ASUS AC3000 Tri-band Whole-Home Mesh WiFi System – Coverage up to 5,400 Sq. ft. / 4+ rooms, 3Gbps WiFi, life-time free network security & parental controls, 4X gigabit ports, 3 SSIDsTBD, White
Price: £295.42
(as of Dec 12,2024 00:38:02 UTC –
From the manufacturer
ASUS AiMesh is the ultimate Wi-Fi solution that lets you enjoy a stable, seamless and secure wireless connection anywhere in your home. With powerful features, exceptional ease of use and no trade-offs between Wi-Fi range and maximum speed. AiMesh is an innovative feature that connects multiple compatible ASUS routers to create a whole-home Wi-Fi network. It’s a flexible solution that enables you to mix ASUS router models, so when you upgrade your network, there’s no need to replace your router.
ZenWiFi AC (CT8)
AC3000 Tri-band Whole-Home Mesh WiFi System – Coverage up to 400 m² or 4320 ft² /4+ rooms, 3Gbps WiFi, life-time free network security & parental controls, 4X gigabit ports, 3 SSIDs
Banish WiFi Dead Zones —Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home, providing total wireless speed of 3000Mbps. Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router App Always Up-to-date Protection — The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected. Parental Controls — URL filter and scheduling allow you to protect your family from inappropriate content and unhealthy Internet usage behavior. AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system
Whole-home Coverage
The ZenWiFi AC system consists of a pair of ASUS AC3000 routers, featuring unique technologies that give you superfast, reliable and secure WiFi connections — inside or outside your home!
Flexible Network Naming
Uniquely, ZenWiFi AC lets you choose how you name your WiFi networks: a single name for everything, or separate names for each frequency band. The choice is yours!
Easier-than-ever Setup
3-step setup with the ASUS Router app:
Turn on ZenWiFi ACCreate a WiFi network name and an admin accountWait for 3 minutes, and you’re done!
Make the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone
AiProtection Pro with Advanced Parental Controls is free for life. It gives you total peace of mind, and you can keep an eye on everything that’s happening on your network via the mobile app.
Commercial Grade SecurityAdvanced Parental Controls
Commercial Grade Security
No Subscription FeeProtection Against AttackdsBlock Access to Malicious WebsitesInfection Detection and Blocking
Advanced Parental Controls
AiProtection has everything you need in one place: it’s super-easy to view or change security settings on each of your family member’s devices, so your kids can be safer when surfing!
Internet Activity DashboardKid-Safe PresetSchedule Block TimeContent Filter
Smart Looks for Smart Homes
ZenWiFi AC works perfectly with smart-home services — including Alexa skills and IFTTT — and is available in black or white to suit your décor.
AiMesh Technology
Even non-experts can quickly set up AiMesh technology, while more experienced users will appreciate the comprehensive advanced networking features.
Tri-band. Zero slowdowns.
Unlike traditional dual-band mesh WiFi systems that sacrifice half of the total wireless bandwidth to the backhaul connection, ZenWiFi AC features a tri-band design with a full WiFi band for the backhaul, maximising system performance and stability. With this upgraded design, you’ll experience fast and stable WiFi, even when data transfers through multiple hubs to reach your device.
Banish WiFi Dead Zone—Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home, providing total wireless speed of 3000 Mbps
Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router
App Always Up-to-date Protection— The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected
Parental Controls— URL filter and scheduling allow you to protect your family from inappropriate content and unhealthy Internet usage behavior
AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system
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Customers say
Customers like the ease of setup, functionality, and WiFi performance of the networking router. They mention it’s not mind-blowingly complicated, and the app is good for setup and managing the mesh network. Some are satisfied with coverage and value for money. However, some customers have mixed opinions on speed, stability, and connection reliability.
AI-generated from the text of customer reviews
Reviewer: Jon B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Complete life saver for our poor wifi (with 2 month follow up review)
Review: For the last 18 months or so our wifi has been terrible. Perhaps with more devices being added to the network over time, it was something that our provider (Virgin) just couldn’t help us with or diagnose.It became more apparent during the lockdown, with two people working from home and 2 kids on devices, MS teams wouldn’t connect, zoom meetings would constantly drop, Netflix always buffering, youtube getting watched at a potato inducing 240hp.Our apple phones could connect to the wifi, but not receive any data, hence 4g getting rinsed on a regular basis. Virgin claiming that there is nothing wrong with our router, which was manufactured in 12BC. They refused to send anything newer out.Ordered 2 or 3 different wifi boosters, none of them either worked or would even connect to the router.Was tearing my hair out with the situation, and then stumbled across the ASUS AC300. Was a bit pricey in my opinion, but I was at my wits end so took the plunge.Took 5 minutes to setup. I downloaded the ap which I must admit is brilliant and made the setup very easy.Reasons to buy:1) We get 200mbps direct from the router into a pc via ethernet. Previously download speeds at the furthest point of the house would be 1 or 2mbps via wifi, sometimes zero. I’m now getting over 100mbps in the same place.2) We have a medium sized house (2 floors, 4 bedrooms). There are zero dead spots now3) The ap is amazing, you can view all the devices connected to the network, and you can stop internet access at any time for individual devices or owners of the device. Great if the kids have been naughty or need to do their schoolwork4) The ap also allows you to restrict bandwidth on devices, or set up times of the day when devices can or can’t access the wifi.5) I no longer need a 30m ethernet cable dangling down the side of the house when I want to do some online pc gamingIt’s only been in place for less than a day, so I hope I don’t get issues and live to regret such a glowing review, phones connect to it and download data no problems, MS teams and zoom calls are working perfectly.I should point out, that the router I bought (AC3000 one pack) has to be connected to the router/modem that virgin provide. I thought I could relocate this downstairs to boost wifi but it isn’t that sort of device. I believe you can add more devices to create a mesh, if there are dead spots. So far we don’t have any.It’s basically a router on steroids.EDIT – I wrote this review after owning the router for a day or so, after 2 months I can say that it’s delivered everything above consistently.
Reviewer: D Tweedie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Superb mesh
Review: I had a different mesh system that was giving me a headache!!.. as in it didn’t work as expected (poor signal and connectivity)Purchased these as they were £100 on an offer..I cant fault them, unboxed them.. connected to my router.. and they just worked… updated to the latest firmware and have had no problems with them (well except DCHP settings (my router was handling this but these come with DCHP turned on..) easy fix… just told them my Router was issuing IP addresses.. and rebooted the Zen Wifi .. took a few mins to re-establish connection with the 2 nodes.. but all worked wellBest thing is each node has 2 1GBIT sockets in it.. so you can have 1 as the backhaul connection (hard wire to the Zen base Router, which suits me perfectly ) you can also connect another rj45 ethernet to the other socket so the Zen Node is a mini ethernet 2 port switch! really useful.. you can also disable the ethernet port and have it as a normal 2 port switch that uses the wifi as the backhaul.The Main Zen Wifi has 4 ethernet ports.. (one for the internet and 3 for anything else you want to hard wire connect)I have a 74mbit internet connection.. this mesh handles that with ease.. providing 74mbit on the wifiThe web interface for setup/configuration is excellent and very comprehensive..You can even connect to Alexa (so you can turn the internet off or disconnect individual devices !!! VERY USEFUL – so many voice commands .. I love this feature..Pros• Good Price Point• 1Gbit ports• Easy to set up• Comprehensive setup options• Alexa CompatibleCons• None so far..Review Update:Having used this mesh for several months now I can find no real fault with them. They have worked non stop since I purchased them, without any re-boots, just the occasional software update… (which was successful and the nodes all retained their settings.I have a strong signal all over my house now (45db is the lowest connection!)Speeds are well within the design specs.. and although this is not WiFi 6 it is sufficient for all my wifi devices (Amazon alexa devices, WiFi Smart home devices – I have over 30 different devices connected, several tablets, 4 laptops, and All work fine.Very pleased with the product and will be purchasing an additional node to cover my garden area.
Reviewer: Rob
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Ik heb de ASUS CT8 zenwifi in oktober 2020 gekocht en de routerfunctie is er spontaan mee gestopt. Er is nog tot juni 2023 fabrieksgarantie maar Amazon geeft maar 2 jaar garantie dus kunnen niets meer voor me doen. Ook ASUS geeft aan niets te kunnen doen aangezien ik het bij Amazon.nl heb gekocht en die wordt in hun ogen gezien als een buitenlandse firma dus Nederlands consumentenrecht is volgens hun niet van toepassing. Heb overal bewijsstukken van en ook van de contacten. Ik ben dus zeer ontevreden over het product aangezien ik verwacht dat een router langer dan 2 jaar en drie maanden mee moet gaan.
Reviewer: JeongJoo Lee
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The connection is not good considering price, and it is not cheap either.
Reviewer: Augst Merelle
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Pour 350€, je m’attendais à un minimum de professionnalisme et de sérieux. À l’usage, ce produit me semble en fait surtout destiné à une clientèle aisée de boomers newbies sous Android, Ios et Windows. Ce routeur est une vraie galère à configurer lorsque l’on utilise pas ces OS et que l’on souhaite configurer finement son réseau à travers l’interface d’admin complètement pétée que propose Asus.- Impossible d’installer le routeur sans avoir à disposition un GSM sous Android ou Ios. L’interface d’amin par http n’est accessible qu’une fois cette étape franchie. Et tant pis si vous n’avez pas de smartphone ou que votre smartphone est sous GNU-Linux.- Les boutons “Apply” sont inutilisables sous Firefox depuis ma Debian 9, ce qui rend l’interface d’administration inutilisable. J’ai du installer Chromium pour contourner ce problème- Autre défaut très terre à terre : les designers de génie de ce routeur n’ont pas pensé une seconde à mettre en place des encoches pour accrocher ce routeur à un mur. Tant pis pour vous si vous voulez le fixer en mural dans un local technique ou au plus près du faux plafond où vous faites courir vos cables ethernet.Assez décevant pour un produit dans cette gamme de prix
Reviewer: Thierry 75008
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: l’installation est très simple, via l’appli. le boitier maitre et ses noeuds se paramètrent tous seuls, pour les paramètres de base. Pour aller plus loin, il faut se connecter sur le site web, dont l’interface est très claire, mais avec des paramétrages plutôt sophistiqué qui s’adressent à des experts réseaux.Pour le néophyte que je suis, j’ai pu trouver quelques explications sur quelques uns des paramètres, mais l’essentiel reste du chinois. Ca serait bien d’avoir un guide qui indique, pour chaque paramètre, son objet et les choix possibles.Cela reste un super réseau qui m’a permis de m’affranchir d’obstacles en tous genres dans mon appartement en L, en longueur et avec des murs épais.
Reviewer: Yvonne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Mir gefällt der Router echt gut alles läuft ohne probleme
From the manufacturer
ASUS AiMesh is the ultimate Wi-Fi solution that lets you enjoy a stable, seamless and secure wireless connection anywhere in your home. With powerful features, exceptional ease of use and no trade-offs between Wi-Fi range and maximum speed. AiMesh is an innovative feature that connects multiple compatible ASUS routers to create a whole-home Wi-Fi network. It’s a flexible solution that enables you to mix ASUS router models, so when you upgrade your network, there’s no need to replace your router.
ZenWiFi AC (CT8)
AC3000 Tri-band Whole-Home Mesh WiFi System – Coverage up to 400 m² or 4320 ft² /4+ rooms, 3Gbps WiFi, life-time free network security & parental controls, 4X gigabit ports, 3 SSIDs
Banish WiFi Dead Zones —Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home, providing total wireless speed of 3000Mbps. Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router App Always Up-to-date Protection — The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected. Parental Controls — URL filter and scheduling allow you to protect your family from inappropriate content and unhealthy Internet usage behavior. AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system
Whole-home Coverage
The ZenWiFi AC system consists of a pair of ASUS AC3000 routers, featuring unique technologies that give you superfast, reliable and secure WiFi connections — inside or outside your home!
Flexible Network Naming
Uniquely, ZenWiFi AC lets you choose how you name your WiFi networks: a single name for everything, or separate names for each frequency band. The choice is yours!
Easier-than-ever Setup
3-step setup with the ASUS Router app:
Turn on ZenWiFi ACCreate a WiFi network name and an admin accountWait for 3 minutes, and you’re done!
Make the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone
AiProtection Pro with Advanced Parental Controls is free for life. It gives you total peace of mind, and you can keep an eye on everything that’s happening on your network via the mobile app.
Commercial Grade SecurityAdvanced Parental Controls
Commercial Grade Security
No Subscription FeeProtection Against AttackdsBlock Access to Malicious WebsitesInfection Detection and Blocking
Advanced Parental Controls
AiProtection has everything you need in one place: it’s super-easy to view or change security settings on each of your family member’s devices, so your kids can be safer when surfing!
Internet Activity DashboardKid-Safe PresetSchedule Block TimeContent Filter
Smart Looks for Smart Homes
ZenWiFi AC works perfectly with smart-home services — including Alexa skills and IFTTT — and is available in black or white to suit your décor.
AiMesh Technology
Even non-experts can quickly set up AiMesh technology, while more experienced users will appreciate the comprehensive advanced networking features.
Tri-band. Zero slowdowns.
Unlike traditional dual-band mesh WiFi systems that sacrifice half of the total wireless bandwidth to the backhaul connection, ZenWiFi AC features a tri-band design with a full WiFi band for the backhaul, maximising system performance and stability. With this upgraded design, you’ll experience fast and stable WiFi, even when data transfers through multiple hubs to reach your device.
Banish WiFi Dead Zone—Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home, providing total wireless speed of 3000 Mbps
Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router
App Always Up-to-date Protection— The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected
Parental Controls— URL filter and scheduling allow you to protect your family from inappropriate content and unhealthy Internet usage behavior
AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system
