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expiredpadawan_lp posted Jan 14, 2025 2:54 PM

2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Wireless Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System

$181

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Best Buy via eBay has 2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Wireless Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System for $180.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Wireless Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System for $180.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member padawan_lp for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
  • Up to 7780 Mb/s Throughput
  • 2.4 GHz / 2 x 5 GHz (Tri-Band)
  • 6 x Internal Antennas
  • 1 x 2.5G WAN | 3 x Gigabit LAN
  • Up to 5700 Square Foot Coverage
  • Wired or Wireless Dedicated Backhaul
  • AiProtection Pro with Parental Controls
  • Supports Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant
  • Works with ASUS Router App

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $219 lower (54% savings) than the list price of $399.99

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Best Buy via eBay has 2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Wireless Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System for $180.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 2-Pack Asus ZenWiFi XT9 AX7800 Wireless Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi System for $180.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member padawan_lp for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
  • Up to 7780 Mb/s Throughput
  • 2.4 GHz / 2 x 5 GHz (Tri-Band)
  • 6 x Internal Antennas
  • 1 x 2.5G WAN | 3 x Gigabit LAN
  • Up to 5700 Square Foot Coverage
  • Wired or Wireless Dedicated Backhaul
  • AiProtection Pro with Parental Controls
  • Supports Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant
  • Works with ASUS Router App

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $219 lower (54% savings) than the list price of $399.99

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ugamark
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Just to chime in, I highly recommend Asus generally. With Google Fiber introduced into our neighborhood recently (although ATT Fiber is still the better value until you get to 5Gb or 10Gb speeds), I was in the market for a mesh system to replace our very old (but still reliable--it just couldn't handle anything faster than 1GB speeds) 1st gen Orbi system. Our house is about 6,000 sf so we needed something robust that could cover a wide area. I at first purchased the TP-Link Deco BE1600 wifi 7 mesh system. It was terrible. Constant signal drops, slow speeds, weak signals in certain spots around the house, etc. Then I purchased the Netgear Orbi 770 wifi 7 mesh system, but I didn't even open it because I had constant buyers remorse over the price. Then based on a few online reviews, I reluctantly purchased the Asus ZenWifi Pro ET12 wifi 6e system. It's our current system and it's worked phenomenally. With our 1st gen Orbi system, we had to use the router + 5 satellites to cover our house. The TP-Link Deco setup used the router and 2 satellites and still could not cover our entire house, even though it has a dedicated backhaul and has the more recent wifi 7 technology. The Asus, though, has blown the TP-Link system out of the water -- with fewer nodes and the less-recent wifi 6e technology. I'm only using the router and ONE satellite to cover our entire house -- with minimal speed dropoffs no matter where I have tested inside the house. I still am mindblown by it. Speeds are waay faster than TP-Link, and I have not yet found a dead spot, even in our basement, where I have not placed any satellites.

That said, I researched the heck out of wifi systems before making my purchase and, in general, it doesn't seem to make sense to buy a wifi 6 system when there are wifi 6e and 7 systems out there. 6e and 7 are more future-proofed than 6 (the main difference being that wifi 6e can intelligently switch your device connections between 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz on the fly as needed, whereas wifi 6 cannot). The only other concern I read about Asus' ZenWifi systems is that you cannot truly add additional nodes to the system, if you even need it, unless you daisychain the additional satellites to the first satellite (I think one article even said it had to be a hardwired connection, but my memory could be wrong). I can't confirm that since our current Asus system completely covers our entire house with the included router + one satellite.

If you can afford it, I'd recommend the XT12 Pro over the XT9 -- simply because the XT12 Pro is a wifi 6e system and this system is wifi 6. I know the XT12 was on sale on Amazon for the longest time and might still be. Not $180 cheap but still a great buy, IMO.
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ASUS is the only company which keeps offering free protection from malware and malicious websites on the router. Everyone else is charging yearly subscription fees. So just for that I'm considering ASUS. Not to mention their commitment for releasing security patches even for old models
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Jan 14, 2025 7:56 PM
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RacerXXYJan 14, 2025 7:56 PM
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Quote from Ilovedeals :
Is this really worth paying 4x to 5x the amount over the linksys ones that have been showing up here? Both tri band wifi 6
I think it is. The Asus OS is really nice especially when setting up a mesh wifi network. It offers lots of control and has great background threat detection.
Jan 14, 2025 8:02 PM
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EldJan 14, 2025 8:02 PM
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I have 3 of the XT8 (same but slightly slower WiFi). Two are wire backhaul and have never had a problem. The 3rd is WiFi mesh connection and will lose connection every 5-6 months. All that is needed is a power cycle and back to normal. Overall Asus and these mesh units have been great for reliability.
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Quote from victr :
ASUS is the only company which keeps offering free protection from malware and malicious websites on the router. Everyone else is charging yearly subscription fees. So just for that I'm considering ASUS. Not to mention their commitment for releasing security patches even for old models
Just to chime in, I highly recommend Asus generally. With Google Fiber introduced into our neighborhood recently (although ATT Fiber is still the better value until you get to 5Gb or 10Gb speeds), I was in the market for a mesh system to replace our very old (but still reliable--it just couldn't handle anything faster than 1GB speeds) 1st gen Orbi system. Our house is about 6,000 sf so we needed something robust that could cover a wide area. I at first purchased the TP-Link Deco BE1600 wifi 7 mesh system. It was terrible. Constant signal drops, slow speeds, weak signals in certain spots around the house, etc. Then I purchased the Netgear Orbi 770 wifi 7 mesh system, but I didn't even open it because I had constant buyers remorse over the price. Then based on a few online reviews, I reluctantly purchased the Asus ZenWifi Pro ET12 wifi 6e system. It's our current system and it's worked phenomenally. With our 1st gen Orbi system, we had to use the router + 5 satellites to cover our house. The TP-Link Deco setup used the router and 2 satellites and still could not cover our entire house, even though it has a dedicated backhaul and has the more recent wifi 7 technology. The Asus, though, has blown the TP-Link system out of the water -- with fewer nodes and the less-recent wifi 6e technology. I'm only using the router and ONE satellite to cover our entire house -- with minimal speed dropoffs no matter where I have tested inside the house. I still am mindblown by it. Speeds are waay faster than TP-Link, and I have not yet found a dead spot, even in our basement, where I have not placed any satellites.

That said, I researched the heck out of wifi systems before making my purchase and, in general, it doesn't seem to make sense to buy a wifi 6 system when there are wifi 6e and 7 systems out there. 6e and 7 are more future-proofed than 6 (the main difference being that wifi 6e can intelligently switch your device connections between 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz on the fly as needed, whereas wifi 6 cannot). The only other concern I read about Asus' ZenWifi systems is that you cannot truly add additional nodes to the system, if you even need it, unless you daisychain the additional satellites to the first satellite (I think one article even said it had to be a hardwired connection, but my memory could be wrong). I can't confirm that since our current Asus system completely covers our entire house with the included router + one satellite.

If you can afford it, I'd recommend the XT12 Pro over the XT9 -- simply because the XT12 Pro is a wifi 6e system and this system is wifi 6. I know the XT12 was on sale on Amazon for the longest time and might still be. Not $180 cheap but still a great buy, IMO.
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RacerXXYJan 14, 2025 8:05 PM
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Do I even need mesh if my old router works fine and I have no dead zones in my house? Doesn't seem like I would notice any performance upgrade. Maybe I'm missing something 😕
If you are happy with your current setup then no. This is wifi 6 so it might be a little faster if you have devices that use wifi 6 and your current router is only wifi-N or wifi 5.
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Barno92Jan 14, 2025 8:05 PM
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I have an Orbi rbr50 if anyone wants it!
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These are great
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Quote from Thisguy68 :
Do I even need mesh if my old router works fine and I have no dead zones in my house? Doesn't seem like I would notice any performance upgrade. Maybe I'm missing something 😕
As others mentioned you dont need to fix something that is not broken. With new wifi standards you will see slightly faster performance on older devices, and also it will share available bandwidth a bit better so no one device hogs it all. Newer device can hit double the speed of the older wifi 5 standard equipment so you can max out a 1Gbps connection. Outside of that if your not having issues no point in replacing anything.
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madmaddiesdaddyJan 14, 2025 9:15 PM
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Quote from FuzzyLogic :
I would test it, my old Cat5e does just fine for 2.5Gbps on a ~70ft long cable.
Im not sure what Cat5 has to do with wifi speeds....
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Barno92Jan 14, 2025 9:24 PM
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Quote from BulldogPunch :
Reminder that BestBuy gives 15% off if you turn in any modem/router for recycling.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/recy...7300657381
Can I still do this even though I made the purchase and picked up already?
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Fam MoneyJan 14, 2025 9:33 PM
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Quote from ugamark :
Just to chime in, I highly recommend Asus generally. With Google Fiber introduced into our neighborhood recently (although ATT Fiber is still the better value until you get to 5Gb or 10Gb speeds), I was in the market for a mesh system to replace our very old (but still reliable--it just couldn't handle anything faster than 1GB speeds) 1st gen Orbi system. Our house is about 6,000 sf so we needed something robust that could cover a wide area. I at first purchased the TP-Link Deco BE1600 wifi 7 mesh system. It was terrible. Constant signal drops, slow speeds, weak signals in certain spots around the house, etc. Then I purchased the Netgear Orbi 770 wifi 7 mesh system, but I didn't even open it because I had constant buyers remorse over the price. Then based on a few online reviews, I reluctantly purchased the Asus ZenWifi Pro ET12 wifi 6e system. It's our current system and it's worked phenomenally. With our 1st gen Orbi system, we had to use the router + 5 satellites to cover our house. The TP-Link Deco setup used the router and 2 satellites and still could not cover our entire house, even though it has a dedicated backhaul and has the more recent wifi 7 technology. The Asus, though, has blown the TP-Link system out of the water -- with fewer nodes and the less-recent wifi 6e technology. I'm only using the router and ONE satellite to cover our entire house -- with minimal speed dropoffs no matter where I have tested inside the house. I still am mindblown by it. Speeds are waay faster than TP-Link, and I have not yet found a dead spot, even in our basement, where I have not placed any satellites. That said, I researched the heck out of wifi systems before making my purchase and, in general, it doesn't seem to make sense to buy a wifi 6 system when there are wifi 6e and 7 systems out there. 6e and 7 are more future-proofed than 6 (the main difference being that wifi 6e can intelligently switch your device connections between 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz on the fly as needed, whereas wifi 6 cannot). The only other concern I read about Asus' ZenWifi systems is that you cannot truly add additional nodes to the system, if you even need it, unless you daisychain the additional satellites to the first satellite (I think one article even said it had to be a hardwired connection, but my memory could be wrong). I can't confirm that since our current Asus system completely covers our entire house with the included router + one satellite.If you can afford it, I'd recommend the XT12 Pro over the XT9 -- simply because the XT12 Pro is a wifi 6e system and this system is wifi 6. I know the XT12 was on sale on Amazon for the longest time and might still be. Not $180 cheap but still a great buy, IMO.
I thought the same way about Wifi 6 devices. I then read Dong's article on why Wifi 6 is the better deal for now and it changed my mind. Just food for thought.
https://dongknows.com/get-a-wi-fi...-be-happy/
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BraveMice4170Jan 14, 2025 9:59 PM
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I run a full ASUS setup, and these run perfectly. I'd actually recommend them over many of the "higher-end" options ASUS is now pushing, which I believe have all taken steps back. For $181, these can't be beat.
  • Current Routers / AiMesh Nodes
    • GT-BE98 Pro (Currently running as the primary router)
    • GT-AXE16000 (Mesh)
    • GT-AX11000 (Mesh)
    • RT-AC5300 (Mesh)
    • 4X ZenWiFi AX XT9 (Mesh)
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NikonShrJan 14, 2025 10:02 PM
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Pass...got me an ax86u pro
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Quote from BulldogPunch :
Reminder that BestBuy gives 15% off if you turn in any modem/router for recycling.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/recy...7300657381
Has anyone actually tried this? I heard the coupon would not apply to on-sale items.

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girlLoverJan 14, 2025 10:45 PM
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I have XT8 but I am not sure if there's something wrong with my set up or not but I when I use them, my Blink cameras stop recording to local SD card attached to sync module. I have no problems when I switch to Orbi 850/750 series.

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