Pretty good initial take on the XT9, but I was hoping that someone would expand on 1) how to connect various ethernet connected devices (printers and NAS drives as well as smart TVs), and 2) just how many devices this mesh system can handle (I have about 60-70 items on my AX-RT88U and RP-1900x system right now). Most of those devices are smart plugs, Simplisafe alarm devices, and Govee temperature modules. My security camera system also takes a bunch of bandwidth, but it is a wired system to a DVR. My internet currently is 500/500 FIOS (would also be nice to find something that could tally up exactly what speed the mesh system needs to be for a typical network). Also...I'm a bit sour on Asus right now for the horrible problems they have with overvoltage issues on the new gen motherboards, and their complete lack of caring for the users for their warranties, as well as some quality issues they've had the last couple of years. Can you speak to any of this as well?! Thanks!

you are best tech asus man thanks from harts

I actually just bought the XT8s I have a home with a person who works from home, 4 college students who do online work and gaming, and one high school student plus security cameras.

@behfor once again great review I purchased the ax86u because of you and now my situation has changed. I’m on the fence with the xt9 and the gt6 for my 1750 square foot new purchased home. Primary node in the basement and the ai node upstairs to cover my entire home (the ASUS ax86u will not cover my home for some reason) what mesh system would you go with please advise me :). Cheers.

thx so much for help to teach other people

Hey Behfor great review! Any plans to review the new ET9? Looks like it's the XT9 but a 6 Ghz band instead of one of the two 5 Ghz bands. I'd be really interested to see if the 6e makes any improvements in real world testing.

Awesome work👌👌

Thank you for sharing 👏 The animation is really adorable and clear. I wonder whether the RT-AX86U can be the node for ASUS mesh routers? btw, so excited to see the performance of XT9 in next video, I also own 2 XT8 and they perform steadily and well.

An other great video, could you please share if was there any obstacles between mesh units during the iPerf test? Do they get hot during testing?

Re XT8 - I bought it two days ago and had to return them back to shop, as started facing with the one of the most common issues on XT8, which can be googled as: "asus xt8 fast blue led blink". Basically the issue is that mesh node loses connection and cannot reconnect to the main router, thus blinks fast with blue led. In my case it even could not connect at the distance of ~1m, only using wired backhaul I could make them work again. Thus just decided to return them and not to waste my time anymore (I already have Deco PX50 on the shelf which I didn't manage to return in time 😅). Surely it is really what I would not expect from asus. Anyway, I saw your another video re XT9 - so maybe I will try them instead of XT8.

Keep the good work! Greetings from Portugal.

XT8 here wired backhaul about 30 feet apart. Only one Windows laptop has trouble staying connected. I suspect it is connecting 2.5 with the longer range and might benefit from the lower power config, but I don’t want to loose range outside.

Would like to see a couple of Asus ac68u used has AP for custom built pfsense router

Hi. You mentioned at 5:11 possible interference between the two 5Ghz bands if there are overlapping channels. I’m getting my new XT9 tomorrow and will be trying to set up wireless backhaul for first time. How do I set it up to avoid the overlapping channels (UNII4?). Or does it already prevent it automatically?

Using 2 RT-AC66u B1 routers with Merlin Firmware in AiMesh with Wired backhaul only. They DO NOT work in AiMesh on wifi backhaul, but on wired backhaul they work extremely well with fibre 500mbps internet and about 25 client devices.

Great work as usual🎉

Just order this devices 10 minutes ago, replacing a NightHawk MK63 that I will use in the chalet.

I aslo use the XT8, one node upstairs one downstars with a wired backhaul. I'm using both 2.4 and 5 ghz for mobile phones.

Big fan of your channel, however not a fan of that background music , maybe turn it way down. I have 4 XT8 and had them all wired for backhaul. They are a buggy mess, constant drop outs and slow speeds. ASUS recommended I turn off QOS and helped a bit. Decided to disconnect the wires backhaul and now they work great ! Saw other reviewers says they also had lots of problems s with wired backhaul with these. Still had to leave QOS off but at least they are now working wirelessly . All that time and headaches trying to make them work with wired backhaul .

Good stuff. Thanks

Thank you for sharing - your videos are a good source of information. AX1100 and AX86u not so good for aimesh? Will you be able to do a comparison before ax1100 and ax86u with xt9? I had the xd6 with wired backhaul - and recently switched to 2 ax86u. Am still observing its performance. May switch back to xd6

Basically my comment is...what you see is what you get...if you have the budget to buy (not referring that Behfor bought it) a flagship product. Actually the $$$ goes into the software development + TrendMicro feature service, like the Parent Control - Web & App Filters + AiProtection. Asus router in general perform with flying colours against other competitors brands. I am just curious, if say I have a 2 storey concrete house, main router is placed at the ground floor, and the mesh node router is placed at the 2nd floor, distance in between them are within 3 metres. How well would the backhaul connection perform? Stable?

Question: the number of connected devices to the internet has exceeded the maximum capacity, it cause lag, freezing connection. is there a way to resolve this?

Thanks for the video can I use a wired back haul anyway.

I have been using the XT8 and my node won't connect to the other one anymore. I tried resetting it but it still won't connect. They are less than 2 years old. I got a pair of the ET8 but one of the XT8 seems to be covering my house

How about Asus Aimesh in your previous video? Mesh or Aimesh, which one better?

Hey Behfor Bhai. Can u make video which/what in-expensive router for Facebook WIFi or any DYI. Thanks

You seem to have a good communication with ASUS. Wouldn’t be great to be able to set up a different VPN for every single guess network? You could be connected in different countries depending on your needs. I asked them and I have no answer from them. If more people ask it, we could have it at some point

I have an Asus RT-AC3100 currently with some different brand range extenders. I was looking into Asus AiMesh units to get good overall coverage that are made to work together and communicate well with each other so i don't have to reboot things often, etc. Would the Asus ZenWiFi Hybrid Powerline Mesh WiFi 6 system (XP4) integrate well with what i have? Amazon has one for $119 currently (it has 2 units so that would give me 3 points total). Any suggestions? Thanks for the help.

And I want more control over rogers cable

I have an XT8 and am dissapointed so far. My incoming fiber internet is 950MB. If I hard wire a laptop to the router it runs at 500MB. Wifi is worse. Is this typical signal loss for these? Also it doesn't like Apple devices. I have to reconnect my macbook every morning. I called their tech support and they suggested turning off QOS and Aiprotection which helped a little.

I have a wire /wireless ASUS that dual band Blackhawk I want to set up a static wireless system with my ax9 zen ax6600 with two just like u unboxed I was wondering if you might be able to help with some direction? Thanks Terri

Nice, I was wondering, any one knows or have an idea on how to use asus mesh and add wireless speackers on several rooms to play same music? Thank you...

can i use the 1G port as WAN port for internet and 2.5G port for wired backhaul to other nodes? I saw Dual-WAN feature mentioned on their website but not sure this means auto-sensing WAN/LAN for at least two ports?

Where Can I find the PDF manual? See the smart connect PDF but I want to full manual before I purchase if I do.

Hi, Can I connect 3rd node to main router (AiMesh router) via ethernet cable to form 2nd wired back haul? I plan to connect 2nd node to main router via cable to form 1st wired back haul.

When can u do real time speed test video bro

Asus RT AX 92 U (2x, one of them is the router) plus Asus RT AC 68U, all in Ai-Mesh. RT AX 92 U wired backhaul, RT AC 68U wireless Backhaul. Curious about the results of the ZEN.! Question; are Asus Zen Ai-mesh devices compatible with other Ai-Mesh Asus devices? Thx for the video Behfor.

Would be great with insight into stabilty of the system itself, but also it's wifi stability. I have the XT8 system with 3 nodes and I have over the cause of a few years now struggled with this system. Sometimes it's stabile other times its just horrible and I'm wondering if asus have capable engineers and QA staff because it's just S**T.

XT9 or ax86u pro/ax88u pro?

I have the XT9 and it's been nothing but trouble with constant instability and random disconnections. I have to power cycle the router at least twice per day and reconnect most of my devices at least monthly. Worst networking purchase of my life so far. Avoid this product like the plague.

Is this one better than RT -AX86U

Rogers but I want more security under my power of control

Wait so do I need an Asus router to use this?

Is this version WiFi 6e... It doesn't say so on the box...

Do not buy this, fresh out of the box and nothing but issues. The backhaul for connected nodes falls back to 2.4gz even if they are 5cm apart.

My 2 xt8 started off great. Now, it's slow, disconnects frequently on wifi, and my ethernet just behaves as if it disconnects. I have 1 gig service from xfinity. Using wired backhaul

@behfor once again great review I purchased the ax86u because of you and now my situation has changed. I’m on the fence with the xt9 and the gt6 for my 1750 square foot new purchased home. Primary node in the basement and the ai node upstairs to cover my entire home (the ASUS ax86u will not cover my home for some reason) what mesh system would you go with please advise me :). Cheers.