Best Mesh WiFi 6 Routers for Every Scenario 

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how is the device works so far

Still works great! My new galaxy s21 is wifi6 so I get full 500 mbs speed on it. Very happy with mesh wifi system.

@@danielfox9860 I'm thinking getting it for my new house at the end of February.

Hi! do the parental controls carry over all over the mesh network? need this feature for my kids. thanks.

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Thanks, I've been wanting to get that one but haven't found much info about it .

I got two of the Alien Amplify routers and used them in a mesh. They are soo much better than the Apple express mesh setup I had been using before. One unit almost covered the entire 2 story house. The meshed unit almost behaves like its the main unit in terms of the speed and quality of the internet. I'm very happy with them. I also like actually seeing the data on both the main and the mesh unit so I bought two of the Alien routers rather than the bundle with a second unit with no screen.

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You have a wifi connection or via Ethernet?

Is that a homemade setup?

@@magnus00125 Not fully, buy parts. You have to buy the APU board, buy a drive, buy the wifi, same for the KIWI ones, then arrange housing for the boards. Install OS (1 over serial). My ISP requires certain vlan settings, so input those by hand (automatic settings only supported with their own equipment).

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Thank you! Do you love it?

@@TheUnlockr So far yes, I came from the Netgear Nighthawk AX6000 which was a disaster

do it yourself then

Ha they just want that extra money lol

Good thing we can do most things on the internet now, no need to call a isp and wait just to feel unsatisfactory at the end of the call

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True but I usually don't recommend sending back the fiber one even if you can replace this as if something goes wrong with fiber a lot of times you'll need the original router to fix it unfortunately (least in my experience) but yeah bridge mode is always a good idea for the original router when using any third party router in conjunction with it agreed!

Or you can disable the WiFi setting on your old router.

Thanks bud and good call!

@@TheUnlockr Why is there no ASUS Ai-Mesh system in this lineup. It would have been a solid contender. Hope you include it in the next one.

I have the eero pro 6 and honestly, I’m a bit disappointed to the point I’m thinking of changing it out. Hence, why I’m here. There are two issues I have with Eero Pro 6. My hue bridge/sync disconnects constantly and it’s distracting when the sync lighting matches content and then stops working and then it goes back to bright white default light. Sometimes it fixes itself with 20 secs, sometimes minutes, sometimes never in that watch session. The bridge is hooked up by Ethernet directly to the Eero as well. The root cause is 2.4 vs 5ghz which you can’t fix as hue only officially supports 2.4. Second, my main satellite/router spent months not having a single device connect to it. So it was only working for backload. Recently, that started to fix itself, but I’m already disappointed with it.

@@AnotherOfficeDay I'll second that rating on the Eero Pro 6 - complete garbage! I'm looking for a better mouse trap regardless of price.

hey i do have the exactly floor plan as you, 3 floors with 2400sqft. I've actually tried 3 different mesh so far: google wifi (3 devices), nest wifi (3 devices), and currently asus AX1800 (3 devices). I have a gigabit internet and placed my main hub on the 3rd floor as I have my main desktop there. wired, I do get the full speed, and wireless right next to each other using my iPhone I do get about 300-400mbps. But using 2nd and 1st floor the highest I've ever got was 60-80mbps. is this normal? Also, trying to download some games, I should be getting 200mbps in my desktop on my 3rd floor, but in 2nd floor using wifi I'm only getting like 1mbps maximum and it's extremely frustrating. would you still recommend just using 2 XT8 and should still be fine?

@@leomode2 I think each use case is different with different obstacles and interference. I had to experiment with placement of my 2nd XT8 to get proper coverage and good speed to all rooms. Additionally my daughters computer has built in wifi, but the motherboards built in AX wifi module was garbage and never got a good signal. Hilariously, a old TP-Link USB AC wifi module I had laying around had much better signal and allowed for triple the speeds in her room.

What's hand-off like between the access points? so e.g. you're on a Facetime or WhatsApp voice/video call and walk upstairs. Does it disconnect momentarily and reconnect or switch seamlessly? Ditto e.g. MacBooks/laptops, if you take them upstairs/downstairs, do they stubbornly stay connected to the first access point with weak signal or switch seamlessly to the one with the strongest signal?

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Got the same. Absolutely great for me too.

@@dbpreacher69 Can't think of a single problem I've had since I set them up.

Have heard about firmware issues and devices getting disconnected

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uh? A NAS is just a stand alone pc, so to speak, that you attach to your network, just like a pc. I don't see why a mesh wifi system would interfer with this. Just connect it via a an ethernet cable to your network, preferably to a switch, which is connect tot the router. You should be fine

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how is it right now?

@@noahark4670 Right now I’m still using the Deco in AP mode instead of router and it’s been working fine. I also changed to fiber which seems to have helped a lot. My biggest complaint right now with the Deco is the smart DHCP; so you can access the devices when the router is down. Sometimes it is too trigger happy so I have to periodically check if it’s on and shut it off again. Otherwise some of my devices lose connection, but it’s not often.

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I’m looking into purchasing the ASUS XT8 system. Any experience with that? Our house is 2100 SqFt house with the internet coming in to the basement and a office for the computer on the 2nd floor, opposite side)

I found asus stability to be poor

There are more benefits to wifi 6 than the speed (see my video on it linked in the cards in the video for more info). As for speed it generally still means faster speeds in general because it has higher bandwidth with more devices using it at once but also if you're sending thing within your network then the max speed of the router is the only bottleneck

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@@TheUnlockr :)

You have them connected via wifi or Ethernet ?

@@just25fm they are connected to each other via wifi

@@callmemarc do you have speed losses?

@@gautham6190 not that I have noticed

Thanks so much! I'd recommend Synology usually as their software is just so versatile but maybe I'll do a best of NAS video soon (thanks for the suggestion!). As for 5G, I think it's still not quite there yet for it to replace your home wifi just yet. We're years from that right now (unless you're in a location that can't get landline internet which is where they're trying to deploy 5G at home as fast as possible--aka rural areas). As for tethering from your phone, you'd need some seriously reliable mmWave coverage to get fiber like speeds (I currently have 1gbps up and down from FiOS and won't get that any time soon from 5G--one day probably,but not yet). Thanks for watching!

@@TheUnlockr any recommendation for some good PoE (Power over Ethernet)? Really want to get rid of the cables (both home and office)..

No they are not extenders. Each unit works simultaneously with one another to maintain the same signal.

You can’t get more speed out of the ISP with a router. But the different router will get you closer to the speeds your ISP has at the modem over WiFi. I.e. I have 1000Mbps and depending on the router I’m using I can reliably get anywhere from 300-900Mbps. So it makes a difference for sure.

Second for ASUS

You can hardwire them using ethernet, yep!

It should switch automatically

Yes.

They never sent me one 🤷‍♂️

No they don't

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Just the router. But the speed itself that you have from your internet service provider (isp) matters and also your modem (not router) speed capabilities matters as well. Example: you buy service for 500mbps, you need to buy a modem rated at least 500mbps (better if you buy a faster one though), then a wifi 6 router will give you what you are supposed to get (these wifi 6 router capabilties seems to be minimum 1,000 mbps aka 1gbps) but that means your connection will still only be as fast as your isp (500mbps as mentioned on the example).

wow...so much thanks for this extra info!

Worst purchase of my life-bar none-was the Linksys Atlas Max8400AXE Wi-Fi 6E tri-band mesh 3-tower Velop…too many reasons to list them all, but among the worst is that 6E is an advertising ploy…and will likely never be more than that. 6 Ghz signals have real trouble connecting if you have anything obscuring a clear line of sight from router to client. That includes say a right turn in your hall. Walls? Doors? Floors? You’re pissing in the wind trying to get the “parent” node to connect with “child” nodes on the 6GHz band. They dont do much better with the 5 GHz either but thoughtfully Linksys did equip all nodes with 1 wlan port and 4 more lan ports..I use wired connections as often as possible with mine… one final word on 6E…it really doesn’t matter that connectivity sucks on that band. Because other than competing 6E mesh routers systems, there are exactly zero consumer level devices that are even able to DETECT a 6GHz signal…much less actually communicate on one. And since the range of a particular sound wave frequency is not adjustable, whatever claims being made about theoretical boosts in wifi speeds with 6E are seriously only relevant in a hermetic laboratory somewhere and border on false advertising in my opinion. I’ve got mine listed for sale on Craigslist, lightly used for $650 if anyone disagrees with me and just has to have one…..by all means let me know

What did you decide?