Asus ET12 AXE11000 Whole-Home Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6E System
Asus ET12 AXE11000 Whole-Home Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6E System Coverage up to 610 Sq. Mtr/6,000 Sq. ft.,11Gbps WiFi, 3 SSIDs, free security & parental controls, Dual 2.5G ports LAN Aggregation 2 pack
Dual 2.5G LAN and WAN Ports
ZenWiFi Pro ET12 has both a 2.5G LAN port and a 2.5G WAN port, so you can enjoy full 2.5 Gbps speeds all the way from a compatible ISP to your compatible wired devices.
New 6 GHz Band for Stable Backhaul
5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands are getting more and more crowded with the growing number of home devices. The new 6 GHz band is reserved exclusively for WiFi 6E devices, so there’s no interference from other legacy devices. This makes it ideal for use as a stable backhaul connection. You can also select the wired Ethernet for the backhaul connection between nodes. Alternatively, you can choose automatic mode and let ZenWiFi Pro ET12 choose the best connection type based on your environment. The choice is always yours!
Effortless Setup and Management
The easy-to-use ASUS Router app offers simple setup and easy management for your ZenWiFi Pro ET12 system, so you’ll be up and running in no time.
| Weight: | 1 kg |
| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 11.5 x 24.1 cm; 1 Kilograms |
| Brand: | ASUS |
| Model: | 90IG05Z0-MO3A20 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 11.5 x 11.5 x 24.1 cm; 1 Kilograms |
Setting: Einfamilienhaus mit 2 Etagen – Internetrouter am Netz Erdgeschoss
Aufbau: Ein Zenwifi neben dem Router Erdgeschoss / ein Zenwifi im 1. Stock im Bro
Vorheriges Problem mit einem Wifi6 Gert mit 3000Mbps – Die Wnde hier sind unglaublich schwierig fr W-Lan (hatte hier mehrere Gerte…) oben immer wieder Verbindungsabbrche im Mesh mit 3 baugleichen Wifi6 MeshRoutern. Habe eine Kameraberwachung im Haus ber WLan und die Verbindungen waren drauen auf das Grundstck gerichtet furchtbar… War einfach kein Zustand mehr.
Der ET12 schafft die “Brcke” im Mesh perfekt. Ob 6GHZ oder 5GHZ nimmt sich nicht viel in der bertragungsrate… Oben habe ich 2 PC`s angeschlossen per Kabel … keinerlei Abbrche. Lt. App von Asus ist der Status “Sehr gut”. Das htte ich bei mehreren Wnden nicht erwartet und die Latenz in Spielen und allgemein Browsen fhlt sich kabelgebunden an. Sogar mein kompletter Garten, wo vorher im hinteren Bereich keinerlei Netzabdeckung mehr war dank gefhlten Bleiwnden … es gibt Netz. Kameras werden ohne Verzgerung gestreamt!
Direkt neben den Router im Bro hat mein VR Headset jetzt teilweise Verbindungen von ber 2 Gbps! Das ist als ob man ein Kabel dran htte dank Wifi6e (muss halt untersttzt werden). Ein Traum hier Spiele zu Streamen vom PC als Quest3 Nutzer 🙂
Das 2. Backhaul auf 5Ghz brauche ich fr meine Ansprche also nicht, der XT12 ist somit hinfllig und der Aufpreis fr W6e lohnt sich bei mir zumindest wirklich. Moderne Handis haben auch W6e… auch gehe ich davon aus das in stark besiedelten Gegenden viele Wifis gegeneinander konkurrieren … hier gibt es immer freien Platz mit 6Ghz.
Abseits davon sind der ET12 und XT12 wirkliche Designerrouter … schauen top aus und meine Frau war instant nicht mehr skeptisch wegen den Preis … weil es einfach besser aussieht 😉
Lasst euch nicht, wie ich, verrckt ber ein fehlendes Kabelgebundenes Backhaul machen … der ET12 kann das auch so sehr gut und hat neuere Standards. Der XT12 wird sicher auch top performen … aber falls Ihr Wifi6e Gerte habt oder besiedelt wohnt … gibt es hier ein Top Gert!
Hoffe konnte manchen Laien, die bei den wirklich teils sehr technischen Reviews die auch viel differieren unsicher werden, helfen.
Grle aus Bayern und immer gutes W-Lan 🙂
Waited a little while before reviewing this as I wanted to make sure it was worth the very expensive price.
We have a large home consisting of 2 large living rooms/a very large kitchen and then 4 large bedrooms plus a usable loft space.
Our house is a smart home house using Alexa’s in every room/ring doorbell/lights/hive thermostat.
We also have numerous smart TV’s/firesticks & fire cubes. Plus 2 PlayStation 5s/pc/nintendo switch/10 various Sonos speakers and then finally everyone’s mobile phones and tablets.
So all in all roughly 40+ devices all fighting for internet bandwidth.
We currently run this with virgin media’s 1GB broadband.
First thing I will say is 2 nodes are completely overkill for most homes. As I mentions before our house is larger than most due to it being a nearly 150 year old farmhouse with solid brick walls externally and internally and the signal in EVERY room and even in our garden is superb.
Inside on my iPhone in any room I get speeds of 750mbps which is max for iPhones on 5G WiFi.
The system is very easy to set up and once it’s up and running thats it it just works and hasn’t failed me once so far.
I do have the WI-FI bands separated rather than as one because I like to keep all our smart devices on the 2GHz band and our leisure devices on a mixture OF 5 & 6GHz but that’s just my preference and when I originally set up before tweaking everything worked fine as a single mesh system.
Yes it’s a little expensive but worth every penny in my eyes as iv had cheaper routers from other brands in the past and have had numerous problems trying to get decent signal around our house.
So far one VERY happy custome
Mes ET12 sont installs en mode BackHaul Ethernet (ils communiquent entre eux via le rseau Ethernet prcabl de ma maison).
Je suis pass au ET12 pour pouvoir bnficier (1) du port WAN 2.5Gbs reli ma Freebox Pop: auparavant mon ORBI ne pouvait “entrer” que 1Gbs alors que ma Freebox Pop reoit 2.5Gbs et (2) du port LAN 2.5Gbs des ET12 pour pouvoir upgrader la vitesse de mon rseau thernet filaire.
1/ Couverture :
J’utilisais auparavant 4 modules Orbi RBK50 en Wifi 5 (2017) : 1 par tage dans la maison et 1 au fond du jardin.
J’utilise dsormais plus que deux ET12: 1 dans la maison principale au rez de chausse qui couvre l’ensemble de la maison et 1 au fond de mon jardin qui couvre le btiment annexe et l’ensemble des extrieurs (camras connectes dans le jardin notamment).
En filaire je reois 2400Mbs sur mon PC le plus loign du modem ; donc trs proche du dbit max de 2.5Gbs de ma Freebox Pop.
En wireless je capte partout sur ma proprit. Au plus loign (1 sur 4) je reois environ 150Mbs et au plus proche (4 sur 4) : 1200Mbs en Wifi 6 – et 900Mbs en Wifi 5.
Pour ce qui est de la couverture c’est donc parfait avec deux modules en moins par rapport aux ORBI.
2/ Installation :
L’installation fut trs facile via l’App iOS. En utilisant le mme SSID Wifi et le mme mot de passe que mes ORBI, l’ensemble de mes appareils connects se sont reconnects aux ET12 sans aucune action de ma part (47 appareils connects au total).
3/ Console de gestion/paramtrage :
La console de gestion du routeur, que ce soit sur mobile (iOS) ou par le Web, est super complte et super facile d’utilisation. Elle permet de configurer un rseaux aux petits oignons et manire beaucoup plus fluide et flexible que mon ancienne console de gestion ORBI. Le contrle parental fonctionne galement super bien et est gratuit. Voil une belle conomie par rapport l’abonnement annuel que je payais chez ORBI.
4/ Stabilit : aucun souci aprs 72h d’utilisation mais c’est encore trop tt pour conclure sur ce sujet.
Rserves: forcment, je compare les ET12 aux ORBI RBK50 qui datent de 2017 et je n’ai pas de point de comparaison par rapport des ORBI plus rcents qui seraient sans doute plus performants. Nanmoins aucun ORBI ce jour ne propose deux ports 2.5Gbs sur chaque module ; ce qui tait ma contrainte pour passer mon rseau Ethernet en 2.5Gbs dans toute la maison.
My use-case was a very specific one.
– up to 1000mbps must be supported, when connected to LAN cable
– need to penetrate a wall (where my office-room & cable-in room)
The two devices are setup to penetrate this single wall, and pass 1Gbps bandwidth without losing much. (930mbps constantly achieved).
So all in all, I am satisfied. (Yes, for my purpose, slightly cheaper device with 5G backhaul would have worked, but I wanted to use 6G bandwidth that noone is using around my house, while 5G channels are already filled by neighbors; in that sense, 6G channels are clearer / better)
Easy to configure, with plenty of options and excellent connectivity. It covers an area of 100m2 with no issues using 6E wifi backhaul. The devices themselves are slightly larger, but they look good so it’s not a big problem. Overall, I’m very satisfied after 2 weeks of use. P.S. Currently, 24 devices are connected, including IoT devices, mobile phones, and computers, and everything works without any problems.
Super fast WiFi, eliminated my patchy coverage. To get the best out of them use wired back haul.
El ASUS ET12 es muy un sistema muy estable y la cobertura es fantstico – 100% recomendable.
Me encanta todo los funciones como VPN y puedo poner Surfshark directamente en el router sin modificaciones del firmware.
Un sistema muy completa (y un poco caro) pero para mi si que me vale la pena, antes he tenido muchos problemas de cobertura del wifi.
Trs simple installer et piloter
Signal plus puissant qu’avec mon quipement prcdent, j’ai 3 asus connects et j’irrigue toute la maison
Le prix est lev, mais me semble justifi
Produit de qualit, et quip d’un processeur haute performance.
Gre sans difficult les configuration wifi les plus complexe grce a l’interface ASUS qui est une des meilleurs du march.
Utilis en mesh (le wifi 6e tant utilis pour le backhaul), ce routeur est une fuse !
J’obtien entre 800 et 900 mgabits en download sur mes devices (y compris iPhone) alors que ma liaison fibre est de 1 gigas.
Il faut aimer le design des bornes qui sont plutt moderne et imposantes, mais la performance est l !
I have a fully wireless setup- the satellite router is connected via Wifi 6e. Connection is really stable overall across the entire flat with excellent speeds throughout. Excellent work ASUS!
As with all Asus routers this was a breeze to setup. I’m using a single unit at the moment until we move into our new build where I will setup both with dedicated wired backhaul. Even still I’m feeling like both units will be overkill however I wanted future proof myself with wifi 6e after my Ubiquity UDM bricked itself. If you are in Australia you will have to buy a 2 pin core figure 8 power cord for use with each power brick. The power cords supplied are UK and Asia.
First thing I noticed is that speeds are generally a lot faster than my old router, I did try the Eco mode however was noticing constant re-connecting and dropping out of endpoints. The throughput was also limited. I have since disabled Eco mode and lowered transmission power from performance to fair and connection and WiFi speed has been fantastic.
I have been using the 3 bands 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz and everything I have connects with no issues my Google Pixel 7 is the only devices that uses the 6e spectrum and it showed a connection speed of 1800mbps however my ISP speed is only 100Mbps. I do intend to get gigabit connection when we move to the new house.
Is this better than the Netgear Orbi’s? For value I would say yes, both are expensive with Asus being cheaper and their bundled security apps (Trend micro) & parental apps subscription free for life unlike Netgear (Bitdefender) and one of the main reasons I leaned towards Asus.
Performance wise it has been great, I have a Sonos Arc, sub and 2 ones which make up my surround setup for my TV and they connect without a problem and I was having constant issues with my old Ubiquity UDM and had to reset the system once every few weeks to ensure I had all speakers connected. Now when I think about it Asus is way better than ubiquiti cause things just work as they are meant to.
These units are not cheap and are definitely overkill for the average house. I think one unit is more than enough but at $700 each it’s quite a lot (damn almost the same price as a PS5). So seriously consider just getting the 1 pack unless you really need it. If you want absolute certainty in terms of Wifi speeds and tons of connections over large areas and don’t mind spending $ then you can’t beat these for performance and value. Highly recommended!
The strength of the signal range has improved dramatically. I set one box up in my house and I now get full Wi-Fi coverage throughout the property as well as into the garden and about 30m outside the property too.
Well worth the price tag.
Un pedazo de equipo Wifi Mesh! Rapido, con gran cobertura y fcil de configurar!
The first thing to note is expense. This is an expensive product and may be overkill for many.
Things I particularly liked were:
Powerful signal coverage offered – Suitable for large homes with many floors/rooms and/or large gardens. Since the two devices are routers in their own right I attain fast wifi over three floors as well as good speeds 80ft away at the end of the garden. Although wifi 6E is a dedicated wider bandwidth with faster possible speeds you should bear in mind that 5Ghz and 2.4Ghz signals will travel further.
Powerful feature set – Very configurable and unlike Netgear which charges for most options, Asus provides them for free(e.g. VPN, DDNS, content filtering etc). You can also use some other routers in their range if you have them to be part of the AImesh system.
Future proofing – Wifi 6E (Its enabled but not many device can take advantage of this yet. Wifi 7 is coming shortly too so if thats important to you, wait for a future version or perhaps use a cheaper router variant like the Asus ET8).
Premium products – These units are very well built and engineered, even the packaging is impressive and this feels like a premium product.
Downsides
Initial Configuration – Before I could connect the routers together in what Asus call AiMesh (the manual instructs you to do this via a wifi backhaul connection first). I could not get this to work without firstly upgrading the Firmware on both Routers. This meant using each router in turn as a Master device connected to the Internet and then they synced up successfully. Once you have done so you should connect each router together via a hardwired Ethernet connection cable of suitable speed.
I also saw this issue with Asus XT12 units which I tried first but returned. Wifi backhaul (connecting the two routers together via wifi) was unreliable in my home due to distance/walls etc.
USB removal – Other Asus routers allow you to connect USB drives and use them as mini NAS drives. If this is important to you look at the older XT/ET8 routers.
Cost – They are expensive units although I saved some money during an Amazon sale – they are however much cheaper and more configurable than comparable Netgear products.
If you like gadgets these are great, but wifi is a necessity for most and it still pains me to pay so much for something that is pretty mundane. I guess you get what you pay for here and this will most likely appeal to Networking geeks more than others.
N.B. This system is intended to be wired together via Ethernet cable, freeing all bands up for Wifi usage. To one of the reviewers complaining about this but using a wifi 6 signal backhaul to link them, you would be best placed using the Asus XT12 which is faster in that scenario (wifi 6E is not offered by that system however).
For reference and a detailed writeup of capabilities I’d suggest using google to read reviews of these systems by Dong Knows Tech.
Pas encore test pleine vitesse, mais pour l’instant fonctionne comme prvu.
La partie soft est correcte, je l’utilise comme routeur la place de la FreeBox.
DHCP, redirection de ports, etc. trs facile configurer.
They have blown me away with how well they work…
50 meters outside the house and still getting a signal…
The best Mesh system, I have ever owed…. It just works….
Very fast connections on both Ethernet and Wi-Fi!
Easy setup
Many advanced features
Great app!
Stable
Supports Asus AiMesh
Router upstairs, connected via wire backhaul to downstairs 2nd unit – I get 1100+ Mbps on my phone in the furthest living room.
I tried WiFi6 (only 2.4G and 5Gx2 with the XT12) and found the ET12 to get higher B/W and consistent connection and throughput. 6G as a dedicated backhaul works well even in a two-storey house and sitting on the opposite side of a solid wall/extension. With the second mesh device (all WiFi) just outside my room on the landing and the master router downstairs opposite side of the house, I can hit 600Mbps+ on my WiFi6 enabled laptop (most devices will hit 300Mbps+)
My phone will hit 800Mbps+ 8 feet from the router! Possible output is identified as much higher, but these are the figures I see.
Setup was easy if you followed the instructions! )
As for size — these aren’t big and fit discretely on a unit and a shelf — no idea why some say they are ‘large’!
I do wish they had included the speedtest utility in the router build (is this a gaming router only feature?).
It’s debatable if you need to spend this much, and it will come down to your needs. The ASUS interface and no extra costs are a big plus for me. Make sure you have WiFi6 chips in your devices – if not, just swap them out (they aren’t expensive)
If you can justify the price I doubt you will be disappointed. Four stars just because the price is too dear for some (I’m trying to forget it).
No es barato, pero si tienes que dar cobertura a varias habitaciones y plantas es buensimo.