Zenwifi Pro Et12

The ZenWiFi Pro ET12 is working great. I was able set it up in less than an hour. I now have high speed wifi through out my whole house and garage. Also I am using the wireless bridge (6ghz) and still getting great speeds.

The ZenWiFi ET12 system was easy to set up, and it is FAST! I used the same SSID and password as my previous system it recognized most of my devices automatically. A few of devices required a reboot before they would connect to the new system. I am pleased with this purchase even though with a few compromises, I could have bought another system for much cheaper.

Moving up to the ET12 from my previous router was like landing in Oz from Kansas. I went from slow, buggy, and limited coverage to blazing fast and working almost like magic. The mobile app makes setup just a few clicks. I think the whole process was about 30 minutes from opening the box to fully online. It really is that easy. The only step I had to add myself was to reboot my cable modem to get the ethernet connection from the ET12 to cable modem working properly. That's it! Oh, and the error message on the mobile app suggested that anyway. Since i used the same SSID and password as my previous network, all my devices came online automatically. I live in a very old house with brick walls, and the mesh covered it all no problem too. I would highly recommend this mesh system for anyone looking to upgrade to a WiFi 6E and wanting that 6GHZ bandwidth. Vey cool!

The Asus Zen WiFi Pro ET12 offers the best range and speed you can find on the market these days. I have 2gbps service from my ISP and with a WiFi connection to my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra I get speeds of 1200-1500mbps when I am close to one of the devices. Wired speeds over ethernet I get 2400-2500. I like that it has two 2.5gbps ports so I can connect 1 to my desktop and use the other as a wired backhaul connection to the other unit. The range is also phenomenal. I get strong service throughout my 2600 square foot home but also on the back deck, to outside cameras, in the back yard, and I even got a good signal across the cul-de-sac in my neighbor's driveway! The number of walls and the type of material they are made (brick, etc.) of do impact the performance but the ET12 powers through better than any other router or mesh system I have used. With the original firmware they had 2 separate SSIDs: one for 6ghz and the other for 5 and 2.4ghz. I was happy that with a firmware update they combined everything into a single SSID (although you can still split them in the settings if you prefer) and it chooses the best connection type. One side-note, if you, like me, are venturing into multi-gig speeds for the first time, be aware that a lot of hardware has a 1gbps speed limit. For me I needed a new fiber gateway from my ISP, all CAT 6 network cables (not CAT 5E or 5), a Zyxel 8-port 2.5gbps switch, and an Asus 10gbps network card for my desktop computer. The ethernet cable that comes with the ET12 is unfortunately CAT 5E which tops out at 1gbps.

I had been using the Asus XT8 mesh system for the past year or so. I've had no issues with them whatsoever. I just switched over to Frontier fiber optics and decided to upgrade to the Asus ET12 Pro. Yes it's a lot of money and yes I do have a couple of devices that can take advantage of wifi 6E. But I mainly wanted to invest in something that would keep up with my higher speeds and also be futureproof. So far this setup has exceeded my expectations. I have it set up with a wired backhaul and it does make a difference compared to wireless backhaul. As usual with Asus's router app it was a breeze to setup. I had a couple of questions about the setup so I contacted the supplied customer support number and they answered all of them. My decision to buy the ET12's was also greatly influenced by their appearance. As you can tell so far I am happy with my decision to purchase the ET12's.

Straight out of the box, I was amazed by the speed and efficiency of the ET12. I have a 2 story home at 2600 square feet and place one node on each level. I kept all the settings at the defaults. My cell phone was getting a 1.3 Gbps connection rate on the 6 GHz band out of the box. I have used wireless routers from the original Linksys WRT54G and about every other brand throughout the years. I have also personally bought and used mesh routers from Linksys, Google, and Netgear. None of them even come close to the performance and ease of use of the ET12. I usually have to adjust settings to accommodate the devices I have in my house which number roughly 60 devices. The only setting I have changed so far is disabling WPS because I do not use it.

I purchased the ET12 2-pk a couple of months ago and installed it in my two story home using wired backhaul. Performance has been outstanding to date with no outages or issues noted. The ET12 units are a little on the large side, but otherwise look very sleek and modern. One of the primary reasons I chose this unit over others was the 2.5 G WAN and LAN ports, which optimizes simultaneous performance to multiple high bandwidth devices.

Beyond happy with the Asus ZenWifi ET12. Great feature set and highly customizable within app or web interface. Much more control than I was used to with the Orbi Mesh system we replaced. Setup was a breeze and took minutes. Really appreciate that Asus includes network security for life that is not an additional expense. Coverage is great and the Mesh seamlessly hands devices off from one node to another. My iPhone 15 gets blazing speeds on the 6GHz band and I love the fact that those speeds only modestly decrease I increase my distance from the node and we flip to 5GHz. The app is fabulous and offers extensive information and network control. Very happy with this purchase.

ASUS once again rules the roost of my home network! I upgraded my older ASUS routers to the new ZenWiFi XT9 and could not be happier. Easy set up of the router and node, they connected well and my coverage is larger and my speeds are faster. Easy networking controls through the user friendly portal allow me to configure and optimize the network with easy. My family thinks I'm a tech genius, but it is ASUS who are the geniuses who make me look good! Our home is 4,200 square feet with a large outdoor area that requires coverage and the ZenWiFi XT9 does the trick easily. Highly recommend.

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.