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My smart 1400sqft multi-story Townhome suffered for a very long time with Wi-Fi issues and couldn't reach the rooftop! Winner is ((( Linksys AX4000 Smart Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router Whole Home WiFi Mesh System, Tri-Band AX Wireless Mesh Router MX8000 ))) I have 43 connected devices including products from Apple, HP, August, Hue, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Samsung, LG, Google Home, and Lutron. They all work great together! Covers my entire house. Zero network issues. Guest network is flawless. Amazing Mobile app, easy to use and very fast. My HomePods by Apple, which I use daily no longer suffer from latency and connection issues streaming music I get all my internet speed at 5Ghz close by and about 300Mbps on 5Ghz within 35 feet, rooftop gets 2Ghz at 60Mbps which isn't as fast as the Asus where I was getting 300Mbps on 5Ghz but I like that it's a lot more stable. Door lock is snappy fast just the way I like it! Believe me this is the best Wifi 6 mesh you will get at this point in time if you have this many devices like myself. I tried: # ASUS ZenWiFi AX6600 Tri-Band Mesh WiFi 6 System (XT8 2PK) Pros: Lightning fast (Fastest I have tried so far) Reasonable price. Cons: Guest Wifi DOESN'T work. Worst Mobile App I have tried. Disconnects with my devices A LOT. Very bad with Apple Homepods, music stops out of a sudden. Old look. Wifi name adds an extra character automatically and can't change that except on web. # Amazon eero Pro 6 tri-band mesh Wi-Fi 6 router with built-in Zigbee smart home hub Pros: iPhone app looks great and very fast setup Cons: The slowest Mesh system I have tried to date Only ONE ethernet port Just don't get it. # NETGEAR Orbi WiFi 6 Router with DOCSIS 3.1 Built-in Cable Modem (CBR750) Pros: Speed is consistent but doesn't go over 550Mbps on 5Ghz for Wifi Two in one Modem and Router Nice Mobile app Cons: Setup is pain and using the App is very annoying Devices disconnect all the time Issues with August Issues with Apple Products and Homepods Device is too big - TP-Link AX6000 WiFi 6 Router(Archer AX6000) - NETGEAR Nighthawk 8-Stream Tri-band AX8 WiFi 6 Router (RAX70) - ASUS AX6100 WiFi 6 Gaming Router (RT-AX92U) Pros: TP-Link is the best here and consistent with speed, others are fine too but noticed some issues Cons: They never reach far distances with single point and issues with over 20+ devices I hope this review helps out. I only wrote it because I spent 5 months trying to find the best network for my house! :)

I was pretty surprised by a few things. if there had been any instructions beyond the quick start guide, this would've been an awesome swap. I moved from an older Linksys router to this one and I chose this one specifically because I have a child node from LInksys that would work with this new unit. anyhow, the swap from the old router to the new one could've been a lot smoother (no instructions on swapping). the app that goes with the Linksys hardware has a spot that makes adding or replacing hardware seriously easy. didn't know that till I was over halfway through the process. I've also got one PC that is hardwired to my router and that one PC wouldn't access the internet through the hardline and any browser would immediately redirect back to the "get the app for your phone here" page. pretty annoying. with all of that said, once the app decided, "oh hey, are you swapping the router?" and then it was a seriously quick process. the child node that came with it also set up pretty quick. the firmware update took about 15 minutes but the unit stayed active and usable nearly the whole time. speed to my phone definitely feels faster but, I've not run any speed tests to prove it. I haven't use the parental controls (I just don't need them) but, I can say they are there in the menus along with a guest network if you so need it. the range is at last as good as what i had so I can't really swear to the overall range limits.

The secondary unit can backhaul via ethernet at 1024 Mbps, which can be confirmed in a web browser with http://192.168.1.1/sysinfo.cgi All of our WiFi-AC devices achieve ~280 Mbps with 490 Mbps internet service. With an ethernet connection the speed is the full 490 Mbps. I assume future WiFi-AX devices will achieve better. But, I FIRST needed to connect these to each other via WiFi. The phone app did not work for me for set-up, but tech support with the Linksys web browser was more than competent, albeit with a foreign accent. Hint - The devices should be next to each other when you set them up and remain there until you complete the firmware update. Then they can be unplugged, moved to their new locations and preferably linked by network cable for the best speed. For $300 for two, they are tremendously better than two of the $140 each Linksys Tri-Band Max-Stream AC2200 MU-MIMO https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X9CPC45/ which were overwhelmed by the WiFi demands in our home. Media Prioritization for up to 3 devices (for us a laptop and two phones) eliminates response delay in a household filled AC devices including a lot of Alexa and "smart-home devices". Moving a prioritized device from the parent AX-4000 to the child device or reverse, does not always guaranteed an immediate connection with 5Ghz rather than 2.4Ghz, but it does switch over. I tried naming the5Ghz band differently, but you cannot rename only one of the two 5Ghz antennas, as you can with the Linksys AC2200. So it works better over all with a single SSID for both bands. I look forward to using AX devices in our home.

I bought it about six months ago. I have a NAS and needed to move it far from the Ethernet connection, so I decided to get a mesh system. A friend recommended Linksys as a brand, although he used a different model. At first, everything was fine — good internet speed and solid local network performance for the NAS. But then I started noticing internet lag. I thought it was my provider’s fault, so I switched to a different one. Again, it worked well at first, but then I began experiencing issues where certain websites or apps (like Instagram or Google Maps) wouldn't load. After some time, I realized the problem occurred during the initial load — sometimes it would take 30 seconds to a full minute to load a page or app content. It’s incredibly frustrating. I even found a subreddit discussing this exact issue with this model. The common suggestion was to disable IPv6, but that didn’t fix the problem for me. Another issue is that after the router runs for a couple of days, Wi-Fi speeds can drop significantly — from around 800 Mbps down to 100 Mbps. This is clearly a router issue. Restarting it helps, but there’s no option in the software to schedule automatic reboots, so I have to manually unplug and plug it back in. I do not recommend this product. Consider looking for a newer or more reliable model instead.

Picked up the two pack thinking I could easily find another child node easily. I have had trouble even figuring out what the right matching model number would be. I am surviving with two but a third would be nice. This purchase was to replace a Linksys AC router that was aging and to cover a few dead spots in the house. It was easy to setup. I did have an issue getting it setup because I had initially connected both Ethernet cables from my NAS. After realizing I needed to do this afterwards, setup was a breeze. It takes a little time getting used to a mesh when you are used to a single router. It just acts different. But it works just fine. I have a 3200 sq ft L shaped two story house and coverage is good. Back haul is still wi-fi. The app has always needed work and has always needed more features with regards to granular router settings. I've used Linksys for a couple decades and haven't seen a real improvement in all that time. Uploading large files to my NAS is very fast. I am a heavy streamer and have had no buffering that I could blame the mesh for. I have seen random disconnects from some Motorola mobile devices but that could be the phones themselves. I would recommend to a friend and already have.