AX1800 Whole-Home Mesh WiFi 6 System – Coverage up
AX1800 Whole-Home Mesh WiFi 6 System – Coverage up to 4,800 Sq. ft. / 5+ rooms, easy setup, life-time free network security & parental controls – 2 Pack
| Dimensions: | 9 x 8 x 9 cm; 295 Grams |
| Model: | ZenWiFi XD4 2pk |
| Manufacture: | ASUS |
| Dimensions: | 9 x 8 x 9 cm; 295 Grams |
Purchased to extend the signal and provide a socket for CCTV in the garage. It’s neat and works ok, sometimes the signal does flash up as being weak, however I do think that’s more to do the setup I have than the actual box. Overall I’m really pleased with it.
Topk me 15 min to setup exactly how the guide says. Range is really good. In the back of my garden (15 m away) the 5Ghz network full signal amd more than 100mbps. The good thing is tuat any device connects to it automatically depending on the network signal quality. Really happy with this purchase as I have an asus router with wifi 6
Wired into our extension where Wi-Fi coverage was weak and homeplugs were dropping out. Really impressed so far as now get excellent coverage on the old hard to reach spots and our devices seem to switch seamlessly from the main router to the Xd5.
Due to the router been located in the corner of the house we could not get wifi in all rooms.
I tried several solutions including boosters and power line carriers but they had stability and speed issues requiring the system to be rebooted very regularly.
After purchasing these, i have stable, fast wifi everywhere and have not had to reboot anything to date.
Already had an Asus mesh WiFi 6 router and had used another Asus mesh capable older router so had created a mesh network but had an issue with coverage in one part of house so bought this node and added to mesh network without any problems.
Quite pleased with the performance on 5g backhaul I only get total bandwidth 150-200mbps but 20+ clients connected to it work very reliably mobile devices switch well, while previously with some tplink extenders signal was lost and switching between zones would not happen. For more bandwidth I’d probably need ethernet or powerline but I am not to bothered
For the size of this router I was surprised the area it can cover, we live in an apartment with thick walls and there is no dead zone. I highly recommend this unit.
Replacing my old WiFi5 devices.
This works great as a cheap AIMesh node.
No issues with setting up. Great! Updates to latest firmware with no dramas
Edit March 2023 – just bought another one. Added to my mesh and works like a charm. Very stable connection with this mesh setup
This router is easy to set up, the signal is good for the size, but if you have a lot of walls and expect good single in every corner get the router with 6 antenna,I have this plugged into my broadband providers router, I bought this so that I could connect all my smart home devices too, so I don’t have to keep setting everything up on a new router when we change broadband providers, worth its weight in gold!
very expensive, but excellent performance, remember the WiFi is only as stable as the internet connection to it, but over all the best WiFi I’ve used
The way tech should be, completely seamless.
When my long serving and ancient ASUS router eventually expired I was pleased to find this system with the familiar user interface. With a hard wired network around my house I am able to take advantage of the wired backhaul facility which is a must for this two band Mesh system. Each satellite is hard wired via a network switch. Very easy to set up and transfer portfwarding from old router. Early days yet but it is giving a stable and strong WiFi signal throughout the house.
Works well I now have a strong Wi-Fi signal throughout my house. Easy connection to my original Wi-Fi router so I can use this item as a mesh node. Works very well for my needs.
Very happy with the product.
I Can’t get over good these are, I was worried as there are so many different types and they price seems to go from cheap to expensive. This seems a happy medium.
I live in a old house so wifi routers didn’t manage to reach everywhere. This ASUS system gets all the spots throughout the house (and attic) and garage! I can even get signal at the bottom of my garden! Wish I bought it sooner rather than the powerful WiFi routers
Brilliant mesh system, swapped out my older, cheaper TP link system for these, software is reasonably good, really easy to setup, if you find the units blink after moving them, post initial setup, just hit reset and they will sort themselves out. The parental controls are basic and there are no device specific statistics however all in all the interface is nice, setup is straight forward and it’s flexible enough to make a really nice, clear network map of all your connected devices. Definitely a step up in terms of functionality of the DECO units.
Got this to extend my gigabit broadband coverage via wifi in the bedroom, using Ethernet backhaul. This has worked flawlessly, I’ve used AiMesh and roaming works great with my Apple devices. And it’s been rock solid stable so far.
Better still this device is small and discreet for the bedroom.
It just works. Very easy to add extea nodes. I bought one more single unit as my house seems to have led lines walls.
Best money i have spent of wifi. I have been frustraied with wifi i. Thia plqce for 2 years and this has fixed i
Took maybe 20 minutes to set up and we went from having literally no wifi upstairs to being able to get it all over the house and even at the bottom of the garden which was a nice bonus , would highly recommend
Relatively quick, problem-free setup. Currently used as an AiMesh node to extend an existing two-unit ZenWiFi AX XT8 system. The XD4 has a WAN port and a LAN port when sold as an individual unit. Range is great and works well in wired backhaul mode. Really compact. It doesn’t have a third band (being a dual band AX router), so it doesn’t extend the 160MHz 2nd 5 GHz channel which the XT8. Highly recommended for those who do not need the additional gigabit ports and features of the XT8, which runs about 50% more expensive.
I was skeptical on Mesh WiFi, but this product is fantastic. Extremely easy to set up and now improved my connection from 30Mbps to a stable 200+ Mbps.
I fully recommend buying this if you need a boost to your entire household network.
These made the WiFi in my house stable. I have them connected over Ethernet backhaul. The only issue is that in AP mode, you lose the family features. These could be retained for Wireless devices but they are not.
Simple to unpack and install, the coverage around the house is excellent, especially when we used the old ASUS router as another node.
Would be nice to have another Ethernet port on each of the Zen cubes and for it to work with Alexa as it claims to be able to do. But all in all, value for money and wide, fast, hassle free coverage you can’t beat Ze
Been using them for about 3 months great an I never drop around my house on wifi an I even get full speed for my pc using cat 8 cables really good quality an not big ever so can put anywhere an it will look tidy. Would recommend for anyone that wants full speed an good wifi all over the house easy to set up aswell.
Great product. It is small and minimalistic. Can fit almost anywhere and looks elegant. Signal is good and works well for what I have at home. The range is effective. I can throttle kids devices so they don’t hog the bandwidth when I need it for work which is great. Simple set up. You need a switch if you want to link them all up via LAN cable to improve the back haul connection, they only have 1 lan port, thats Incase you need to connect multiple devises, but the wifi 6 hasn’t failed me so far. The app is great too, I love the GUI, shows which device is connected to each node. You can also dedicate devices to an individual node, I.e. tv to node 1 in lounge. So it won’t be searching Etc. The app does it all for you. Remote access. Seamless transfer of device across nodes when changing location in the house with no loss of signal, it’s really smart and detects when to switch node for optimum signal automatically. To install VPN you need to use a computer through browser. However once installed you can activate and deactivate from your device. This is helpful to gain access to media regions / work vpn quickly and remotely. All in all I highly recommend. It’s great value for money, reliable no glitch system, with no issues so far. All devices work and run well. You can add Alexa devices and they all connect smoothly from smart switch to CCTV. All in all I’m very pleased with my decision to purchase this over other devices.
I already have CAT deployed across the house so am using the “Ethernet Backhaul” option. It’s removed all WiFi dead spots, I can even now get a 20mgb connection from the end of my garden, which is about 30m from the closest node (but does have pretty much direct line of sight through some patio doors).
They were very easy to set up and have been reliable so far (2 weeks at the time of writing this).
I work at home a lot, and can now walk through the house on a video conference from one room to another and not lose connection.
The app shows what kit is connected to what node, you can easily rename them to something suitable to your deployment which
makes it easy to track connections.
Very happy with my decision to buy this ki
Very good router/mesh system, not tri-band meaning the mesh connection is using one of the bands for data between the APs unless you use LAN for backhall.
App is a bit slow on the connections info, sometimes a reboot is needed.
But all that said, they aren’t to bad.
Replaced my mains 2 gang socket with wireless repeater built in with this as mobile devices kept getting confused when connecting to the extender then connecting back to router. My router supports mesh so i paired it with this, works a dream & really fast using wireless backhaul, best of all , all the mobile devices in my home work great with the mesh system. So far all good, can now get wifi in my garden.
Very easy to add the my existing Asus router to make a mesh network. The interface easy to use and very configurable. Gets great signal to part of the house that was previously poor.
It was very easy to set up with the ASUS router app and the WiFi signal and speed is hugely improved now. Highly recommended when paired with a compatible AiMesh router.
I have coupled this with an existing ASUS WiFi Router I have at home (GT-AX11000) and it seamlessly connected using AiMesh.
The whole setup was straightforward and only took a few minutes with excellent coverage compared to previous mesh routers I tried (Google WiFi and many tp-link models).
I got fed up of my family blaming me for poor wifi, and fed up of me being on 24 hour call out to fix wifi issues that are impossible to fix anyway, and just a few mins later everything goes back to normal in any case, and then I get blamed for messing around with it! So to improve my wellbeing I thought I’d buy a mesh wifi system. We live in a converted barn, big but not huge at around 3,500 sq feet across two floors. It’s long, if you imagine a barn, and the broadband enters at one end of the barn, so wifi is variable at best at the other end. I’ve tried all manner of repeaters but they’re temperamental and patchy.
I installed this yesterday as so far it’s excellent. It has three units and is ever so slightly fiddly to set up I found. The app is amazing and my tip is to use that to optimise the location of the units in the first few hours and days. Wifi is now super fast everywhere and so far, zero dropouts, but I will keep you posted. I’ve connected to my broadband provider’s router and it’s fine. I’ve left the wifi on from the broadband provider’s router too so we have two networks until I’m brave enough to switch off the old one to save energy and minimise interference.
One tiny issue I have is on look/ feel/ quality: I expected the units to be weighty like a SONOS speaker or small bag of sugar but they’re a bit lightweight so they don’t look or feel that premium. And the plugs are bulky and ugly. To save a few pence the manufacturer has integrated the transformer into the plug, not the unit, and then on top of that you also have to select a UK plug fitting adapter which you slide on the the already-ugly plugs making them feel quite wobbly and fragile. A bit cheeky with a product costing over 300.
Update June 2021: I’m about three months in now, and it started being temperamental about six weeks ago to the point I almost returned it or smashed it up out of frustration. I did some reading and the advice was to switch on a setting which reboots it once a day. I’ve set this for 3am, and since then it’s been pretty infallible. The kids are amazed by the wifi they can get in the garden as well as in every nook and cranny of the house.
Nonetheless I’ve marked it down a point as it still drops out occasionally and the issues I had can’t be excused on a 300 piece of kit from a major manufacturer.
Easy to set up initially, however once i upgraded the firmware and restarted the router I had to unplug all the nodes and begin abd bring the nodes and router physically together again to resync them. The main problem I had was the older laptop couldn’t see the new network. After uch googling, I realised this product defaults to WIFI-6, and older devices cannot pick it up. Even though websites say that wifi-6 is backwardly compatable it didnt pick up my old devices.
Eventually I found in the app I could disable “ax” (WIFI-6) and it reverted to “ac” (WIFI-5). The app is very detailed in what you can do. Would highly recommend. At least it is future-proof, as my older devcices get upgraded in the next few years will switch it back to wifi-6 . No more deadspots. I have a large 5 bed L shaped house. router is at one end, one node I placed upstairs at the bend and final router at the far end of the L. So the app shows the far end connects to the middle node back to the router. I get full download/ipload speed at all points. Amazing especially after trying extenders, powerline adaptrrs, more powerful rotuters etc over the years.