Good Router For Home

I just upgraded my home network to this router (ASUS ZenWiFi ET8). My hope is for this to provide a stable platform with enough bandwidth to provide access points for a growing smart home, internet and streaming. So far so good. We are getting Gigabit speeds on the hardwired PC and close to gigabit on our phones. This is an improvement over the previous network mesh router we had, it seemed to be capped around 600MB. This is one of the only routers to support all the latest standards, so hopefully it will be good for a few years at least. Installation was easy as long as you have some basic understanding of networks. We gave the new router the same name and password as the previous one and all the smart home equipment moved to the new router with no problems. Right now, I believe this is the best home router you can buy.

Definitely recommend this product to anyone looking for a good router for their household. Connection is great throughout my 2 story home.

There's so much good to say about this Synology Router Kit and I have said it in other places. The greatest parts this system works in harmony and is a good solution for a big home or small business system. The software makes controlling user access and content restrictions really easy and it is powerful. But here is what would take this system to the next level: - Update to the latest Wi-FI 6 Standard (this is coming for the router with a new model later in 2022) - Make the Mesh parts able to work with POE (Power over Ethernet) so they don't require a separate power brick - Better mounting options for the Mesh part so it can easily be hung on a wall or from a ceiling None of these things are deal killers but they do factor in if you care about the overall implementation in the best way possible. To get that level of integration, you will need to look towards something like the Ubiquiti UniFi system but that system is overkill for most home and small business situations. As is, this mesh router working in conjunction with the RT 2600 AC is the best way to get close to a robust business level wi-fi application in a reasonable and affordable package.

Paired with my Synology RT2600ac router, it covers my 2 story home with no gaps. So far so good. Router software makes pairing simple.

With all the devices in my home this is a very good router. We just upgraded from an older nighthawk and we have been very impressed so far. Great product will recommend to others

I have Synology NAS devices and thus expected the management software on this router to be good but it is even better than I expected. For example I can control (block) internet access to individual connected devices such as smart-plugs that I don't want phoning home to China and sending my Wi-Fi password. Can also prioritize some devices to get more bandwidth when the network is busy. So TVs don't buffer streaming video just because somebody else is downloading a big file. Configuration options are good for home or office use and includes security features I've never seen on other routers other than the Firewalla network firewall hardware. Can't comment on Wi-Fi range except that it works great everywhere in my apartment. I really appreciate that it has a tiny physical footprint -- unlike so many newer routers it takes up very little space on my office shelf. I don't have a backup internet provider so I can't use the feature that will switch to another internet source when the primary one fails. Even lets you configure an in-router VPN with free licenses for remote connections to your network. Bottom line it provides more than I need right now but has features I may want in the future, so I'm happy.

Replaced a very good AC1750 router and range extender with this unit after upping my internet speed to 500mbps. What a difference! My wifi speed test doubled immediately. Have 2 kids doing virtual learning at home, and 2 adults working from home and no one has any more lag or choppy video streaming. Great product, and a very useful app to control it.

Fast Router. Feels like a quality made product, more like an industrial or enterprise product feel. I have my SB8200 cable modem on eth0, home office on eth1, and Linksys mesh network on eth2. It took me about 30 mins to setup being new to this type of router. Used basic wizard to setup. Made sure NAT was enabled. Firewall is enabled. I had to reset cable modem to get things going. I used various videos on you tube for setup help. Router CPU and RAM barely get used during testing of several 4K Video Streams, ip phone calls, file transfers, and speed tests running at the same time. My COX gigablast connection runs at full speed most of the time. I still need to do some real throughput testing, machine to machine on local network. I use Airflow and VLC to cast 4K content from home office to my living room entertainment center. I definitely noticed a time difference. It simply takes less time for actions to engage and finish. I can tell it has a better brain. Time will tell with reliability but I suspect it will be my router for a long time. So far, I'm happy with its performance.

Upgraded home system from a “gaming” router. And my system has never been better

Excellent router that covers my whole home and all my wireless products.