, smart speakers, security cameras, and a growing collection of smart home accessories, so our network gets a pretty good workout every day. My goal wasn’t necessarily to chase the highest speed test numbers, it was to get dependable coverage throughout the house and eliminate the little connectivity annoyances that seem to add up over time. The setup process ended up being my first pleasant surprise. I plugged in the main unit, downloaded the app, and followed the prompts. The app quickly found the router, guided me through creating my network name and password, checked for updates automatically, and explained each step without making it feel overly technical. Once the primary unit was online, adding the other two mesh nodes was just as straightforward. The app recognized them quickly and walked me through the process of integrating them into the network. What I appreciated most was that I never felt like I needed to leave the app and search online for instructions. Every step made sense, and everything happened in the order I expected. Within a relatively short amount of time, my entire mesh network was online and ready to go. Once everything was running, the improvement in coverage became obvious almost immediately. Before installing this system, there were always a couple of places in the house where Wi-Fi performance was inconsistent. Those weren’t complete dead zones, but they were areas where video calls might occasionally freeze, streaming would sometimes buffer, or pages simply loaded more slowly than they should. Since installing the ZenWiFi system, those issues have essentially disappeared. The signal feels much more consistent throughout the entire house. Instead of having excellent performance near the router and noticeably weaker performance farther away, every room now feels like it has the same quality connection. That’s really the biggest benefit of a good mesh system, and ASUS seems to have done a great job making that transition seamless. I work from home quite a bit, and my days are filled with video meetings, cloud-based applications, document sharing, and constant internet use. At the same time, the rest of the family is often streaming shows, playing games, or using tablets around the house. That creates a fairly demanding environment for any home network. Since installing this system, I haven’t really had to think about it. Meetings have stayed stable. Downloads complete consistently. Video calls remain clear. Streaming services load quickly and continue playing without random buffering. It sounds simple, but having Wi-Fi that quietly does its job every single day is incredibly valuable. I’ve also noticed that devices reconnect almost instantly if they’ve been asleep or temporarily disconnected. Laptops wake up and immediately have internet access. Phones connect as soon as I arrive home. Smart home devices remain responsive without requiring constant troubleshooting. Those little moments add up over time because they remove tiny frustrations from everyday life. Gaming has also been a positive experience. While I’m more of a casual gamer than someone playing competitively every night, I still appreciate a stable connection. Game downloads finish quickly, updates install without issue, and online gameplay has remained smooth. Even when someone else in the house is streaming video or participating in a video call, I haven’t noticed the connection becoming unstable. Having three units also gives plenty of flexibility depending on the size and layout of your home. I was able to place one near my modem, another toward the center of the house, and a third farther away to extend coverage where I previously had weaker signal. Because the app helps confirm placement, I never felt like I was just guessing whether they were positioned correctly. Looking back after living with the ASUS ZenWiFi BE5000 Pro, the biggest compliment I can give it is that it has completely faded into the background. That’s exactly what I want from networking equipment. I don’t want to spend time troubleshooting my Wi-Fi or wondering why something isn’t connecting. I simply want every device to work wherever I happen to be in the house. The combination of an incredibly simple app-based setup, excellent whole-home coverage, and consistently reliable performance has made this one of the easiest networking upgrades I’ve made. From the moment I opened the box through everyday use, the experience has been refreshingly straightforward. The ASUS app deserves a lot of credit for making installation approachable, while the mesh system itself delivers the kind of stable coverage that makes working from home, streaming, gaming, and managing a busy household feel effortless. After spending time with it, those are the features that have stood out the most and the reasons I’d confidently recommend it to anyone looking to improve their home Wi-Fi experience.

I was struggling with a weak wifi signal in our basement. My workshop is down there and sometimes I need to upload video files from there. I did a speed test from several areas both upstairs and downstairs and it showed a deficiency especially at the far end of the workshop. Most of the time websites will be slow to load if they load at all. I never used a mesh router before but I hoped it would help since I thought I could place a node downstairs. WiFi signals apparently travel better horizontally than vertically so having a node at the same level in the basement should help. The signal strength also gets degraded if it has to pass through walls. Since this was my first time installing a mesh system I actually read the instructions instead of just winging it this time. Lol. The Quick Start guide said to install the node marked Main Unit first so I placed it next to my fiber modem then I downloaded the ASUS Router app and selected Set Up a New Network. Following the instructions in the app, I set up the other two nodes within 3 meters of the main unit and turned them on. There was a firmware update available so I updated the nodes one at a time starting with the main unit. The third node struggled with the fw update but it was on the fringe of 3 meters (closest receptacle I had available in the same room as the main unit). I moved it just a couple feet closer with the help of an extension cord and it completed the update. Ok, so then with all three nodes in the same room upstairs I went around the house and repeated the speed tests. As expected, the far end of the shop downstairs fared the worst still but I was surprised to see the farthest bedroom upstairs was now lower also. But this isn’t how I thought the nodes were meant to be used, all together in the same room. So I first moved a node down to the basement and the speed across the whole downstairs was now equal to upstairs. There’s only one wall in my basement to separate my shop from the rest of the basement so the signal isn’t degraded much. I then moved a node to the far end of the house. I repeated the speed test around the house and I’m happy to report the slow zones are gone. Websites now load just as fast anywhere in the house. I am curious why the manufacturer specified placing the nodes three meters apart if they work farther apart and I’ll have to see what happens when the next firmware update rolls out. If nothing else, I can always move the nodes close to the main unit for an update and then move them back. But for now the system is working great and I’m happy with it! Note that it did take a minute for the nodes to reconnect to the main unit after powering them off and moving them so be patient while they re-establish their connection when they power back on. I did choose to not allow remote access via the app and disabled WPS since those can both weaken security of a network. It’s also a good practice to change the network name, its password, and the login name and password from the defaults all of which the app allows you to do during installation. The app also allows you to disable the node’s LED indicator or place it in Night Mode to significantly dim it if it’s too bright at night. We’re on a 300 Mbps internet plan here but typically see 350 Mbps more or less. Speed results: Before mesh install- living room 362Mbps Workout room downstairs 320 Mbps Shop downstairs 66 Mbps After mesh install (all nodes in living room with the modem) Living room 350 Mbps Hallway upstairs 320 Mbps Bedroom upstairs 51 Mbps Downstairs wouldn’t load the test anywhere. After install (nodes placed upstairs and downstairs) Living room 368 Mbps Hallway 368 Mbps Workout room 326 Mbps Shop 303 Mbps Bedroom 303 Mbps Based on my testing, I would say that the mesh node’s antennas aren’t as strong individually as the single point gateway my ISP supplied but when the mesh nodes are distributed through the house the wifi coverage overall is wonderfully improved. I would recommend this system if you’re having signal strength issues with your current setup.

This is a good solution to make the most out of my gig internet speed. It is fast, eliminates my dead zones, and almost 100% stable (I’ll get to this in a few). Out of the box, it looks big. Compared to similar routers of the same mesh specs, dual band, wifi 7, it looks big. But if you look at the footprint, its actually compact. Granted that the design is not cutting edge, it manages to still look good with it's nice plastic case, the texture quality, and the solid build. Setting it up is not as easy as I thought it would. The mesh nodes connected to each other pretty fast and I love the way I can set up a dedicated IOT band so my 100 gadget home can get back to their functionality after set up. I have the option to also just make wifi channels single band which is perfect for IOT network of gazillion competing devices. Connecting to the internet though is a little bit of a pain. I had to restart probably 7 times to get the internet working into the main node. Though I can be paranoid but I feel like, if I move the main node a bit, it loses connection to the internet (which of course affects all the other internet). Other than that, I was up and running in an hour 15. Now I tried doing signal checks at different areas of the house. The speed is consistent in a 1600sq ft space, not counting patio areas. It is probably 100-150mbps lower on speedtest (which is not noticeable when my average is 700mbps), vs my previous mesh system, but it does not fluctuate. The IOT dedicated line is probably one of the best features I can say for this set—because with this dedicated line, my light switches are snappy, my camera previews in my google home screen are instant, and my device castings are responsive. My voice commands, they do not “crawl” to reply, though I do notice some reload times on music streaming that bunch up when running a music stream to my speaker group consisting of 6 speakers. Although I know this dedicated IOT line feature is not exclusive to this Asus WiFi Zenmax model, my other previous routers did not perform as good as this set. Parental controls are easy to use and I am glad they are subscription-free. Setting up kids are easy and it locks in each child’s profile with their devices and I can trust that they do not visit sites or get access to apps, even if we already gateway their app installations. I know I mentioned earlier how internet is almost 100% stable—I just noticed, with my phone, there were at least 3 instances where my phone is connected to the wifi but it shows no internet, while all the other devices in the house are functioning. I am pretty certain that is device specific, but I believe it is a bug that has to be fixed—at least for my pixel phone. I did not experience this with any previous router / mesh systems I owned. This is an overall great router / mesh system even without a third band which I am sure how they kept the pricing for this low. Asus is pretty reliable this way and I trust the brand. Especially nowadays where speed, reliability and features are important, as much as price, this set hold its own pretty well. I recommend.

I have a strange network setup and while my previous Micro-Mesh setup was OK, I was really looking for something with a couple ports on each node. In the box of the ASUS ZenWifi BE5000 Pro, you get 3 seemingly identical nodes that have two 2.5 GbE ports, a power port and a power switch. If you look, one of them is labeled as the main node (sticker on the main face). They each have a QR code and all the default credentials for the node. You also get a single ethernet cable and a quick start guide. Unfortunately, the days of getting to set up the device on a laptop seem to be gone, you need to do it on a mobile device with the ASUS Router app. At least initially, later on you can enable the router address to access the setup from any browser. While going through the directions, you really need to note that to set up the additional nodes, you set them up in one location where the 2nd and 3rd nodes are 1-3 meters from the main node. This is only needed for the first connection of each of the nodes. Afterwards you can move them wherever you need them. Another interesting point is that if you use Spectrum as your service provider, you may need to clone the MAC address of your previous router or your computer. I am old enough to have done this in my early days of broadband. Also within the app, I have the ability to turn on some security features to block some ad traffic, open ports for port forwarding and enable other features. I find it helpful to have the 2.5 GbE ports so that I can wire the nodes if I desire to do so, this helps to give a solid backhaul channel for reliable network performance. Once I was done playing around with the options, I set up the Asus ZenWifi system to Access Point Mode. As I mentioned, I have a strange network setup. I have a separate Firewall device that has served me quite well for several years. I set up this Firewall device separately because I got tired of writing down all my port forwards to my various computers and then opening them up every time I got a new router set. Plus with a discrete firewall, I could control my traffic with deeper customization. With the ASUS ZenWifi in Access Point mode, my firewall does all the work and the ZenWifi system just provides my wireless signal and it does so with ease around my house. I also really like that the ZenWifi also gives me the option of creating a few SSID so I can segregate my network so that IoT devices have their own network. I'm very pleased with the ZenWifi system as I think it's getting a couple steps closer to Pro-sumer capabilities. I've had solid network connection around my house and gives me flexibility on network connection choices. I would have no problems recommending this set to any of my friends and family.

This replaced a very old mesh system, so my perceived gains may be a bit exaggerated due to simply jumping to WiFi 7. Setup: This part was genuinely painless. Plug in the main unit, download the ASUS Router app, and it walks you through pairing the two satellite nodes step by step. I had all three units online and a usable network within about 20 minutes, then just had to walk around the house finding good spots for the satellites. Speed and coverage: This is a dual-band system (2.4GHz and 5GHz), not tri-band with a dedicated 6GHz lane, which is worth knowing going in if you're comparing it against pricier WiFi 7 mesh kits. That said, with MLO (Multi-Link Operation) combining both bands intelligently and 4K-QAM packed in, throughput on 5GHz-capable devices is noticeably snappier than my old setup, and roaming between nodes as I walk through the house has been seamless. ASUS rates the 3-pack for up to 6,800 sq ft, and for my house that's more coverage than I actually need, so dead zones are a non-issue. Wired backhaul: Each node has dual 2.5Gbps WAN/LAN ports, and running a wired backhaul between nodes (instead of relying purely on wireless mesh) made a real difference in consistency for the units further from the router. If your walls allow running Ethernet, it's worth the extra effort, especially for gaming. Security and extras: AiProtection runs in the background flagging malicious sites and blocking trackers without me having to think about it, and Instant Guard gives you a one-tap VPN when you're out and need to reach home network devices securely. Parental controls and guest network setup are also handled cleanly through the app rather than a clunky web interface. Bottom line: Solid future-proofing pick if you want WiFi 7 hardware without paying tri-band prices, and the AiMesh setup process is about as straightforward as mesh systems get. Just go in knowing it's dual-band, not tri-band, so manage expectations there if max-band-segregation is your priority.