Amazon has
2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi AX6600 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Mesh Wi-Fi System (XT8) on sale for
$359.99 when you apply the $40 off coupon on the product page.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
pzmosquito for finding this deal.
Key Features:- Banish WiFi Dead Zone—Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home providing total wireless speed of 6600Mbps
- Next-Gen Wi-Fi 6 Technology— With OFDMA and MU-MIMO ZenWiFi AX enables more efficient stable and faster transmission even when multiple devices are transmitting data at the same time
- Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router App
- Always Up-to-date Protection— The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected
- AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system
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Frequent disconnects and ultra low speeds. My outdated google wifi works reall well with a stable connection and Orbi failed miserably. My ISP speed is 600/600 when measured at Orbi ports. Orbi only delivers 100mb max. Most frustrating issue is disconnects. 5 out of 10 ping to the gateway 10.0.0.1 get timed out.
Because of those issues i bought this XT8. I observed the speed is slightly better than Orbi as it is about 250 mbps still not even close to ISP speed. The problem with disconnects is there with xt8 too but not frequent as Orbi. Upgraded the firmware from the factory flashed version as suggested by the support. No change.
The disconnects seems to be specifically for 5GHZ-1 band whereas 2 4 and 5GHZ-2 works well most of the time.
Im thinking of returning both Orbi and this xt8 back to the store and wait until i get something stable with a decent speed. Going back to my Old google wifi refurb. Pretty old, but stable.
These junk boxes not worth the money.
Not sure how many of you experienced such issues..but i will not shell out money for the highly unstable firmwares.
Note: AT&T gateway configured for IP passthru fixed mode. All radios , packet filters and firewalls disabled.
1. connection drops sometimes.
2. Had to reset couple times due to software glitches. After removing a device X out out BLOCK list, X device wouldn't be able to get black online. Internet still blocked.
3. Phone setup is easy.
4. Remote access is a nice feature.
5. FAMILY TIME BLOCK: wish they have 15 or 30 mins intervals (ex: 05:15, 05:30, 06:00, 06:15) so I could assign devices into RESTRICT/SLEEP time more effectively.
overall, it's alright. Covering my 1200ft home, 1 story.
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Parent control is not so good on either, even with subscription.
More companies are heading toward subscription services to get ongoing revenue. Need to factor that in addition to the purchase price.
However the only TP-Link tri-band Wifi6 option is the X90 which retails for $450. Like you're hinting at, Abhi88 has no clue what they're talking about.
*edit* Looks like Costco has a different one for cheaper. $290. Still not close to $200 though. link [costco.com]
Parent control is not so good on either, even with subscription.
Frequent disconnects and ultra low speeds. My outdated google wifi works reall well with a stable connection and Orbi failed miserably. My ISP speed is 600/600 when measured at Orbi ports. Orbi only delivers 100mb max. Most frustrating issue is disconnects. 5 out of 10 ping to the gateway 10.0.0.1 get timed out.
Because of those issues i bought this XT8. I observed the speed is slightly better than Orbi as it is about 250 mbps still not even close to ISP speed. The problem with disconnects is there with xt8 too but not frequent as Orbi. Upgraded the firmware from the factory flashed version as suggested by the support. No change.
The disconnects seems to be specifically for 5GHZ-1 band whereas 2 4 and 5GHZ-2 works well most of the time.
Im thinking of returning both Orbi and this xt8 back to the store and wait until i get something stable with a decent speed. Going back to my Old google wifi refurb. Pretty old, but stable.
These junk boxes not worth the money.
Not sure how many of you experienced such issues..but i will not shell out money for the highly unstable firmwares.
Note: AT&T gateway configured for IP passthru fixed mode. All radios , packet filters and firewalls disabled.
Frequent disconnects and ultra low speeds. My outdated google wifi works reall well with a stable connection and Orbi failed miserably. My ISP speed is 600/600 when measured at Orbi ports. Orbi only delivers 100mb max. Most frustrating issue is disconnects. 5 out of 10 ping to the gateway 10.0.0.1 get timed out.
Because of those issues i bought this XT8. I observed the speed is slightly better than Orbi as it is about 250 mbps still not even close to ISP speed. The problem with disconnects is there with xt8 too but not frequent as Orbi. Upgraded the firmware from the factory flashed version as suggested by the support. No change.
The disconnects seems to be specifically for 5GHZ-1 band whereas 2 4 and 5GHZ-2 works well most of the time.
Im thinking of returning both Orbi and this xt8 back to the store and wait until i get something stable with a decent speed. Going back to my Old google wifi refurb. Pretty old, but stable.
These junk boxes not worth the money.
Not sure how many of you experienced such issues..but i will not shell out money for the highly unstable firmwares.
Note: AT&T gateway configured for IP passthru fixed mode. All radios , packet filters and firewalls disabled.
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What a coincidence. I just loaded FW_ZENWIFI_XT8_300438642095 and observing the performance.
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