ASUS ZenWiFi BT6 Tri-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 9.4 Gbps, 3000 sq.ft. (1pk), 2.5G WAN Port, Security and Parental Controls Included, Smart Home Master SSIDs, 4G & 5G Mobile Tethering, TAA Compliant

This WiFi system is excellent. The app is user-friendly and functional. The setup instructions are straightforward and easy to follow. From unboxing to a fully functional system, it took about an hour. The two-unit mesh network covers my entire home and the surrounding yard effectively. The wireless backhaul is fast and stable. In just one month, I haven’t experienced any dropped connections or issues. My wireless (under ideal circumstances) and wired connection speeds are identical to those directly connected to the modem (550/40 Mbps down and up). The modem has become the bottleneck, and it’s time for an upgrade. Initially, I was considering a lower-tier WiFi6 mesh network, but the Black Friday offers made this WiFi7 package a more attractive choice.are identical to those hardwired directly to the modem (550/40 Mbps down and up). The modem is now the bottleneck and due for an upgrade. I was considering a lower tier WiFi6 mesh, but Black Friday offers made this WiFi7 package a better choice.

This mesh router system replaced an older Netgear dual-band Wifi6 unit that has been running for over 7 years, 24/7, and is now out of support. We decided to replace that router before it failed on us, as we work from home and cannot afford to lose our network. Our older system did cover the entire house, but there were definitely weak spots where connection speeds would drop and the older unit did not cover our entire backyard very well. This new mesh system provides outstanding coverage throughout every part of our house - we have gigabit fiber internet and with three nodes, this system is easily able to saturate that, giving full speed even at the furthest edges of the house and yard. We chose to use the same SSID and passphrase as our old router, so every internet-connected device in our house connected automatically, as soon as we powered it on and it initialized itself. Setup took a few minutes for the unit to boot up, connect to our fiber gateway, and then connect to its mesh nodes. After that, we simply relocated the nodes roughly evenly through the house, one on the main level along with the base unit, and one upstairs in the game room. The result? Perfect signal throughout the entire house and yard. The Asus software is straightforward and easy to use, and provides excellent real-time monitoring and logging capability, along with now-standard features like firewalling, custom domain keyword blocks, VPN support, etc. The unit also supports a guest network as well as an older-spec dual-band “IoT” network for any smart devices in the home that may not be fully compatible with Wifi7. Each of the three units has several ethernet ports for hardwired connectivity for non-Wifi devices in addition to simply extending the network mesh. Handoff for devices moving through the house like smartphones and smart watches is seamless. Everything in the house simply works, from streaming boxes, tablets, phones, watches and smart home devices. All in all, this is an excellent choice for a typical highly-connected modern house.

Works great in AP mode, but had an issue in Router mode. Initially, I plugged it into my Xfinity X1 modem which was in “bridge mode” (which connects the Asus directly to the internet). Every 8 hours or so it would lose its ability to route traffic to the internet (seemed to be a DHCP problem but never fully debugged), which could only be fixed by rebooting or physically unplugging the X1 from the ethernet port and plugging it back in. I finally fixed (worked around) the problem by switching the X1 into regular router mode, which causes the Asus to default to AP mode with a private/unroutable WAN IP. This works fine, except I have to setup port forwarding for any internet-facing features of the Asus such as OpenVPN and Wireguard servers. But, since I made this change, it’s been running pretty well, only becoming unroutable every few days. I fixed (worked around) this by enabling the “reboot scheduler” function to reboot the Asus every night. Seems to be working great since then and provides strong, fast internet all through the house. So, overall I’d say this is a great Wifi 7 mesh system for nerds who want the blazing speeds and can work through issues, and for kicks need the flexibility of an OpenWRT based system. NOT FOR NON-TECHNICAL PEOPLE!

Update as of December 2025 ASUS released a firmware update in November of 2025 that highly recommended performing a factory reset of all mesh routers in the system after completing the update. Since updating and performing the factory reset, all issues I previously experienced have been resolved. This mesh system is fast, stable, and I can absolutely recommend purchasing it now. I will update my review in the future if any issues arise. Do not buy this mesh wifi system. Intermittent connection issues that have no clear or consistent resolution. Sometimes rebooting the entire system fixes the issue, sometimes it doesn't. From my troubleshooting, the issue appears to be a problem with the mesh systems ability to resolve DNS requests. I have performed every troubleshooting step in the book, and the issue persists. Multiple factory resets, multiple firmware updates, daily/nightly reboots, multiple setting/configuration changes, and the problem continues. When it works, it is great. Unfortunately I have spent more time troubleshooting this $600+ system than I would like to admit. Stay away. I am shocked to see a product from Asus have these issues. I purchased this system months ago and was willing to give Asus a few months to release a firmware update that fixed it. 5 months later the issue persists and based on the other reviews I am not the only one.

I love the app interface. It is so much simpler to use than our previous router. Too bad the parental controls won’t work! I have tried multiple times to turn on the “Family” option both on a device individually and by setting up a profile and adding each device to a profile, but neither worked. Also, the speed for download is terrible. It frequently takes 30+ seconds to load a single page, often timing out. We had to switch back to our old router and the same page takes seconds. I’ve tried following Asia’s YouTube videos on improving speed with no success. I would not recommend these.

Product setup is easy. Initial success doesn't guarantee good results long term, however. Recurring connection issues with my Verizon FIOS connection resulted in me needing a hot patch from ASUS. This prevents me from being able to apply security updates until that fix is permanent. I have not been able to get an ETA for that. I continue to have issues where the main network mesh will drop, and different devices refuse to connect to some of the other mesh access points, often choosing the farthest point and having connectivity issues. Trying to add Amazon's own Blink camera devices proved to be unworkable and I have taken my old netgear router and cabled it to the ASUS as a standalone network to allow my existing (and new) blink cameras to coexist in the house. My old Blink cameras had stopped working for an unknown reason, so I decided to upgrade to a new set and couldn't get them attached at all, hence the workaround. Still having sporadic connection issues where wifi will just drop on devices in the same room as the access points and TV streaming will pause and fail.

I had to connect to my old Qfiber pod to get it to recognise the internet but once connected was able to switch connection to the fiber modem. I thought setup in the app was great and was able to easily set up the IOT network, Guest network, and main network. Went from buffering and game freezing with my Qfiber pods to perfect internet and download speeds near 500MBS which is what my Fiber connection is rated. I also like that I could turn off the LED on one of the nodes as it is in the bedroom and I don't like all the extra light pollution at night. I also like that the system allows you to set an automatic system reboot to clear the system. You pick the time and frequency. Very happy so far

I've been fighting the good fight with Wi-Fi decades and for whatever reason I have been resisting switching over to a mesh Wi-Fi setup. After lots of research, this is the setup that I decided to go with and I couldn't be happier. I no longer have any dead spots anywhere in my house, or my garage which is now very important because my cars need to connect and do OTA updates. Those were not working at all before I went mesh. The other huge advantage that I now have is that I have all of my Internet of things connected to their own 2.4 GHz virtual Network instead of being able to access my NAS or leave any of my computers vulnerable to whatever may be going on through some sketchy hardware connectivity. It's nice to have a clear wall between my things and my computers and all of their data. With this new clear separation between devices, computers and phones, I have seen a noticeable improvement in my connection speeds and my son couldn't be happier because of course he's a teenager which means a gamer and now he has a Wi-Fi 7 connection with low latency, high-speed, and a very strong connection even with his room. As far from where the old router used to be. I couldn't give higher praise for a mesh router set up and all I can say is if I needed a mesh router set up. This is the one I would go with.