ASUSZenWiFi BD4 (2-Pack) Dual-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 3600 Mbps, 4900 sq.ft., Dual 2.5G Ports, Security and Parental Controls Included, Smart Home Master SSIDs

I had to return this router because my ISP doesn't allow other equipment, which I had not known.However, I did set it up before I found out.The process was extremely simple and fast- about 15 minutes. Plug them in, connect one to the cable, let them communicate. Then take two nodes and put them where needed. They reconnect and you're about done.Instructions are clearI had it working as a wifi system with perfect signals, with all my devices connected in 15 minutes.The router could not connect to internet, not its fault.I do recommend the product.

Setup was shockingly simple. I've worked with other mesh networks, professional grade in many cases, but so many of them have horrible UIs for modifying settings. These cubes are convenient to set up, can be tucked into discreet corners of rooms, and have surprisingly decent range. One of the cubes is actually in my neighbor's house across the street. My broadband connection at home is about 600 Mbps. I get about 550 Mbps in every corner of the house, and even my neighbor ACROSS THE STREET gets about 150 Mbps with one of the cubes positioned just inside the near side of their home.The best part? You're not limited to 3 cubes. Sure, that's the standard kit, but you can buy more and have a proper mesh network. It may not be business class, but the connection is solid, reliable, and the coverage is well above average. I have no latency issues compared to my previous standalone router (which I paid more for than these cubes).I can't recommend this product enough. If you can follow basic instructions, you can set up your own home mesh network within minutes. The Asus android app is well-designed, gives great levels of control, and has an intuitive interface. Anyone can use this without difficulty. If you can use a smart phone, you can set up this product.

I just got this tonight and tried setting it up. What a nightmare! It seemed to work great at first. I plugged it into my modem and a switch, and it went through the setup. It told me that everything was working perfectly, but for some reason it immediately gave me a red light, indicating that there was no connection to the internet. I tried restarting the modem. Still no connection. It turned out that it had decided to make the switch the WAN connection, so I disconnected the switch and plugged the modem into that port, restarted both devices, and I finally got a connection. That lasted all of 20 seconds.So I reset the thing to factory settings and tried to start the process again. This time, it connected to the internet right away and I got a notification that there was a firmware update. I let it download and install, and was them met with a red light and no internet again. I tried everything I could think of to fix this, but ultimately had to reset it to factory defaults again and set it up a third time.This time, everything went smoothly. I started getting my devices connected and even got the switch to work. All seemed fine until I did a speed test and got a mere 100 mbps. I was expecting more than ten times that. So I restarted the thing again, and was met with a red light when it booted up. No more internet. But this time, I couldn't even connect to it through the app, and it would start restarting itself every five or six minutes.I don't even know where to begin to troubleshoot this thing anymore. I'm going to contact support tomorrow and I'll update this review based on what happens next, but this thing has been such a huge pain that I thought I should mention it.---Edit---I got a new unit sent to me, and I successfully set it up, but that also wasn't without problems. The short version is, for whatever reason, I have to restart my modem every single time the router restarts, even during setup. If I don't do this, the router can't figure out that it has a WAN connection. This took entirely too long for me to figure out, and I don't like it one bit, but at least it works now.I have confirmed that the previous unit is definitely not working this way, and so I really think it's just a broken unit.Now that the new one is working, it is a fairly decent router. Speeds are high, latency is low, and I thoroughly enjoy having a 2.5G wired connection to my switch and NAS. It does take a very long time to reboot, however, and that's definitely not nice when you have to troubleshoot. I also just really can't shake the feeling that this thing could stop working like the first unit did. Fingers crossed, I guess.If you do buy this, just make sure you give it plenty of time to do it's thing during setup. If you get a red light or it seems like it's not doing what it's supposed to, give it an extra 2-3 minutes longer than you want to and try restarting your modem before you do anything with the router. Same with firmware updates. If you think it's broken, give it a lot of extra time and reset your modem before you try to mess with it.