Hey guys, how's it going? This is the

Endgame router from ASUS, and it's not

cheap. This is the ASUS Zen Wi-Fi BQ16

Pro, also known as the BE30,000. The two

pack I have here goes for over $1,000.

There's also a three-pack and there's a

one pack. Depending on the size of the

office or the house that you're in where

you may be using this, that might

determine which one you may need. Um, I

would say for a lot of people, only the

one pack might be good enough. And I'll

demonstrate that a little bit later on

when I do a speed test around different

rooms in my house. One reason is because

it's quadband, which is very important

if you're going to be doing wireless

back haul. Because the way these routers

work, and I should back up for a second,

if you want the full benefits of Wi-Fi

7, you need at least three bands. The

2.4 GHz band, the 5 GHz band, and also

the 6 GHz band. This has all three of

them. And it also has an additional 6

GHz band. And why that's important is if

you're using wireless back haul and

wireless back haul is essentially

meaning if you're going to use two or

more of these routers then whenever you

connect two nodes together it uses one

of the bands. So one of the bands gets

sacrificed but because this is a quad

band and two of those bands being 6 GHz

you're able to get the full tri band of

your entire home or office which is

really important and that's why you're

spending the extra. So, if you're

looking out for routers, even if you

don't go with ASUS and you're going to

be using these in mesh mode and you want

the full benefits of Wi-Fi 7, then you

need a quadband router, this does

support that. The way my house is set

up, it's two stories and I don't have

access to Ethernet, so I'm relying

completely on wireless back haul. If

you're able to connect to different

satellites using Ethernet, that's always

going to be the best approach. If not,

then this quadband system will be right

for you. All right. The main benefit of

Wi-Fi 7 is because of MLO. It allows

your device to receive all three bands

simultaneously. You get the longest

range, you get the lowest latency, and

you get the fastest speed. So, it's kind

of the best of both worlds. Not every

device supports it, but more and more

devices are starting to. So, that kind

of justifies the premium price you'll be

paying for this. In terms of setup,

super simple. ASUS makes this incredibly

easy. And each of the mesh networks are

preconfigured from the factory. So when

you first unbox it, there's a sticker on

one of the satellites and that one

indicates which one should be plugged

into your modem. And once you do that,

you plug in the rest of them. Just give

it power and ASUS's software

automatically configures and connects

all of them and automatically links them

together in your home. Super duper

simple. I've had a whole bunch of these

different systems and you've had to

manually configure all of them. If

you're attack adverse, it's super simple

to set this up. All you need is just

your phone and maybe about 10 15 minutes

of your time. And most of the time spent

is just a firmware updating. And if you

go into the app, there's a lot of

settings. There's a lot of things you

can configure, but you don't really have

to do any of that. I just like the way

it was set up out of the gate with the

factory. I do want to spend some time on

the build on the design. It is important

more than you may think because routers

do its best when it's in line of sight.

So, you want this out in public. And

thankfully, ASUS did a good job

designing it. It almost looks like a

piece of furniture. You can just pop

this anywhere in your house and it just

kind of fits in, which is nice. There's

some cool little design elements that

Asus always does with their products,

especially their high-end devices.

There's ventilation on the top, and

there's a power switch, which does make

it easier. So, if you ever do need to

reset it, you don't need to unplug the

cable and plug it back in. You can just

utilize this switch. And in terms of the

ports, you're getting two 10 GB ports

and the rest is 1 GB. And they're also

getting a USB 3.0 O port and obviously

the power adapter. And on the back

there's the QR code which you scan with

the ASUS app and there is a reset

button. Though everything can be done

from the app. Once I set this up and

plop it down, I'm just usually relying

on the app. And speaking of the app, it

is incredibly easy to use. Um, one of

the best ones out there. This is what

the app looks like right now. And you

can probably see that one of them, one

of the nodes is disconnected. That's

because I have it here because of this

video. But typically, you would see

this. And I do have this configured to

connect with MLO, which is that

multilink operation like I mentioned

before. And you can see all my different

devices that are in use right now. It's

the holidays, so I have family over. So

there's 39 devices being used right now.

And there is no hitch with this system.

Just always works. Doesn't it doesn't

matter how many people are over using

Wi-Fi. At a bare minimum, I have 30

devices always running. And one thing I

like about Asus specifically is I've

never have any issues when I've had

other brands. I've had devices that just

didn't work properly randomly just stop

working to where I'd have to go and

reset the router manually. I never had

to reset this router once since I got

it, which is pretty awesome. And you can

see how each device is connected. My

iPhone 17 Pro Max is connected with MLO.

So that gives you the best speeds. And

then there's bind to AP, which means

that it'll bind to a specific node since

I only have two. And you'll see when I

do the speed test a little bit later on,

it does a good job bouncing between the

different nodes depending on which one's

closer. You can limit the bandwidth for

each item. And with one click, you can

customize the type of device it is. So,

if you're working from home, it'll

optimize for that. If this is a gaming

device, like how I set up my gaming PC

behind me, it automatically optimizes

for lower ping times and lower latency

when you're streaming, optimizes for

that as well, too. So, really, really

handy stuff. And if you go to settings,

man, I could spend all day talking about

this. There's a lot of different

settings here. But anyway, there is a

one-click optimization. It will

disconnect my Wi-Fi, so I won't do that

now, but it's just something you can do.

And you can assign this to a family,

too, which I don't I didn't really set

set that up yet, but you can set Let me

just go to that really quickly. So, you

can set up different profiles for

different people based off of their age.

So, for preschoolers all the way up to

adults. And what that essentially does

is you can start to limit their devices

to where the internet will shut off

after a certain time. Really good if you

have kids and if you want to control or

monitor what they're doing. And and

there is AI protection that's built in,

which is nice. a lot of stuff that ASUS

offers for free. Actually, just about

everything they offer for free, while a

lot of other companies hide behind a

payw wall. So, that's really, really

nice. And you can even set up a VPN here

by setting up a VPN server. And what you

can do as well, too, is in the Wi-Fi

settings, you can add different access

points. So, you can have an access point

just for kids using only certain bands.

And you can also have the internet shut

off at a certain time. You could even

run a VPN through a certain access

point, too. So, when you connect

specifically to that Wi-Fi, it

automatically goes to the VPN. So,

there's so much stuff I I can spend

forever talking about this app. And I

really want to emphasize that nothing is

held back by a payw wall like just about

every other router that I've used, which

has always been frustrating. ASUS

provides free AI protection, which will

help which will help block malicious

websites and links. There's USB WAN

support which allows you to use your

phone as a backup for your ISP service.

This works on both iPhone and Android

just using the USB port. And also, you

don't need a computer to configure this

router. It can be done directly from the

app, which is the only way I've been

using this. You can also customize your

DNS to enable items like ad blocking as

well, too. And and like honestly much

more features. I don't want to bog this

video down with all the different stuff

you can do in the app, but I can do a

dedicated video if you leave me a

comment letting me know that you want me

to do that. All the next thing to do is

just a speed test. So, I did a local

test and these speeds should be a lot

higher. You should be able to get more

than 5 Gbits per second, but the

limitation of my hardware, I'm only able

to get like 3 GBs because I don't have

any devices that support 10 GBs. I had

to redo this part of the video because I

really wanted to show what it's like

going around my house and measuring the

different speeds. I'm going to kind of

take you around the house so you can see

the different speeds I've been getting

throughout the entire environment of

this home. This isn't a test

environment. This is where I live. So,

when I was in the same room as a router,

I got over 3,000 megabits per second.

That's download. On the upload, I got

2,770,

which is the fastest I've ever gotten

out of any other routers I've I've

tested. And so I came outside and sat in

my living room. So at this point,

there's a wall separating me and the

router and I got 1,966

megabits per second and 845 megabits per

second on the upload. Incredible speeds.

And I should mention that I do have

fiber internet, but it only goes up to 1

GB, which is essentially maxing out what

this router could do if I'm only relying

on the internet. So make sure you run a

speed test and see if this is even

applicable for you. because if you're

only getting like 300 megabits per

second, then maybe I would recommend

getting one of ASUS's smaller brothers.

And then just kind of continuing, I

wanted to take this into different rooms

of my house. So, at this point, I'm

probably like 700 square ft away. And I

just wanted to do this test again in my

living room. And this is a local speed

test, but I'm still more than maxing out

my gigabit internet connection at almost

1,900 megabits per second and almost 600

on the upload. And then I wanted to test

this outside and I'm still getting an

average of like 500 600 on the download

and on the upload I'm getting 331

megabits per second. And I just want to

point out that this is more than fast

enough to do anything. Streaming on

Netflix doesn't even use a quarter of

what the bandwidth of this is. So you're

more than covered for just about

anything you'll do in a regular like

2,000 square foot home. But I I wasn't

done yet. I wanted to take this upstairs

and then that's when it should

automatically connect to the second node

or the second satellite. And without

wasting any time, I ran the speed test

again and my speed started maxing out

again. So that was a good indicator that

it immediately picked up on the

secondary satellite and started using

that instead, which is awesome. Which is

awesome. I've had all their Wi-Fi

routers to where I would bounce around

from room to room and it would have a

hard time joining the closest satellite.

So, ASUS does a lot of work behind the

scenes to where everything is just super

seamless. And then the last thing I did

want to test out was the bathroom test

because I think that's what gets most

people to want to get a mesh network in

general because usually the bathroom is

where you'd get the lowest speeds. But I

am still pretty much maxed out here even

in my bathroom. And that's just using

two nodes in my 2400 ft² home. So that

has been the greatest thing. And one

thing that a lot of all the reviewers

don't mention, and that's because many

times they're just testing. They're not

living with it the way I am. I've had

many devices in the past that just never

worked properly with any of my mesh

systems. Something about the ASUS just

worked all the time. All my Sonos

devices just continuously work. I've had

issues with Sonos in the past with some

of my Eero routers and some of my

laptops and desktops that use MediaTek

chips don't work well on some of the

other routers that I've used. The

everything just seems to work properly

on the ASUS. I will say that MediaTek

just definitely does not work as well as

some of the other modems that you'll

find in different devices like the Razer

Blade 60 uses a MediaTek chip and it

just does not work as well. A lot of AMD

devices tend to use that too. And my

desktop behind me does use it.

Thankfully, with my desktop, I've just

been using one of these Ethernet ports,

and it's been fine. I don't think that's

a fault of ASUS. That just seems to be

an issue with every single mesh network

that I've tried. So, something to keep

in mind. So, man, I've been really,

really happy with this. It's expensive,

though. $1,100 is no joke. If you only

needed one, it's like $500. If you're

not going to make use of the speeds that

I am getting here, ASUS also did send me

the little brother to this, which is

called the BD5 or the BE5000. This is

only dual band, though. So, if you're

going to be using wireless back haul on

this, you'll only have access to one

band on your devices. So, I would

recommend this if you had access to

wired back haul. And this is you could

get a three-pack for like 500 bucks,

which is significantly better. But I've

been loving this so far, which is kind

of weird to say for a router. It's

supposed to be just something that sits

in the background and it does. And I

think I love it so much because I never

ever have to think about it. So, I don't

know where else to take this video. I

hope you guys liked it. If you want to

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Thank you guys. Hi.