Great review and very detailed. I am deciding to get the Asus ET12 single unit. I have $500 to spend and went back and forth between a ROG GT-AXE 11000 an ET 8 mesh and of course tge ET 12 single unit.
Your review was just enough of a push to decide. I am thinking in a few years I will add a Wifi-7 router from Asus to be my main and the ET12 will be a node in AiMesh.
Thank you for the kind message of appreciation. Also, happy to have helped in your decision-making.
Ciprian
RogerX
1 year ago
“Extra features
The firmware on the ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 has a lot of advanced features that many will appreciate. First of all, security is a big deal on this mesh Wi-Fi system, and it provides the following tools:
VPN Fusion – allows you to connect to multiple VPN servers simultaneously and assign your client devices to connect to different VPN tunnels.”
I read your review and purchased the ET12, in part because I wanted VPN Fusion. The ET12 does NOT provide this functionality, though the October firmware for the -XT12- added this feature.
I received news from someone working at ASUS that the next firmware release for ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 will bring VPN Fusion. It will be released in a couple of weeks.
Ciprian Adrian Rusen
Author
1 year ago
Hi Roger. My sources at ASUS tell me that the new firmware is available for ET12, which includes VPN Fusion. Try it out!
David
1 month ago
This router is the one provided by my new ISP on a 2gb line. I currently have an Asus AC86U mesh at home, which was installed for gaming and the gaming features on the router. The new router doesn’t have those features, but I think it can take a faster line so I’m torn between the newer and faster router with less gaming features, or a slower router with all the features.
Great review and very detailed. I am deciding to get the Asus ET12 single unit. I have $500 to spend and went back and forth between a ROG GT-AXE 11000 an ET 8 mesh and of course tge ET 12 single unit.
Your review was just enough of a push to decide. I am thinking in a few years I will add a Wifi-7 router from Asus to be my main and the ET12 will be a node in AiMesh.
Mahalo. Taz
Thank you for the kind message of appreciation. Also, happy to have helped in your decision-making.
Ciprian
“Extra features
The firmware on the ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 has a lot of advanced features that many will appreciate. First of all, security is a big deal on this mesh Wi-Fi system, and it provides the following tools:
VPN Fusion – allows you to connect to multiple VPN servers simultaneously and assign your client devices to connect to different VPN tunnels.”
I read your review and purchased the ET12, in part because I wanted VPN Fusion. The ET12 does NOT provide this functionality, though the October firmware for the -XT12- added this feature.
Did you update the firmware to the latest version? I wouldn’t have mentioned this feature if it wasn’t there when I tested the Pro ET12.
I received news from someone working at ASUS that the next firmware release for ASUS ZenWiFi Pro ET12 will bring VPN Fusion. It will be released in a couple of weeks.
Hi Roger. My sources at ASUS tell me that the new firmware is available for ET12, which includes VPN Fusion. Try it out!
This router is the one provided by my new ISP on a 2gb line. I currently have an Asus AC86U mesh at home, which was installed for gaming and the gaming features on the router. The new router doesn’t have those features, but I think it can take a faster line so I’m torn between the newer and faster router with less gaming features, or a slower router with all the features.
You will be better served by the ZenWiFi. Go for it.