ASUS ZenWiFi BT10 Tri-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 18 Gbps, 6000 sq.ft (2pk), Dual 10G Ports, Security and Parental Controls Included, Smart Home Master SSIDs, 4G & 5G Mobile Tethering

Very easy initial setup. Most of the WiFi clients on previous system connected automatically. However, the node connection would constantly disconnect. Tried restarting, resetting, reconnecting and upgrading firmware. No fix. Node had a strong connection when it connects. Returning it and going to back to my old Orbi stable router. So disappointed for a system that costs close to 1k.

My family frequently complains of getting disconnected. Nest cameras work about half the time. Frequent issues (blinking blue light) on the satellite. I bought this system to replace a 5 year old Orbi system that was no longer giving me the coverage it used to. Now I'm thinking about giving up on this brand new (expensive!) Asus Wifi7 system to go back to my old system which at least didn't drop connections multiple times a day.

The BT10 mesh router worked well initially. Started to experience random connectivity dropouts. After several resets and trouble shooting steps router would come back up for a day or two. Finally the router stopped working and started boot looping. Device is bricked just outside of the return/replacement window. 30 days is too short a return / replacement window for a $900 router. Advice If you have one issue with any item device no matter how small return or replace the item before the 30 days are up. Also DO NOT BUY the Asus BT10 Zenwifi system.

BLOT: I sent the BT10 back after a couple of days of painful struggle. At this price, I expected to get improved performance and ease-of-use... I got no major performance improvements over Wifi 6 and many new bugs and compatibility issues. I was excited to get the ZT10 2-pack: it checks all the big features you could want from Wifi7 like MLO, 2.5Gb ports and design and price seemed much improved over earlier options. This is replacing a ~4 yr old Asus Mesh 6 setup for me which was good, but suffered from ping spikes, required 3 units to cover the house and could never handle 160GHz channels or DFS properly. What Worked: The design is good and blends in nicely. The Wi-Fi signal was strong enough where 2 units cover a 3-level home that previously required 3-nodes. The extra 2.5G port on the back was very handy for attaching a NAS or other high-speed devices. The units feel well-built. What Failed: The setup/app/firmware is extremely buggy with one of the worst config layouts. I setup my mesh as access points with ethernet backend which should be trivial to switch to (even automatic on other brands) but with this unit I had to fight it every step of the way. Changes would often take many minutes to take into effect or cascade to other mesh unit which made things extra confusing -- ex. Changing an SSID or disabling a Guest Wifi -- the old SSID is still visible or broadcasting from the other unit many minutes later. The Asus config interface is very poorly laid out -- with many settings like band steerage, MLO and Roaming Assist that often interact or conflict with each other scattered across different screens. The settings in the Phone App vs Web Interface also did not match up well either. The Mesh units would refuse to go ethernet backhaul using the 2.5G port, but insisted on the 1G port for backhaul. What a mess -- this feels like it was rushed to market with buggy firmware. I am sure the major issues will be ironed out over time, but the overall mess of a UI will likely take a major overhaul and my prior ZenWifi system quickly stopped getting updates after initial bugs settled. Beyond the bugs, what made me put this back in the box: 1) A number of 5GHz IoT devices refused to connect after many different attempts and setting up a dedicated SSID for them. 2) The 6GHz performed worse than 5GHz 160Ghz channel for me under nearly all conditions. As soon as you put a wall between you and the unit, 5GHz trumped the 6Ghz band performance by a big margin. Ping and jitter were both slightly worse on 6GHz, speed was similar under ideal conditions -- overall not worth the huge premium and compatibility issues by adding a third band.

I am a fan of Asus routers but this time they failed. The main unit and the node kept disconnecting (even on Ethernet backhaul). When turning off MLO, they both lock up and reset Setup failed over and over. Too much to list. Just a mess…..