7:20 I know what Linus is talking about, I live in a really big appartment compex in the netherlands and even WiFi 6 isn't really that standard here, I had a standard Modem/Router setup and my wifi got basically drowned by all the other networks around me and when my ISP released their new modem/router combo with WiFi 6 I immediatly signed up for one, received it a couple of days later, set it up and my network was so much more stable and had way more range. So when WiFI 6 becomes the standard here, I will be upgrading to WiFi 6E
What i would love to see is that routers get the capability to automatically change their power output based on how far away a device is, so that the guy next to me in his 30m² appartment isnt blasting 100mW of wifi through the walls, just because the device is configured like that out of the box. It would make much more sense to just lower the output if you dont need it. Most people wont do that tho, even if it would also help themselves, because it reduces interference.
Wifi6 already is a standard, you just have to buy it. Leave your ISP out of this; they might provide you with a router because the majority households are non-technical, but you are always better off getting your own equipment.
You can actually break the 1 Gbps limit even with Wifi 6, by switching to 160 MHz channels (assuming your area isn't too crowded, and you are in a region with DFS channel support, or you have Wifi 6e capabilities). I was able to reach a LAN speed of around 2 Gbps between a laptop and a NAS over Wifi 6. However stability and latency of Ethernet is still a key argument for going wired whenever possible. As for 6 GHz having more channels to choose from, those will quickly disappear as Wifi 7 will allow the use of 320 MHz channels.
@@bootchoo96 I was looking to see similar comments... after he mentioned 1 gig WiFi I immediately did a test and also got 1.2 gig with my Netgear CAX80. Perhaps it'd be faster but that's the top speed I get via Ethernet as well using a 2.5g network card.
I would like to make a small connection. Wi-Fi 6E is the big jump that people were expecting. Wi-Fi 6 basically was incremental. I've read pretty much all the documentation available, I have no idea why they named them as such.
Because it's a tech standard. Apparently, they need to be named as confusingly as possible. We'll probably get something like Wifi 6.1e Gen1 Revision 2.1(a) B Mini x16/32 next.
@@amicloud_yt Facts. The more technical and complex sounding it is, the better. I personally liked the 802.11ax nomenclature and whatnot, but the wifi 6 rebrand was pretty good. Why are they repeating the same nonsense by adding subdivisions? Wifi 7 is going to end up with wifi 7, wifi 7E, and wifi 7A if this keeps up.
If you read the old names they gave it a proper letter change like it should have been... 5=802.11AC 6=802.11AX 6E if they actually finished it was supposed to be=802.11EHT for Extremely High Throughput. If you search for "Future-Fi - The Road to 802.11-2020 and Beyond: Chapter 3" you can read the full breakdown.
@@neondemon5137 Brandon already was over budget, he was right not to push it any further with these. Plus Brandon can always borrow said routers from the office anyway.
Nice! Just upgraded our place couple months ago now with the new orbi 960 6e system.. ($1400/3pk) after about 15 years of being on a cheap ddwrt flashed tplink setup. 3 story / 6,000sqft and can now roam all around, even outside, at max isp speed. It's life changing. Finally, can lounge in hammock by the pool and still have amazing internet. I was actually doubtful it would be that good but it exceeded expectations by a long shot. Been rock solid too. No hiccups or restarts, which is way different than things were back in the day. Love it!
PoE would have been nice, especially at this price point. When I wired my house, I setup for this exact scenario... but with the intention of using PoE for the repeater.
@R4M 845 What's nice is, you don't even need a PoE switch, you can use an injector for a single device, but that's a nightmare if you've got more than one thing. Eventually I'd like my setup to have multiple PoE cameras and save the footage to my own server and dump Ring.
@@PheonixRise666 That's been where I've been leaning to, but the cost is quite high by comparison, since if I'm going with Ubiquti, I mind as well go all the way. But they're not without flaws as well. I'm miffed that their switches are as expensive as they are, and they can't have something with more than a couple of 10Gb ports when I can buy something from TP Link with 8-ports for a little over $400.
True, Linus seems to be a smart man, he treats them as family, not as disposable employees. That could seem dangerous to some, but it means he builds real trust and they can come to him with any issues. Edit: That is just his personality, not some strategic thingy. If it was people would have noticed by now.
This is what the Netgear Orbi system costs. My parents have them for a fairly big property and love them, so I went to look into it and.... wowzers $$$$$
Yes, however keep in mind there are many orbi systems. At my home we have an Orbi setup with 3 pods for just over €400. It’s still expensive but nowhere near $900 and will do up to 1000mb/s over wifi as well, just no 6E as far as I know
When I was shopping for Wifi6 I really liked the idea of that Orbi you can mount outside .. a bit more than I need but I really liked that they went there.
I had loved orbi when I first got it but I do think that orbi speends are always inconsistent and the speeds just go up and down never stay to the speed that your getting so I do I have the new asus zenwifi proe12 it's way better and consistent
Keep in mind that with the 6GHz band, the transmit power is much lower. Due to arbitrary regulations, in every country so far that allows it, limits transmit power to 250mW, though on average it will useless due to the annoying PSD (Power Spectral Density) requirement. Basically instead of a fixed transmit power where the lower the noise floor, the better the effective SNR is, 6e requires a method that maintains a fixed (much lower SNR) above the noise floor, up until you reach the max allowed transmit power. This is why the 6GHz band thus far is having a far quicker throughput dropoff with range, even on channels that are close to the upper range of the 5GHz band, there the material attenuation difference is negligible. Beyond that, since the 6GHz band is shared by a number of fixed wireless providers and organizations. In order to use anywhere near the limit, the tech also requires location data and uses a system similar to the drone flight restrictions systems, to disable channels that are licensed for use in your area by any organization. Without that, it uses a more restrictive indoor set of limits operate with less power and behave like using DFS channels.
@@risharehraje793 Currently everyone is largely following the FCC limits, but enabling or disabling channels depending on the region. Even with the standard more finalized in 2024, the transmit powers were not improved.
I just purchased the little brother to these, the ZenWifi XT8. I live in a very vertically oriented apartment where running an ethernet cable to connect the router and the satellite in a wired backhaul setup is not practical, so I've got them set up in a wireless backhaul mode right now (using one of the two Wifi 6 5GHz wifi bands solely for communication between the two nodes). I should note that we've got a gigabit internet connection. I plugged my GFs gaming PC into the satellite over an ethernet cable and ran a speed test. 900mbps over Wifi (!) 30 feet away and with several walls in between! Sub-10ms ping too. Admittedly, going Router > Satellite > PC all over WiFi dropped speeds considerably. But connecting the PC to the satellite with an ethernet cable made a huge difference. Suffice to say, technology (and Wifi 6) is cool.
Been running 3 ASUS Zenwifi XT8s (predecessor to these) in my residence and they've been pretty good, we usually have 25+ devices connected at a given time so the switch to Wifi 6 was huge. Will definitely be considering these.
@Defective Degenerate me too aside from the occasional drop in signal forcing me to reset the network cause one node feels like just flashing for all eternity 😅 took over a year for me to have any issues though so that’s a plus
We got these last week for my store (I own a comic shop) and they're awesome, our WiFi is now blisteringly fast (we have 2Gb fiber internet). Ping rates were cut in half, and throughput doubled, compared to our 6 y/o AC mesh system. Yeah, they're expensive, but have you priced good commercial mesh systems lately? 😬
ET12 Well worth it. I upgraded from an Orbi RBK53, router died but the two satellites still works. Orbi is also quite expensive, the comparable AXE11000 Orbi is $1499 (but you get three units). One thing that sucks on the asus is the device limit on profiles 64 I think. My 1gbps WAN comes in with a 2.5gb ethernet connection from the fiber modem and I get 950+mbps speed test.
I lived in a building with buildings around, during the day my wi-fi barely reached the kitchen, during the dawn i could use it in the front of the building (i lived in the third floor). But i don't expect 6E to ever have this problem because the amount of band available is just too much
2.5 Gbps MoCA I'd say is the way to go if you want to run a wired connection through your home for it since you can use existing cables and even most splitters already work.
Every now and again they'll do a 'distance' test where they run around in the LMG hq but I really dont have a sense of scale of where they are. Would it be possible to have someone at LMG make a map of the facility so we can track roughly where they are? I think that would help a lot in videos like these
Electronics can cause interference too, so if the LMG team could also add the position of all the motion sensors and CCTV cameras to the map that would be really helpful!
Our isp is the ultimate genius. I had a terrible Wifi connection at home and always wondered why. I am living the appartment life and yes 2.4 is cluttered, but no.... I was always in 5 Ghz. Then I looked at insssiders scans and what did I see there? The automatic channel algorithm did the following: it put ALL 5 Ghz connections on top of each other with a 160 with, just so it can theoretically do very fast speeds. Now I change it manually to 20 or 40 width and look for a place to sit on my own with stable wifi. Once in a while all the other routers join on top of me and I have to change my channel again. Happy for 6E coming, I tell you. At least the internet box has a 10Gbit port, which doesn't deliver even 2, but hey a little over 1 is still pretty good.
This is tempting to upgrade to. My Eero system is working pretty good with all my IoT stuff connected to it. Just wish I had some more advanced configuration I could do with it.
I have the original Eero Pro 3 pack but I'm considering getting the Asus ET12 2 pack and using MoCA adaptwrs for wired backhaul. I don't necessarily have any issues with the Eero, I just don't like that Amazon is just datamining me and you can't do anything with the router without paying for a subscription.
I wired my cousin's house with 4 ethernet wall outlets and used 4 ASUS routers with AI Mesh to create a custom mesh network in their house. 2000 sqft house with a workshop in the backyard that is AC controlled. I wired each router with cat 5e and setup a wired backbone mesh setup. Literally every corner of their house now has wifi 6 gigabit internet. It's a pretty nice setup and one I plan on doing for my home. Total cost was just shy of $900 bought at BestBuy for their 2 year warranty in case a unit needs to get replaced. Mom, dad, son and daughter are all gamers. They all have smartphones and the mom works from home. I even ran underground conduit to their workshop and ran ethernet from the main router to the workshop so they have full strength signal in the workshop. Pretty nice setup. Using ASUS AI Mesh was stupidly easy to setup and so far works flawlessly. They've been running this for over a year now without hiccups. So far I've been impressed with the AI Mesh system as a whole.
Well I'd probably still prefer Unifi LRs + Router (for ~300€ + Router), just because the management is so awesome and the Wifi 6E isn't that huge of a deal for Europe apparently (because the band is smaller)
Its still three 160Mhz channels and as nobody is using it you'll still get all the benefits. Hopefully by the time it becomes a problem due density in apartment complexes the EU will wake up and unlock the rest of the band. But even if they don't, WiFi 6 itself should coexist with other WiFi 6 networks better than WiFi 5 does. Plus we still have 5Ghz to fall back on, so if devices are spread across the two bands you have a better chance of maintaining a decent speed.
@@alexatkin Yeah it's not totally useless of course, but it wouldn't be as big of a deal that I'd spend a lot of money on it and giving up my manageability with unifi, especially since the only device that currently supports it is my Desktop, which of course has ethernet and it'll probably take some time until many devices have 6 or 6E (yes many current devices support it, but you probably don't replace them every year). Also I don't think the EU can even expand the frequencies much more, because looking at the plan from the Bundesnetzagentur, those frequencies are already shared by the military, satellite uplink, radar and others, so I don't think they can really put even more devices on those frequencies and you can't really change the frequency of many of the devices already on those bands.
Since Wifi 6e is so new and expensive you'll have the early adopter advantage for a while since no one else will be using the 6ghz band. You wouldn't want the normies to be slowing down your speeds.
This double pack of WiFi units is nice and all, but it did seem like I heard most of those features somewhere before. Here in Europe, especially Germany, we have the FritzBox Lineup from AVM. They usually come with built in cable modems or fibre for the highest speed models, but those can still be used standalone if you have an external modem. They don't support WiFi over 6GHz (yet) but still respectable speeds of up to 4800mbit over dualband WiFi (I cannot verify this in any way). Besides that, they also support loads of other features including VPN connections to your home, serving as DECT base for landlines that they can also route to your smartphone via app, smarthome features and even cable tuners for some models. They also seem really robust on the software side and hardware side. If you guys would like to test these out, I'd be happy to act as a proxy to make sure you can get your hands on them.
In my home I use a MoCA backhaul. Although it's definitely not as fast as an Ethernet cable would be, it's *FAR* easier than running Ethernet (because the Cable TV coax is already run everywhere in the house) and it's definitely faster than the WiFi backhaul was. I get easily 500 megabits from my mesh node to my main router now -- back when I had the WiFi backhaul it topped out at 200 megabits, assuming no one else was using the mesh node's WiFi. Well worth the cost of a couple of MoCA adapters, and it was super easy to set up.
Upgarding most laptops and as a matter of fact also most desktops to 6/6E takes only one 25 bucks order on Aliexpress and a screwdriver. We dont need new PCs from ground up as Linus said. My experience is only incompatibility of newer inbuilt bluetooth versions with much older systems. I for exampe replaced Killer AC1550i wireless card with Intel AX210 (6E) in my Legion Y740 and all works incl BT, but for Yoga 500 after replacing original AC3160 with AX200 (6) only WLAN works but not BT.
We have an Asus wifi 6 mesh system... and being the home network admin, I've got some thoughts... Overall its a good system for the money. The ui is very easy to use and it has a dedicated chanel to link the base station to the satellites. What I've not been happy with is the satellite unit randomly losing its configuration after a power failure. Forcing a total system reset. The other issue, a connection bug that my Galaxy S9 seems to experience almost daily. Overall, would buy again.
@@SerCommander If I remember correctly, it's the XT8 2 pack system. Have one base unit plus an extender/ repeater. What I liked about them is the delicated wireless channel for the mesh network in addition to 2.4g and 5g modes.
13:02 Linus claiming the page has too many ads meanwhile his videos are based like in this case on a sponsored item, with youtube ads before the video and usually an intro sponsor message and also an outro sponsor message plus random LTT merch self sponsor throughout the video is a bit funny to me...
I don't think I'm ready to spend that much money in a home WiFi setup, but if it can work well with cinder block walls, it looks like I'll need to pay that price.
Keep in mind that the higher the frequency, the less penetration power - while it did work well from far away, a lower frequency (i.e. 5GHz or 2.4 GHz) at same transmit power would have a better signal strength at Linus's distance. Granted, it may be worth the tradeoff to have a higher frequency, lower signal strength, if the connection is still stable enough for your uses.
Was using TP-Link, bad home mesh. Changed to Asus which is more costly, I must say that Asus has a robust web interface, literally the best UI i've ever tried
For second, I thought Linus & Yvonne were actually going to have twins. If that was the case, they probably should get some more rooms prepared at the new house. Speaking of which, I probably would’ve speculated if these routers would be used at the new house if Linus didn’t already set up multiple access points with range accessible from across the block.
Question to more knowledgeable people, why don't we have wireless adapters or access points that connect directly to the modem that only have the new bands (like 5 GHz and 6 GHz) as a way to upgrade and update your wireless system without having to spend on a completely new router or access point? I understand there has to be some internal communication to sync everything but it isn't doable? I've always wondered why I can't just buy a 6 GHz adapter to connect to my router and be able to take advantage of the new standard
This is very similar to the 6th gen Apple Airport Extreme, but of course next gen and even faster! I upgraded our home WiFi from a 4th gen AirPort Time Capsule (4th gen Airport Extreme + 2 TB NAS) to having 2 of the 6th gen ones (one in each end of the house, wired together) and it is SO much better of a setup for us! Long term if we got faster internet this sort of thing could be a nice drop in replacement/upgrade a few years down the line (especially once price drops!)
My solution at work was to change to wifi 5ghz, and add some more routers in tandem. By smart linking, it allowed devices to rollover without notice or dips. Range was prob reduced, but four $100 routers covers the entire floor. We used a smart hub, to connect the modem to all the routers.
MOCA adapters are a great way to run the wired back haul if you have coax run through your house. I use this with two orbis and get full 1 gigabit speed from either device. They have 2.5 gigabit moca adapters also, but I haven’t tried them. They’re great for older houses.
We have 2 zenwifi ET8 nodes at home and I love it. Our house is so horribly setup and is like all walls, you’d either get good wifi in the bedrooms, or good wifi in the living room. No way to get both with 1 router
There are very few consumer-grade routers that have ethernet ports faster than gigabit for both WAN and LAN. This is one of the very few. The other is a single-unit router from Asus (AXE 16000) that is $200 cheaper (for one unit). The other is the $1500 mesh Orbi. Every other consumer WiFi router I could find that had multigigabit Ethernet only had it for WAN, but the LAN ports were all 1 gigabit Ethernet. That's why they can get away with charging so much money. Your choices are basically $700 for a single router, or $900 for a two-node mesh, or $1500 for a 3-node mesh. If you get more than one gigabit per second from your ISP and have the infrastructure for multigigabit Ether net devices, those are your only options right now. The AXE 16000 is quad-band, so if you use AI-Mesh with another router that has two 5GHz bands, you can have a dedicated backhaul, but you have to be picky about what other device you use and configure it all yourself. The ET12 only has 3-bands (2.4, 5, and 6 GHz), so if you don't use a wired backhaul, you're sacrificing Wi-Fi bandwidth. The Orbi Mesh AXE11000 has two 5Hz bands, one of which becomes the backhaul if you don't connect them via Ethernet.
What is not mentioned is that some of the features in the Asus panel require you to share analytics data with Asus and even third party companies to use them. Source: i have used an asus router
I love it when people cry about couplers. News flash, when you run a drop and terminate it at a wall plate or a patch panel....that's a COUPLER! One friggen point of signal degradation is OK!!! There are usually 4+ anyway.
I recently had the opportunity to upgrade my home network with the ASUS ZenWiFi AX system, and I must say, it has exceeded my expectations in every way. With its advanced features, seamless connectivity, and expandable performance, this router has truly delivered a worry-free Wi-Fi experience. The first thing that impressed me about the ZenWiFi AX was its sleek and modern design. The router looks great in any setting, and the compact size makes it easy to place anywhere in my home. The setup process was a breeze as well, thanks to the intuitive ASUS web interface and the ASUS Router app, which guided me through the entire process effortlessly. Once the router was up and running, I immediately noticed a significant improvement in Wi-Fi performance. The ZenWiFi AX utilizes the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, which provides faster speeds, increased capacity, and better overall performance. Whether I'm streaming 4K content, gaming online, or conducting video calls, the connection remains stable and reliable, even with multiple devices connected simultaneously. One of the standout features of the ZenWiFi AX is its mesh capability. The system comes with two units that work together to create a seamless Wi-Fi network throughout my home. The mesh technology ensures that I have a strong signal in every corner, eliminating dead zones and providing consistent connectivity across multiple floors. This is especially useful for larger homes or buildings with thick walls. Another aspect that sets the ZenWiFi AX apart from other routers is its expandable performance. With the #ExpendableRouter feature, I have the flexibility to add additional units to the system to further enhance coverage and performance. This scalability allows me to adapt the network as my needs evolve, making it a future-proof investment. What truly makes the ZenWiFi AX a #WorryFreeWifi solution is the robust set of built-in security features. The router includes AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro, which provides advanced network security to protect against online threats and malicious attacks. Parental controls are also included, allowing me to easily manage and monitor my children's internet usage, ensuring a safe online experience for the entire family. The ASUS ZenWiFi AX has truly transformed my home network experience. It offers exceptional performance, seamless connectivity, and the peace of mind that comes with a secure and expandable router. If you're looking to upgrade your Wi-Fi network, I highly recommend considering the ASUS ZenWiFi AX for a worry-free and future-proof solution. #WorryFreeWifi #ExpendableRouter
The 3 seconds of Linus thinking about the cables at his house and realizing that he has even more thing from office on his house his the absolute peak of LTT experience for me.
While this stuff is great in theory, as someone who HAS Asus AImesh devices, even on wired backhaul with 2.5g ports, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. I often have to reset the access points or remove one from the mesh and re-add it, devices often fall off the WiFi and or lose internet for no reason. Also the 5ghz wireless on the AIMesh device is SUPER flakey and I get lag spikes a lot.
In densely populated places like Bangladesh, people still uses the 2.4 ghz wifi literally everywhere even now . I was the only one to buy a 5ghz router among my friends I know of, which was like 1.5 years ago. I get like 15-20 2.4 ghz wifi signal in my room and people still use it crazy
I was getting nearly gigabit speeds with a first gen Asus Rapture on the other side of the house YEARS ago. I did have to buy the Asus PCI expansion card for my desktop. But it was more than possible in 2018 while spending half as much.
That's a 4x4 5ghz client though at 160M channel widths. The new standards get these speeds on little 2x2 clients in laptops, phones and practically all desktops. You don't even have to go 6E to get those speeds as well. The theoretical link rates are the same between 6 and 6E. Just in practice, 5Ghz can be crowded and therefore slower.
The funniest thing about this is I work for an RF transmitter/Reciever company and that band is why half of our old stuff in 600mhz bands is illegal now lol. Still love it.
Wi-Fi 6E is only 500 MHz in Europe, has a lower legal power limit, and with 320MHz channels coming with Wi-Fi 7 it is going to get congested REAL fast in big cities and apartment buildings. So I wouldn't get too excited, it may just be worth sticking to 5 GHz.
Beam though? Great Video - just a shame you didn 't show the performance of the two devices connected by a 6E Beam connection. Yes we know cable is best - but we can't all do that and 6E is a big part of this product - It would be great to see how the connection is across a "household distance" without the cable.
Linus, you guys should go more in depth about how WAPs/clients communicate and why co-channel interference from surrounding networks can really hamper their network performance, and why channel selection/width is a big factor in getting desired results from a WiFi network.
Meanwhile here in Australia the maximum speed your going to get (in typical residential setting) is 100mbps unless you pay an absurd amount to get fibre directly connected to your residence. And even getting that full 100mbps is a pipe dream unless you live directly next to a fibre node. Technology like this super awesome! But it will be awhile until it has any widespread practical application over here =(
You could run server side channel und time based wireless lan to get more consistent speed and latency but most wifi devices aren't able to connect (it's not wifi). It's sometimes used by very special wlan equipment (you MUST set the power level and the frequency manually and you are liable for your settings as the devices don't check if you are allowed to do that). 400 USD for a high connection commercial wlan accesspoint? It's in the normal price range for 100+ simultaneous connections (mikrotik, cisco, ubiquiti). For my home I switched back to a max. 25 connection 2,4Ghz accespoint powerd from USB to save energy (you might find 50mA and 100mA access points if you look around - not WLAN power but total power).
6E is pretty sweet. It has one millisecond more latency than a wired connection. I don't really use it, since my computer is wired and it's the only device in our house that can deal with 6E. It's nice to be future proof though.
Firstly iot devices tend to be 2.4GHz only so 6GHz isn’t going to help there and secondly this is not great value, you can buy UniFi U6E AP for $250 each, they do Wifi 6E, have a 2.5Gb poe input and a UniFi 8 port 2.5Gb poe switch for $379. So for $120 less you can have enterprise grade Wifi 6E with ceiling or wall mounted AP’s and an 8 port switch for your high load wired devices. UniFi AP’s can do wireless back haul and let you use that 2.5Gb port as an ongoing connection and you can always add more AP’s off that original switch for way less than the cost of buying an extra one of these.
It is possible to get 6E on an older laptop: as long as it has a replaceable wifi card. I have one older laptop that I had replaced its card a little while ago. Have upgraded my router to 6E, and saw that it saw the 6Ghz band, and downloads at nearly ethernet speed (great considering my previous router was having issues, and the laptop's upload was under 9MBps at its normal distance).
7:40 and don’t forget all those microwaves being used in condos or apartments at dinner or lunch…..as they do affect WiFi signal strength, especially when have A LOT around you…..
I have their RT-AX92U that is tri-band 802.11ax (not the 6E extension) and still can hit 950 Mbps down/up on it but not anywhere near the range of the APs they showed in this video
Linus, you just made me buy it since it was available on Amazon. This will simplify my setup since I don’t need as many 10Gbit switches to make all access points able to get over 1Gb speeds. So I can sell the xt8 ones I have, and one of my Mikrotik switches.
Why would you need 10Gbit switches to get Gigabit speed? I mean if you're accessing a NAS then sure, having multiple APs each on their own port, but you still only need one Gigabit port back from each AP to the switch the NAS is plugged into.
This is pretty cool, but I still think that going full wires is the best option. More stable signal (and maybe faster too), basically no RF radiation which is very good for you, and you don't have to worry about the neighbours cluttering the channels or possibly stealing your wifi. It is a lot of work to actually run all the cables, but I'm pretty sure it would also be cheaper than this double routers solution.
Great video, I have 1G fiber internet, Right now I have a Asus GT-AX 11000 pro for gaming and Wifi, I am looking to another Router, I was think of getting another Asus Ax11000 pro, Or 2 Asus zenwifi pro ET12, Which setup do you think will give me faster speeds with more courage?
I have a wired backhaul on my 2 AX6100s one upstairs on one side of the house and 1 in the basement on the other side of the house. I have had zero issues with it (Minus it wanting to update but updates one and not the other and disables my switch, its a fix from my phone 2 buttons but still) I can only imagine how fast these would be.
My internet was just upgraded to 2.3gb, My gt ax11000 only had one 2.5gb port, so I found these that had a wan 2.5gb and a lan 2.5gb. I can do a speed test on my wired desktop at 2.3gb internet download so that's nice. (steam does support 2.0Gbps downloads so that was very nice as well). This thing is expensive, but one thing I do wish they had was some sort of status lights. When you are having issues its nice to see red lights and light flickering on the router, but this thing has ZERO status lights visible like you normally see. Just the light on the top you cant see unless you look right down at it through that glass top. (white is connected to internet, green connected still under optimization, red disconnected from internet.
I think it's pipes and things like that that are between normal walls and you just have drywall would be the reason why it's not suffering like you'd expect. I am not an expert but putting idea to see if anyone has different thoughts.
Biggest advantage from WiFi 5 to 6 was the literally double bandwidth, which doubled speeds if you had the free air, not sure how that was missed. This is a bit of a miss product for me, it needs a second 5GHz band for the WiFi backhaul. Their older tri band unit would suit me better, I already get gigabit+ on WiFi 6.
i still prefer hard line communication whenever feasible. That being said, when military grade drones are flown in the middle east from within the continental USA speaks volumes for wifi capabilities.
Love it Linus gets 3 meters away and runs out of cable then spends 30min extending it. Walks back to desk and there is 10 meter of the cable coiled up.
You don't have to buy a dedicated solution to have multiple access points. You could just add more access points. As long as they have the same SSID and password, your connected devices will roam between them. They don't even have to be from the same brand.
7:20 I know what Linus is talking about, I live in a really big appartment compex in the netherlands and even WiFi 6 isn't really that standard here, I had a standard Modem/Router setup and my wifi got basically drowned by all the other networks around me and when my ISP released their new modem/router combo with WiFi 6 I immediatly signed up for one, received it a couple of days later, set it up and my network was so much more stable and had way more range. So when WiFI 6 becomes the standard here, I will be upgrading to WiFi 6E
"even wifi 6" half my devices only support 2.4 ghz band!
@@ilovefunnyamv2nd time to buy new ones I guess
lol all you can pull a full 180 and go down to Wifi 4 xD
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or maybe just change the frequency??
What i would love to see is that routers get the capability to automatically change their power output based on how far away a device is, so that the guy next to me in his 30m² appartment isnt blasting 100mW of wifi through the walls, just because the device is configured like that out of the box. It would make much more sense to just lower the output if you dont need it. Most people wont do that tho, even if it would also help themselves, because it reduces interference.
Wifi6 already is a standard, you just have to buy it. Leave your ISP out of this; they might provide you with a router because the majority households are non-technical, but you are always better off getting your own equipment.
ASUS is playing smart this time by sending internal photos to avoid Linus tearing down their products
Some bigbrain aSUS thinking to avoid them.
i think true cuz i don't read stuff like this but i trust it as an yes.
It's at the point now that I think he could break the bubblewrap stuff comes in!
wwwww
Exactly my thought
What Linus said: "Asus send over internal photographs of the device"
What I heard, Asus: "Linus, please dont take them apart 🥺🥺🥺"
6:21 Asus sending internal photos like "PLEEEEASE GOD DONT OPEN IT"
haha the LTT screwdriver goes brrrt
Luckily for them it’s a sponsorship, so they could force him to not open it.
Hah, ASUS obviously know LTT's and Linus' habits only too well! 🤭
Silly Asus, Linus isn't God...probably
You can actually break the 1 Gbps limit even with Wifi 6, by switching to 160 MHz channels (assuming your area isn't too crowded, and you are in a region with DFS channel support, or you have Wifi 6e capabilities). I was able to reach a LAN speed of around 2 Gbps between a laptop and a NAS over Wifi 6. However stability and latency of Ethernet is still a key argument for going wired whenever possible.
As for 6 GHz having more channels to choose from, those will quickly disappear as Wifi 7 will allow the use of 320 MHz channels.
With my wifi 6 + Ax200 I can get up to 1.2Gbs link speed
Insanity
If you're the real Eric Sauvageau, thanks for Asus-Merlin!
@@bootchoo96 I was looking to see similar comments... after he mentioned 1 gig WiFi I immediately did a test and also got 1.2 gig with my Netgear CAX80. Perhaps it'd be faster but that's the top speed I get via Ethernet as well using a 2.5g network card.
I get 2.3gbps without the NAS, that's my base internet speed lol.
Merlin ♥️
I would like to make a small connection.
Wi-Fi 6E is the big jump that people were expecting. Wi-Fi 6 basically was incremental. I've read pretty much all the documentation available, I have no idea why they named them as such.
Because it's a tech standard. Apparently, they need to be named as confusingly as possible. We'll probably get something like Wifi 6.1e Gen1 Revision 2.1(a) B Mini x16/32 next.
@@amicloud_yt Facts. The more technical and complex sounding it is, the better.
I personally liked the 802.11ax nomenclature and whatnot, but the wifi 6 rebrand was pretty good. Why are they repeating the same nonsense by adding subdivisions? Wifi 7 is going to end up with wifi 7, wifi 7E, and wifi 7A if this keeps up.
WIFI 7 is around the corner though.
If you read the old names they gave it a proper letter change like it should have been... 5=802.11AC 6=802.11AX 6E if they actually finished it was supposed to be=802.11EHT for Extremely High Throughput. If you search for "Future-Fi - The Road to 802.11-2020 and Beyond: Chapter 3" you can read the full breakdown.
drugs, the answer is always drugs. Also applies for USB naming standards
Literally just finished Brandon's extreme makeover 🤣
Same
@@neondemon5137 Brandon already was over budget, he was right not to push it any further with these. Plus Brandon can always borrow said routers from the office anyway.
same!
@@neondemon5137 oh for sure 😜 he could borrow it from the office.....
Same. This is great timing
Nice! Just upgraded our place couple months ago now with the new orbi 960 6e system.. ($1400/3pk) after about 15 years of being on a cheap ddwrt flashed tplink setup. 3 story / 6,000sqft and can now roam all around, even outside, at max isp speed. It's life changing. Finally, can lounge in hammock by the pool and still have amazing internet. I was actually doubtful it would be that good but it exceeded expectations by a long shot. Been rock solid too. No hiccups or restarts, which is way different than things were back in the day. Love it!
PoE would have been nice, especially at this price point. When I wired my house, I setup for this exact scenario... but with the intention of using PoE for the repeater.
@R4M 845 What's nice is, you don't even need a PoE switch, you can use an injector for a single device, but that's a nightmare if you've got more than one thing. Eventually I'd like my setup to have multiple PoE cameras and save the footage to my own server and dump Ring.
Go for a more light commercial system, ubiquti for example, for PoE networking gear
@@PheonixRise666 That's been where I've been leaning to, but the cost is quite high by comparison, since if I'm going with Ubiquti, I mind as well go all the way. But they're not without flaws as well. I'm miffed that their switches are as expensive as they are, and they can't have something with more than a couple of 10Gb ports when I can buy something from TP Link with 8-ports for a little over $400.
There are PoE to 12V plug extractors if that's important that much.
@@TheGameBench Have you check mikrotik, they are not that expensive
Product suggestion; a tape measure that has inches and cm on one side of the tape, and the backside measures in bananas for distance or bfd
Seconded.
I think the fact Linus’s employees can banter with him and pick on him shows just how good of a boss he is
True, Linus seems to be a smart man, he treats them as family, not as disposable employees. That could seem dangerous to some, but it means he builds real trust and they can come to him with any issues.
Edit: That is just his personality, not some strategic thingy. If it was people would have noticed by now.
14:40 this is why andy is the best guy in all of LMG 🤣 i wish he was in more videos ❤️️
This is what the Netgear Orbi system costs. My parents have them for a fairly big property and love them, so I went to look into it and.... wowzers $$$$$
Speaking of $$$, still waiting for your hd Fury vrroom review :). Lol I am hanging for that, or a HDMI 2.1 capture card.
Yes, however keep in mind there are many orbi systems. At my home we have an Orbi setup with 3 pods for just over €400. It’s still expensive but nowhere near $900 and will do up to 1000mb/s over wifi as well, just no 6E as far as I know
When I was shopping for Wifi6 I really liked the idea of that Orbi you can mount outside .. a bit more than I need but I really liked that they went there.
Which one do you think is better?
I had loved orbi when I first got it but I do think that orbi speends are always inconsistent and the speeds just go up and down never stay to the speed that your getting so I do I have the new asus zenwifi proe12 it's way better and consistent
Great editing on this video! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Keep in mind that with the 6GHz band, the transmit power is much lower. Due to arbitrary regulations, in every country so far that allows it, limits transmit power to 250mW, though on average it will useless due to the annoying PSD (Power Spectral Density) requirement. Basically instead of a fixed transmit power where the lower the noise floor, the better the effective SNR is, 6e requires a method that maintains a fixed (much lower SNR) above the noise floor, up until you reach the max allowed transmit power. This is why the 6GHz band thus far is having a far quicker throughput dropoff with range, even on channels that are close to the upper range of the 5GHz band, there the material attenuation difference is negligible.
Beyond that, since the 6GHz band is shared by a number of fixed wireless providers and organizations. In order to use anywhere near the limit, the tech also requires location data and uses a system similar to the drone flight restrictions systems, to disable channels that are licensed for use in your area by any organization. Without that, it uses a more restrictive indoor set of limits operate with less power and behave like using DFS channels.
So what country to set to get highest power?
@@risharehraje793 Currently everyone is largely following the FCC limits, but enabling or disabling channels depending on the region. Even with the standard more finalized in 2024, the transmit powers were not improved.
@2:54 That WIPE!!!! Noice job (your name here)!!
Going from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6 made playing my Oculus with air link go from pretty much unplayable to legit better than the official link cable
I just purchased the little brother to these, the ZenWifi XT8. I live in a very vertically oriented apartment where running an ethernet cable to connect the router and the satellite in a wired backhaul setup is not practical, so I've got them set up in a wireless backhaul mode right now (using one of the two Wifi 6 5GHz wifi bands solely for communication between the two nodes). I should note that we've got a gigabit internet connection.
I plugged my GFs gaming PC into the satellite over an ethernet cable and ran a speed test.
900mbps over Wifi (!) 30 feet away and with several walls in between! Sub-10ms ping too.
Admittedly, going Router > Satellite > PC all over WiFi dropped speeds considerably. But connecting the PC to the satellite with an ethernet cable made a huge difference.
Suffice to say, technology (and Wifi 6) is cool.
Been running 3 ASUS Zenwifi XT8s (predecessor to these) in my residence and they've been pretty good, we usually have 25+ devices connected at a given time so the switch to Wifi 6 was huge. Will definitely be considering these.
@Defective Degenerate me too aside from the occasional drop in signal forcing me to reset the network cause one node feels like just flashing for all eternity 😅 took over a year for me to have any issues though so that’s a plus
We got these last week for my store (I own a comic shop) and they're awesome, our WiFi is now blisteringly fast (we have 2Gb fiber internet). Ping rates were cut in half, and throughput doubled, compared to our 6 y/o AC mesh system. Yeah, they're expensive, but have you priced good commercial mesh systems lately? 😬
Even good residential mesh systems seem crazy expensive to me
@@staindk commercial mesh (or even APs) cost like 3-5 times that for not much reason beside "it's a cisco"
damnit stuart you should be getting an appartment not a 900 dollar router!
@@wallie61- I've not lived in an apartment for >25 years, put that money to work by building equity in a house.
@@Just_Pele a house is not an investment wtf
ET12 Well worth it. I upgraded from an Orbi RBK53, router died but the two satellites still works. Orbi is also quite expensive, the comparable AXE11000 Orbi is $1499 (but you get three units). One thing that sucks on the asus is the device limit on profiles 64 I think. My 1gbps WAN comes in with a 2.5gb ethernet connection from the fiber modem and I get 950+mbps speed test.
I lived in a building with buildings around, during the day my wi-fi barely reached the kitchen, during the dawn i could use it in the front of the building (i lived in the third floor). But i don't expect 6E to ever have this problem because the amount of band available is just too much
Always love the editor's side notes 😂
such a mood lol
nah they cringe af
@@ervin9805 🤓🤓🤓
@@ervin9805 You are cringe bro...
2.5 Gbps MoCA I'd say is the way to go if you want to run a wired connection through your home for it since you can use existing cables and even most splitters already work.
Exactly my plan
Every now and again they'll do a 'distance' test where they run around in the LMG hq but I really dont have a sense of scale of where they are. Would it be possible to have someone at LMG make a map of the facility so we can track roughly where they are? I think that would help a lot in videos like these
Electronics can cause interference too, so if the LMG team could also add the position of all the motion sensors and CCTV cameras to the map that would be really helpful!
@@veryboringname. also safes act as faraday cages, so it would be helpful to add them on the map too
Lol they're not going to give you the blueprints to the facility.
Tours are Floatplane exclusives
You could get sense of scale with their WIFI to other building videos (yes, LMG are using 2 freaking buildings)
Our isp is the ultimate genius. I had a terrible Wifi connection at home and always wondered why. I am living the appartment life and yes 2.4 is cluttered, but no.... I was always in 5 Ghz. Then I looked at insssiders scans and what did I see there? The automatic channel algorithm did the following: it put ALL 5 Ghz connections on top of each other with a 160 with, just so it can theoretically do very fast speeds.
Now I change it manually to 20 or 40 width and look for a place to sit on my own with stable wifi. Once in a while all the other routers join on top of me and I have to change my channel again. Happy for 6E coming, I tell you. At least the internet box has a 10Gbit port, which doesn't deliver even 2, but hey a little over 1 is still pretty good.
This is tempting to upgrade to. My Eero system is working pretty good with all my IoT stuff connected to it. Just wish I had some more advanced configuration I could do with it.
I have the original Eero Pro 3 pack but I'm considering getting the Asus ET12 2 pack and using MoCA adaptwrs for wired backhaul. I don't necessarily have any issues with the Eero, I just don't like that Amazon is just datamining me and you can't do anything with the router without paying for a subscription.
I wired my cousin's house with 4 ethernet wall outlets and used 4 ASUS routers with AI Mesh to create a custom mesh network in their house. 2000 sqft house with a workshop in the backyard that is AC controlled. I wired each router with cat 5e and setup a wired backbone mesh setup. Literally every corner of their house now has wifi 6 gigabit internet. It's a pretty nice setup and one I plan on doing for my home. Total cost was just shy of $900 bought at BestBuy for their 2 year warranty in case a unit needs to get replaced. Mom, dad, son and daughter are all gamers. They all have smartphones and the mom works from home. I even ran underground conduit to their workshop and ran ethernet from the main router to the workshop so they have full strength signal in the workshop.
Pretty nice setup.
Using ASUS AI Mesh was stupidly easy to setup and so far works flawlessly. They've been running this for over a year now without hiccups.
So far I've been impressed with the AI Mesh system as a whole.
Well I'd probably still prefer Unifi LRs + Router (for ~300€ + Router), just because the management is so awesome and the Wifi 6E isn't that huge of a deal for Europe apparently (because the band is smaller)
Its still three 160Mhz channels and as nobody is using it you'll still get all the benefits.
Hopefully by the time it becomes a problem due density in apartment complexes the EU will wake up and unlock the rest of the band. But even if they don't, WiFi 6 itself should coexist with other WiFi 6 networks better than WiFi 5 does. Plus we still have 5Ghz to fall back on, so if devices are spread across the two bands you have a better chance of maintaining a decent speed.
@@alexatkin Yeah it's not totally useless of course, but it wouldn't be as big of a deal that I'd spend a lot of money on it and giving up my manageability with unifi, especially since the only device that currently supports it is my Desktop, which of course has ethernet and it'll probably take some time until many devices have 6 or 6E (yes many current devices support it, but you probably don't replace them every year). Also I don't think the EU can even expand the frequencies much more, because looking at the plan from the Bundesnetzagentur, those frequencies are already shared by the military, satellite uplink, radar and others, so I don't think they can really put even more devices on those frequencies and you can't really change the frequency of many of the devices already on those bands.
Since Wifi 6e is so new and expensive you'll have the early adopter advantage for a while since no one else will be using the 6ghz band. You wouldn't want the normies to be slowing down your speeds.
This double pack of WiFi units is nice and all, but it did seem like I heard most of those features somewhere before.
Here in Europe, especially Germany, we have the FritzBox Lineup from AVM. They usually come with built in cable modems or fibre for the highest speed models, but those can still be used standalone if you have an external modem.
They don't support WiFi over 6GHz (yet) but still respectable speeds of up to 4800mbit over dualband WiFi (I cannot verify this in any way).
Besides that, they also support loads of other features including VPN connections to your home, serving as DECT base for landlines that they can also route to your smartphone via app, smarthome features and even cable tuners for some models. They also seem really robust on the software side and hardware side.
If you guys would like to test these out, I'd be happy to act as a proxy to make sure you can get your hands on them.
I like this, but I also like the Cat 6a STP 100M reel I got for $60 and the 300M UTP reel I got for $60.
In my home I use a MoCA backhaul. Although it's definitely not as fast as an Ethernet cable would be, it's *FAR* easier than running Ethernet (because the Cable TV coax is already run everywhere in the house) and it's definitely faster than the WiFi backhaul was. I get easily 500 megabits from my mesh node to my main router now -- back when I had the WiFi backhaul it topped out at 200 megabits, assuming no one else was using the mesh node's WiFi. Well worth the cost of a couple of MoCA adapters, and it was super easy to set up.
Now to wait until 6E gets into something that doesn't cost rent.
Upgarding most laptops and as a matter of fact also most desktops to 6/6E takes only one 25 bucks order on Aliexpress and a screwdriver. We dont need new PCs from ground up as Linus said. My experience is only incompatibility of newer inbuilt bluetooth versions with much older systems. I for exampe replaced Killer AC1550i wireless card with Intel AX210 (6E) in my Legion Y740 and all works incl BT, but for Yoga 500 after replacing original AC3160 with AX200 (6) only WLAN works but not BT.
> Title: I had TWINS!!!
> 99% of the comment section: Congrats on the twins!
Lmao
Omg! Seems like editor had a lot of fun!!
That 6E reveal was such a small thing but was so nice!!
Great work!!
We have an Asus wifi 6 mesh system... and being the home network admin, I've got some thoughts...
Overall its a good system for the money. The ui is very easy to use and it has a dedicated chanel to link the base station to the satellites. What I've not been happy with is the satellite unit randomly losing its configuration after a power failure. Forcing a total system reset. The other issue, a connection bug that my Galaxy S9 seems to experience almost daily.
Overall, would buy again.
Which routers/mesh system? I am bashing my head trying to choose.
@@SerCommander If I remember correctly, it's the XT8 2 pack system. Have one base unit plus an extender/ repeater. What I liked about them is the delicated wireless channel for the mesh network in addition to 2.4g and 5g modes.
Love seeing you guys running around behind the set and all, adds a fun element seeing the studio:)
13:02 Linus claiming the page has too many ads meanwhile his videos are based like in this case on a sponsored item, with youtube ads before the video and usually an intro sponsor message and also an outro sponsor message plus random LTT merch self sponsor throughout the video is a bit funny to me...
He has also banned ad blockers at LMG.
What I like is, that even though top 2 ports are 1gig, it supports link aggregation, great for my both workstations and Mac pros
Still cheaper than Orbi per node, and likely way more configurable given Asus' other routers.
I've had a pair of Asus XT8s and they've been rock solid for over 2 years.
I don't think I'm ready to spend that much money in a home WiFi setup, but if it can work well with cinder block walls, it looks like I'll need to pay that price.
I think that it is more about ac/wifi4 over 2.4GHz rather than 6e over 6GHz.
Forget it, it won't I live in a country with real walls and the higher the frequency the lower the range by a lot
Keep in mind that the higher the frequency, the less penetration power - while it did work well from far away, a lower frequency (i.e. 5GHz or 2.4 GHz) at same transmit power would have a better signal strength at Linus's distance. Granted, it may be worth the tradeoff to have a higher frequency, lower signal strength, if the connection is still stable enough for your uses.
@@nicknack125 Also, you need to note that while the AP have all that power, the client may not have it. So yeah, you have "signal" but can respond.
How fast internet speed you have?
Idk who the editor was for this, but I love the job they did. They definitely added to the experience.
I liked the editing too, it really stood out to me this vid. It says in the end credits the editor was Johann Scott Sveinsson
Was using TP-Link, bad home mesh.
Changed to Asus which is more costly, I must say that Asus has a robust web interface, literally the best UI i've ever tried
Not sure if it’s editing error or what but 14:09
For second, I thought Linus & Yvonne were actually going to have twins. If that was the case, they probably should get some more rooms prepared at the new house.
Speaking of which, I probably would’ve speculated if these routers would be used at the new house if Linus didn’t already set up multiple access points with range accessible from across the block.
Since linus had a Vasectomy years ago Yvonne probably would have some explaining to to do in that case.
@@schenkov It is quite rare, but it is possible for a vasectomy to dial even years after it was completed.
There would have been a whole other problem as he has said he is satisfied enough to making it impossible...
@@88porpoise Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
Question to more knowledgeable people, why don't we have wireless adapters or access points that connect directly to the modem that only have the new bands (like 5 GHz and 6 GHz) as a way to upgrade and update your wireless system without having to spend on a completely new router or access point? I understand there has to be some internal communication to sync everything but it isn't doable? I've always wondered why I can't just buy a 6 GHz adapter to connect to my router and be able to take advantage of the new standard
How can there be 8 comments already.. it was literally launched 58 seconds to go
You underestimate there community. ;)
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This is very similar to the 6th gen Apple Airport Extreme, but of course next gen and even faster! I upgraded our home WiFi from a 4th gen AirPort Time Capsule (4th gen Airport Extreme + 2 TB NAS) to having 2 of the 6th gen ones (one in each end of the house, wired together) and it is SO much better of a setup for us! Long term if we got faster internet this sort of thing could be a nice drop in replacement/upgrade a few years down the line (especially once price drops!)
@9:30 he should have used the second wifi6e instead of the coupler. This would have shown how the system should work.
My solution at work was to change to wifi 5ghz, and add some more routers in tandem. By smart linking, it allowed devices to rollover without notice or dips. Range was prob reduced, but four $100 routers covers the entire floor. We used a smart hub, to connect the modem to all the routers.
This is practically an LTT video. And I would love to see more with these things.
MOCA adapters are a great way to run the wired back haul if you have coax run through your house. I use this with two orbis and get full 1 gigabit speed from either device. They have 2.5 gigabit moca adapters also, but I haven’t tried them. They’re great for older houses.
I was actually expecting to see moca built into a device of that cost.
@@waitd they seem to only be built into modems, but most of them hide the functionality for some reason.
We have 2 zenwifi ET8 nodes at home and I love it. Our house is so horribly setup and is like all walls, you’d either get good wifi in the bedrooms, or good wifi in the living room. No way to get both with 1 router
There are very few consumer-grade routers that have ethernet ports faster than gigabit for both WAN and LAN. This is one of the very few. The other is a single-unit router from Asus (AXE 16000) that is $200 cheaper (for one unit). The other is the $1500 mesh Orbi.
Every other consumer WiFi router I could find that had multigigabit Ethernet only had it for WAN, but the LAN ports were all 1 gigabit Ethernet.
That's why they can get away with charging so much money. Your choices are basically $700 for a single router, or $900 for a two-node mesh, or $1500 for a 3-node mesh. If you get more than one gigabit per second from your ISP and have the infrastructure for multigigabit Ether net devices, those are your only options right now.
The AXE 16000 is quad-band, so if you use AI-Mesh with another router that has two 5GHz bands, you can have a dedicated backhaul, but you have to be picky about what other device you use and configure it all yourself.
The ET12 only has 3-bands (2.4, 5, and 6 GHz), so if you don't use a wired backhaul, you're sacrificing Wi-Fi bandwidth.
The Orbi Mesh AXE11000 has two 5Hz bands, one of which becomes the backhaul if you don't connect them via Ethernet.
What is not mentioned is that some of the features in the Asus panel require you to share analytics data with Asus and even third party companies to use them.
Source: i have used an asus router
I love it when people cry about couplers. News flash, when you run a drop and terminate it at a wall plate or a patch panel....that's a COUPLER! One friggen point of signal degradation is OK!!! There are usually 4+ anyway.
I recently had the opportunity to upgrade my home network with the ASUS ZenWiFi AX system, and I must say, it has exceeded my expectations in every way. With its advanced features, seamless connectivity, and expandable performance, this router has truly delivered a worry-free Wi-Fi experience.
The first thing that impressed me about the ZenWiFi AX was its sleek and modern design. The router looks great in any setting, and the compact size makes it easy to place anywhere in my home. The setup process was a breeze as well, thanks to the intuitive ASUS web interface and the ASUS Router app, which guided me through the entire process effortlessly.
Once the router was up and running, I immediately noticed a significant improvement in Wi-Fi performance. The ZenWiFi AX utilizes the latest Wi-Fi 6 technology, which provides faster speeds, increased capacity, and better overall performance. Whether I'm streaming 4K content, gaming online, or conducting video calls, the connection remains stable and reliable, even with multiple devices connected simultaneously.
One of the standout features of the ZenWiFi AX is its mesh capability. The system comes with two units that work together to create a seamless Wi-Fi network throughout my home. The mesh technology ensures that I have a strong signal in every corner, eliminating dead zones and providing consistent connectivity across multiple floors. This is especially useful for larger homes or buildings with thick walls.
Another aspect that sets the ZenWiFi AX apart from other routers is its expandable performance. With the #ExpendableRouter feature, I have the flexibility to add additional units to the system to further enhance coverage and performance. This scalability allows me to adapt the network as my needs evolve, making it a future-proof investment.
What truly makes the ZenWiFi AX a #WorryFreeWifi solution is the robust set of built-in security features. The router includes AiProtection Pro, powered by Trend Micro, which provides advanced network security to protect against online threats and malicious attacks. Parental controls are also included, allowing me to easily manage and monitor my children's internet usage, ensuring a safe online experience for the entire family.
The ASUS ZenWiFi AX has truly transformed my home network experience. It offers exceptional performance, seamless connectivity, and the peace of mind that comes with a secure and expandable router. If you're looking to upgrade your Wi-Fi network, I highly recommend considering the ASUS ZenWiFi AX for a worry-free and future-proof solution. #WorryFreeWifi #ExpendableRouter
The 3 seconds of Linus thinking about the cables at his house and realizing that he has even more thing from office on his house his the absolute peak of LTT experience for me.
While this stuff is great in theory, as someone who HAS Asus AImesh devices, even on wired backhaul with 2.5g ports, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. I often have to reset the access points or remove one from the mesh and re-add it, devices often fall off the WiFi and or lose internet for no reason. Also the 5ghz wireless on the AIMesh device is SUPER flakey and I get lag spikes a lot.
Entirely on a tangent, I'd LOVE to see a renewed review of that folding phone.
Love the FPS Doug poster at 13:32
In densely populated places like Bangladesh, people still uses the 2.4 ghz wifi literally everywhere even now . I was the only one to buy a 5ghz router among my friends I know of, which was like 1.5 years ago. I get like 15-20 2.4 ghz wifi signal in my room and people still use it crazy
I was getting nearly gigabit speeds with a first gen Asus Rapture on the other side of the house YEARS ago. I did have to buy the Asus PCI expansion card for my desktop. But it was more than possible in 2018 while spending half as much.
That's a 4x4 5ghz client though at 160M channel widths. The new standards get these speeds on little 2x2 clients in laptops, phones and practically all desktops.
You don't even have to go 6E to get those speeds as well. The theoretical link rates are the same between 6 and 6E. Just in practice, 5Ghz can be crowded and therefore slower.
The funniest thing about this is I work for an RF transmitter/Reciever company and that band is why half of our old stuff in 600mhz bands is illegal now lol. Still love it.
600 MHz is not 6 GHz.
600 MHz was auctioned off to cellular providers after TV stations reverse-auctioned back the spectrum.
Why was the camera angle at 03:16 so aesthetic LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Wi-Fi 6E is only 500 MHz in Europe, has a lower legal power limit, and with 320MHz channels coming with Wi-Fi 7 it is going to get congested REAL fast in big cities and apartment buildings. So I wouldn't get too excited, it may just be worth sticking to 5 GHz.
Beam though?
Great Video - just a shame you didn 't show the performance of the two devices connected by a 6E Beam connection. Yes we know cable is best - but we can't all do that and 6E is a big part of this product - It would be great to see how the connection is across a "household distance" without the cable.
seems like an LTT episode tbh
Linus, you guys should go more in depth about how WAPs/clients communicate and why co-channel interference from surrounding networks can really hamper their network performance, and why channel selection/width is a big factor in getting desired results from a WiFi network.
@ Jon Martin who is our writer for Techquickie.
14:47 the Gollum voice 🔥🔥
Meanwhile here in Australia the maximum speed your going to get (in typical residential setting) is 100mbps unless you pay an absurd amount to get fibre directly connected to your residence. And even getting that full 100mbps is a pipe dream unless you live directly next to a fibre node.
Technology like this super awesome! But it will be awhile until it has any widespread practical application over here =(
You could run server side channel und time based wireless lan to get more consistent speed and latency but most wifi devices aren't able to connect (it's not wifi). It's sometimes used by very special wlan equipment (you MUST set the power level and the frequency manually and you are liable for your settings as the devices don't check if you are allowed to do that).
400 USD for a high connection commercial wlan accesspoint? It's in the normal price range for 100+ simultaneous connections (mikrotik, cisco, ubiquiti).
For my home I switched back to a max. 25 connection 2,4Ghz accespoint powerd from USB to save energy (you might find 50mA and 100mA access points if you look around - not WLAN power but total power).
6E is pretty sweet. It has one millisecond more latency than a wired connection.
I don't really use it, since my computer is wired and it's the only device in our house that can deal with 6E. It's nice to be future proof though.
Whoever edited this video deserves a raise
For two units this is actually not a bad price at all. Damn asus, good job!
1:38 "It's an older meme, but it checks out, sir."
who ever is the editor for this video, I liked him/her. its kinda refreshing with small notes and stuff. 😊👍
Firstly iot devices tend to be 2.4GHz only so 6GHz isn’t going to help there and secondly this is not great value, you can buy UniFi U6E AP for $250 each, they do Wifi 6E, have a 2.5Gb poe input and a UniFi 8 port 2.5Gb poe switch for $379.
So for $120 less you can have enterprise grade Wifi 6E with ceiling or wall mounted AP’s and an 8 port switch for your high load wired devices.
UniFi AP’s can do wireless back haul and let you use that 2.5Gb port as an ongoing connection and you can always add more AP’s off that original switch for way less than the cost of buying an extra one of these.
It is possible to get 6E on an older laptop: as long as it has a replaceable wifi card. I have one older laptop that I had replaced its card a little while ago. Have upgraded my router to 6E, and saw that it saw the 6Ghz band, and downloads at nearly ethernet speed (great considering my previous router was having issues, and the laptop's upload was under 9MBps at its normal distance).
@6:40 can someone explain to me Liunus' claim about VPN not requiring a VPN company? How does that work?
7:40 and don’t forget all those microwaves being used in condos or apartments at dinner or lunch…..as they do affect WiFi signal strength, especially when have A LOT around you…..
I have their RT-AX92U that is tri-band 802.11ax (not the 6E extension) and still can hit 950 Mbps down/up on it but not anywhere near the range of the APs they showed in this video
Linus, you just made me buy it since it was available on Amazon. This will simplify my setup since I don’t need as many 10Gbit switches to make all access points able to get over 1Gb speeds. So I can sell the xt8 ones I have, and one of my Mikrotik switches.
Why would you need 10Gbit switches to get Gigabit speed? I mean if you're accessing a NAS then sure, having multiple APs each on their own port, but you still only need one Gigabit port back from each AP to the switch the NAS is plugged into.
6:20 I like the fact that manufactures fear of Linus ripping apart their product that they sending him pictures of the inside now!! LOL
'Who needs cable', that grin, then just Linus 'stop he knows better'. dead.
This is pretty cool, but I still think that going full wires is the best option. More stable signal (and maybe faster too), basically no RF radiation which is very good for you, and you don't have to worry about the neighbours cluttering the channels or possibly stealing your wifi. It is a lot of work to actually run all the cables, but I'm pretty sure it would also be cheaper than this double routers solution.
But then you won't have wifi for your phone
@@mitsuracer87 Phones has data plans for a reason
Great video, I have 1G fiber internet, Right now I have a Asus GT-AX 11000 pro for gaming and Wifi, I am looking to another Router, I was think of getting another Asus Ax11000 pro, Or 2 Asus zenwifi pro ET12, Which setup do you think will give me faster speeds with more courage?
At 14:08 the IP address was not properly blurred. Would be better to rectify that as you guys seem to use static IPs.
I was waiting for Linus to make airplane noises and knock them over when he first to the towers out.
Oh my god shoutout to whoever threw in the e-dubble background track when Linus introduced the Tupac two-pack.
I have a wired backhaul on my 2 AX6100s one upstairs on one side of the house and 1 in the basement on the other side of the house. I have had zero issues with it (Minus it wanting to update but updates one and not the other and disables my switch, its a fix from my phone 2 buttons but still) I can only imagine how fast these would be.
My internet was just upgraded to 2.3gb, My gt ax11000 only had one 2.5gb port, so I found these that had a wan 2.5gb and a lan 2.5gb. I can do a speed test on my wired desktop at 2.3gb internet download so that's nice. (steam does support 2.0Gbps downloads so that was very nice as well). This thing is expensive, but one thing I do wish they had was some sort of status lights. When you are having issues its nice to see red lights and light flickering on the router, but this thing has ZERO status lights visible like you normally see. Just the light on the top you cant see unless you look right down at it through that glass top. (white is connected to internet, green connected still under optimization, red disconnected from internet.
I think it's pipes and things like that that are between normal walls and you just have drywall would be the reason why it's not suffering like you'd expect. I am not an expert but putting idea to see if anyone has different thoughts.
Biggest advantage from WiFi 5 to 6 was the literally double bandwidth, which doubled speeds if you had the free air, not sure how that was missed.
This is a bit of a miss product for me, it needs a second 5GHz band for the WiFi backhaul. Their older tri band unit would suit me better, I already get gigabit+ on WiFi 6.
i still prefer hard line communication whenever feasible. That being said, when military grade drones are flown in the middle east from within the continental USA speaks volumes for wifi capabilities.
Love it Linus gets 3 meters away and runs out of cable then spends 30min extending it. Walks back to desk and there is 10 meter of the cable coiled up.
I did something similar with 2 Asus' AXE-11000. You can find open boxes at B&H and NewEgg (urgh) for ~$400.00 a piece.
You don't have to buy a dedicated solution to have multiple access points. You could just add more access points. As long as they have the same SSID and password, your connected devices will roam between them. They don't even have to be from the same brand.