ASUS ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Tri-Band WiFi6 Mesh WiFiSystem (2Pack), $349.99

For what it's worth, I have three nodes, with over 100 Wi-Fi devices connected to it (~20 are Wyze Cams, ~30 are Kasa Smart Switches, ~10 are Alexa devices; rest are TVs, computers, smart phones, smart bulbs, smart plugs, etc).

I have a three floor house setup- Level 0 = half underground, half above ground, and is ~2400 sqft. Level 1 = fully above ground, entire floor is open space concept, smack dab in the middle of the floor plan is a stone fireplace spanning from floor to ceiling and covering about 3/4 of the width of the open floor plan, high vaulted ceilings, and is ~2400 sqft. Level 2 = on top of half of the Level 1 floor space, has vaulted ceilings, are all made up of rooms (not open space), and is ~1200 sqft.

I have all three nodes spread out on Level 1 (two on opposite walls about 80ft away from each other, and one right in the middle), and this gives solid signals everywhere inside the house, even through the big stone fireplace.

I have all three set up with wireless backhaul. The intranet speeds are pretty good, getting a solid 40-70 megabytes (not bits!) per second when I'm copying stuff from computer to computer. I'm getting my full internet speed everywhere in the house (300 mega bits down and up).

Now the bad news- The router is finicky and needs restarting from time to time. I have it auto set to restart at 2am every Sunday; but even with that, I sometimes have to restart it manually because random stuff would stop working (I would say a few times a month). I also can't get AirPrint to work, so I have to use my computer to print stuff vs my iPhone/iPad.

I have used 4x Eero Pro 6E before, and the Eero is definitely more stable (but it was also slower). I have also used 3x TPLink Deco (forgot the model, but one with 6E), and this ASUS is definitely more stable and more feature-rich than TPLink.

Having said all this, I personally would rather have kept the Eero Pro 6E, because while it was slower, it was definitely more rock solid (AirPrint worked, and I never had to manually restart it). This ASUS is more of an enthusiast product, where if you're okay with tinkering with it, you'll definitely get the most out of it.

Very helpful. The insight on stability just prevented me from buying it. I plan to use it with TMO Home and with celluar OpenVPN and a remote reboot is not really possible. The downtime could be disatrous. Having said that, I am still interested given the ability to tinker. Have you reached out to ASUS and do the plan on issuing updated firmware to address the problem?

ASUS regularly pumps out firmware updates, but it never got more stable. It just seems like security updates.

If you check online (Google searches of specific firmware updates), you'll see people regularly talk about "clean" updates (like they'll do a factory reset, apply the firmware update, and factory reset again), people saying they found the older one more stable so they downgraded, etc… this makes me feel like ASUS is an enthusiast product vs for your average joe.

While the Eero Pro was rock solid, it was slow and the lack of advance features was a huge downer. I get it tho… that kind of stability can only come with a locked down system.

For what it's worth, I have three nodes, with over 100 Wi-Fi devices connected to it (~20 are Wyze Cams, ~30 are Kasa Smart Switches, ~10 are Alexa devices; rest are TVs, computers, smart phones, smart bulbs, smart plugs, etc).

I have a three floor house setup- Level 0 = half underground, half above ground, and is ~2400 sqft. Level 1 = fully above ground, entire floor is open space concept, smack dab in the middle of the floor plan is a stone fireplace spanning from floor to ceiling and covering about 3/4 of the width of the open floor plan, high vaulted ceilings, and is ~2400 sqft. Level 2 = on top of half of the Level 1 floor space, has vaulted ceilings, are all made up of rooms (not open space), and is ~1200 sqft.

I have all three nodes spread out on Level 1 (two on opposite walls about 80ft away from each other, and one right in the middle), and this gives solid signals everywhere inside the house, even through the big stone fireplace.

I have all three set up with wireless backhaul. The intranet speeds are pretty good, getting a solid 40-70 megabytes (not bits!) per second when I'm copying stuff from computer to computer. I'm getting my full internet speed everywhere in the house (300 mega bits down and up).

Now the bad news- The router is finicky and needs restarting from time to time. I have it auto set to restart at 2am every Sunday; but even with that, I sometimes have to restart it manually because random stuff would stop working (I would say a few times a month). I also can't get AirPrint to work, so I have to use my computer to print stuff vs my iPhone/iPad.

I have used 4x Eero Pro 6E before, and the Eero is definitely more stable (but it was also slower). I have also used 3x TPLink Deco (forgot the model, but one with 6E), and this ASUS is definitely more stable and more feature-rich than TPLink.

Having said all this, I personally would rather have kept the Eero Pro 6E, because while it was slower, it was definitely more rock solid (AirPrint worked, and I never had to manually restart it). This ASUS is more of an enthusiast product, where if you're okay with tinkering with it, you'll definitely get the most out of it.

ASUS regularly pumps out firmware updates, but it never got more stable. It just seems like security updates.

If you check online (Google searches of specific firmware updates), you'll see people regularly talk about "clean" updates (like they'll do a factory reset, apply the firmware update, and factory reset again), people saying they found the older one more stable so they downgraded, etc… this makes me feel like ASUS is an enthusiast product vs for your average joe.

While the Eero Pro was rock solid, it was slow and the lack of advance features was a huge downer. I get it tho… that kind of stability can only come with a locked down system.