ASUS ZenWiFi AX Whole-Home Tri-band Mesh WiFi 6 System (XT8-WHITE)-2 pack, Coverage up to 5,500 sq.ft/6+rooms, 6.6Gbps, 3 SSIDs, life-time free network security and parental controls, 2.5G port

I bought these to improve my AImesh network in a 3 story home that sends signal across the street to a guest house. My original setup was using two AC1300 routers that sent the signal across the street. I had a separate Samsung Connect Home mesh network to cover the rest of the house. Over the years I have been dealing with brief drops in connection and dropped calls (as we rely on wifi phone assist since we are in an area of very weak cellular signal). Finally decided to deal with it.. Immediately looked at signal interference as the two routers were close to each other. Removed the Samsung and replaced them with the zenwifi. Definite improvement. Now came to playing with placement and which to place as router leaving others as nodes. Since the ac1300 was already placed as router, I added the xt8s as nodes. BEAUTIFUL. Did speed tests around the house and across the street. I tested both 2.4 and 5ghz signals. Very pleased. Then, after reading (and using common sense) I placed the newer XT8 as router and made all other nodes. To my dismay, the signal strength dropped significantly and across the street, the guest house was almost unusable. I am assuming this is because external antennas are more powerful than internal antennas. Here is another shocker, with the XT8 as the router, my signal strength around the house was also weaker. That was even testing right beside the device. (I challenge Asus to give me a possible explanation for that one). So, after suffering through several hours of testing and crying at the thought of undoing all my hard work, I went back to my original setup with the ac1300 as primary. Signal strength is spectacular all around the house as well as across the street stronger than it has ever seen. (Obviously I never knew what a bad idea it was to have two routers competing for the same signals. Lesson learned. Love the XT8s as nodes!!!!

Out of the box worked great.The setup through the app worked flawlessy. Very easy to set up.