WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.240 Fast internet. It's the thing that everybody wants. But if you've watched 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:10.960 any of the short circuits here with me, your boy Jake, sometimes it's not the 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:14.400 easiest thing ever, getting fast Wi-Fi. And today, thanks to ASUS, who sponsored 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:20.080 this video for us to check out their ASUS Zen Wi-Fi BT10 mesh Wi-Fi system. 00:00:18.720 --> 00:00:27.039 We're going to see just how easy it can be to set up a super fast Wi-Fi 7 mesh 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:28.320 network in, well, not a house. It kind 00:00:27.039 --> 00:00:33.120 of looks like a house, but this is a warehouse, I promise you. And they also have a whole lineup of other products if 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:36.800 this particular one doesn't suit your fancy. But let's open the box and check 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:42.239 it out. So, looking at the front of this thing, I can definitely tell already that there's there's two in here. But 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:47.840 you can also buy these things in a pack of one, a pack of three. We've got our 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:49.320 two box doohickey things in there. Power 00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:54.000 brick. Cool. And one Ethernet cable. Nice. Now, 00:00:52.399 --> 00:01:00.160 for the uninitiated, if you're not familiar with Wi-Fi meshing, the idea is 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:04.400 well, a lot of houses don't have hardwired internet, and uh even if they 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:07.760 do, it's not always in the place that you need good Wi-Fi. So, the way that 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:13.680 this setup is supposed to work, you take your main box, you plug it in at your 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:15.760 ISP's fiber box or cable modem, or maybe 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:20.960 into your ISP's existing router if you want. And then the second unit or third 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:24.799 unit or maybe even more units go elsewhere in your house, your apartment, 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:28.400 your small business, whatever. And then these two connect to each other 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.159 wirelessly. And then this is rebroadcasted. So, they'll make a really 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:37.040 high-speed connection between each other as a fast kind of back haul highway 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:40.240 between each unit wirelessly. And then this is retransmitting to your other 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:45.280 devices in the other place where you might not have signal. And this allows you to set up your house or other in a 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:49.759 way where you have excellent coverage everywhere without having to run wires 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:55.119 or having to have wires. It's um it's not a new concept, but it is a very 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:59.920 powerful one uh if you don't have that existing infrastructure. Now, let's take 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:04.399 a look at the individual unit here. They look to be exactly the same. I've seen 00:02:02.479 --> 00:02:07.759 some of these mesh Wi-Fi setups before where they have different pieces. So, 00:02:06.399 --> 00:02:12.440 they'll have like a main unit that's like beefier and has all of the ports on 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:16.400 it and then they have the kind of substation mesh units that don't have 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:21.599 anything other than power. But, these ones are virtually identical. Let's just 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:25.840 take a look at one. We've got a USB 3.0 0 typeA port which you can use for say 00:02:24.160 --> 00:02:29.040 network storage if you want to connect to an external hard drive or for USB 00:02:27.760 --> 00:02:34.239 tethering if you have an internet outage. You can connect your phone and then rebroadcast your phone cellular 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:41.120 connection to all of your devices as like a backup link. We've got a 1 gig 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.640 RJ45 and then two 10 gig RJ45s which is 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:45.920 a nice touch. That means you could if you have like a 2.5 gig internet 00:02:44.239 --> 00:02:50.080 connection, a 5 gig internet connection, a 10 gig internet connection, you can 00:02:48.160 --> 00:02:54.160 hook it up here and then you still get a full speed output. And the other nice 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:58.640 thing is the other unit also has those same ports. So if you're bridging 00:02:56.480 --> 00:03:01.680 wirelessly and you've got, you know, a 2 gig wireless link or something between 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:06.560 these two connections, you can still take advantage of it on the other remote 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:09.920 meshed side. Then we've got a power input and then a little power 00:03:09.959 --> 00:03:16.959 switchy. We've got a reset button in case you screw up. And it's nice. Look 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:20.959 at that. It's not like one of those stupid recessed holes you have to like 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.480 hold a pin in and then if you don't have a pin, you're screwed. No, it's just a 00:03:22.720 --> 00:03:27.519 recessed button that you have to hold. So, you don't need any special tools to 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:30.879 screw around with that, which is very nice. And then there's a WPS Wi-Fi 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:36.000 protected setup button. I would not recommend using that for security reasons, but if you really want to, it's 00:03:34.239 --> 00:03:42.080 there. Speaking of power brick, what kind of power brick is this? It's a 12vt 00:03:38.480 --> 00:03:43.519 3 amp. So, max of 36 watts. Now, there's 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:48.000 a sticker on one of these. Does that mean I need to use that one? Hi, I'm the 00:03:45.440 --> 00:03:51.879 main unit. Start with me. Okay, cool. Hey, this little light is green. Let's 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:57.760 give it um 00:03:54.760 --> 00:03:59.680 internet. Now, it's strobing. Okay, I 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:03.920 guess I need the app. Got the ASUS router Wi-Fi app downloaded here. Let's 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:06.640 check it out. Asus Gen Wi-Fi series. Make sure you've connected the modem to 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:11.599 your router's WAN port, which I have done. Set up local password. admin. I 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:16.079 like that it makes you set up an admin account for your router locally because 00:04:13.920 --> 00:04:19.600 a lot of them just default to like whatever thing is printed on the bottom. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:24.560 Some of them I've even seen still to this day default to password as the 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:28.800 password, which is so bad. Oh, it even makes an IoT network. That's so smart. 00:04:27.280 --> 00:04:32.560 See, one of the things with new Wi-Fi technology is that it's not always 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:35.840 compatible with older stuff. And actually, what the router just did is 00:04:33.919 --> 00:04:39.199 made an IoT network at the same time, which is a completely separate thing. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:43.919 will show up in your list. Speedy Boy IoT that you can use for devices that 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:47.360 don't work on the main network because their Wi-Fi chipset or drivers or 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:50.720 whatever might be so old that they don't support it. Uh well, you shouldn't have 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:53.759 a problem with that. All right, we've got both of our things connected. Didn't 00:04:52.479 --> 00:04:59.440 even have to do anything to get this one connected. It just connected on its own. They're all firmware updated and now we 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:02.720 can try it. Wow, look at that. We can check our connection quality, what 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:08.080 interface we're on for a given device, which is cool. We can bind it to one of 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:11.280 the specific access points, which is a nice touch. If you have like some 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:15.600 security cameras that aren't very good about deciding what Wi-Fi thing they 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:19.600 connect to, you can force it to connect with that. There's family settings, so 00:05:17.440 --> 00:05:23.360 you can block specific content for specific people. I made a thing for 00:05:21.440 --> 00:05:26.960 Belle that says he's a preschooler to block all of these various things for 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:31.039 him. And you can even schedule the usage. And if you're outside of your 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:36.160 scheduled your allowed internet, you could even go and say reward with 60 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:38.960 minutes of additional internet access if you 00:05:36.919 --> 00:05:42.800 want. It's not something that I would use, but if if that's a use case for 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:46.479 you, that's it's there. You can you can do it. The quick internet setup is 00:05:44.479 --> 00:05:49.440 probably just a redo of what we did in the initial setup where you just type in 00:05:48.080 --> 00:05:52.840 the Wi-Fi network names. But if we go into network here, we can be a little 00:05:52.080 --> 00:05:58.080 bit more choosy about our options. Yeah. 00:05:55.840 --> 00:06:03.840 Okay. Wi-Fi 7 mode is on. That's right. This is a Wi-Fi 7 access point. It 00:06:00.240 --> 00:06:06.479 supports 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:10.319 Wi-Fi. And also has MLO, which in theory means you can have an individual device 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:14.160 connect to multiple bands at the same time. So, you can take advantage of 5 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:19.360 GHz and 6 GHz, assuming your device supports it to increase your speeds and 00:06:16.880 --> 00:06:22.960 in some cases just increase um the handling of clients, like the amount of 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:27.520 clients you can handle. We can hide our SSID. We can isolate it to a given AP 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:31.600 and we can even see the clients that are connected to that individual network. I 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:36.319 can add a guest network. Huh. VPN network. Let's add a multi-link 00:06:33.919 --> 00:06:41.039 operation network. Okay. I've enabled MLO, which uh has more than one benefit. 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:45.039 Actually, it allows not only our phone to connect over multiple bands. More 00:06:43.039 --> 00:06:50.160 importantly, for this specific use case, it allows both of these to talk to each 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:54.000 other over more than one or different bands at the same time. So, say if you 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:58.080 have a device that's like ripping on the 5 GHz because Wi-Fi, it's a bit of an 00:06:56.120 --> 00:07:01.680 oversimplification, but let's say you can only really have one device talking 00:06:59.840 --> 00:07:06.560 at a given time. Well, if you have one device using the 5 GHz band, then your 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:11.120 two devices instead can go, "Ah, that band is really busy. Let me talk over 6 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:15.919 GHz or 2.4 so that it doesn't interrupt the downstream devices as much, which is 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:20.520 cool. But it also means we can get faster Wi-Fi. Um, I'm not going to start 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:27.919 with that. Let's just start with normal nonMLO. Let's try speed test. Just 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:29.680 normal Wi-Fi. Nor me Wi-Fi. Yo, 1300s. 00:07:27.919 --> 00:07:37.000 That's fast Wi-Fi, brother. That's like 1.1 GB without MLO. 1.2 even almost. And 00:07:33.919 --> 00:07:40.880 the upload. Yo, 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:42.880 1,500. 6 GHz Wi-Fi kicks ass. It 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:46.400 definitely kicks ass. Let's try MLO. To be clear, some devices don't make very 00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:50.000 good use of MLO, and sometimes you can even get results that are worse. But 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:54.000 this OnePlus 13, from my understanding, does usually do MLO pretty good. So, 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:58.479 let's see if we can go a little faster making use of both. Look at that. 2.2. 00:07:56.960 --> 00:08:04.680 So, it's broadcasting and transmitting over both 5 GHz and 6 GHz at the same 00:08:01.440 --> 00:08:11.039 time. Holy balls. That's That's three 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:13.599 3.2 GB upload. Now, I say, why don't we 00:08:11.039 --> 00:08:18.319 walk away from our little access point here? Let's walk over to the other set 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:21.919 over there. We'll go pretty far away and see how it tests and then we'll take our 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:26.680 second access point, put it over there, and then try it with the mesh. So, this 00:08:24.479 --> 00:08:32.399 is probably about 30 or so feet away. Oh, yeah. 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:34.479 We're still on MLO. 2 GB that far away. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:40.599 Now, we're probably more like 60 70 ft away through a wall. Still using MLO. 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:46.560 Honestly, better than I was expecting. 1300 down, 860 up. Let's go 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:50.959 even further. It's bad over here. is bad. We're far away. Let's go grab the 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:54.399 other access point and see if it works more better. All right, we're back in 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:57.839 the build corner. I've taken our second BT10 and plugged it in here and got it 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:02.880 all meshed up. Now, let's go back over to where we were only getting like 90 90 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:09.279 down 90 up and see if our speed is any better. So, instead of over here getting 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:14.160 90 down and 90 up, now we're getting 800 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:15.440 down. Damn, boy. So, clearly the Wi-Fi, 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:20.560 but I want to see what else they got in here. I did notice they have a VPN feature so you can connect to your 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:24.080 different VPN providers if you want to route devices through a VPN like say if 00:09:22.880 --> 00:09:30.640 you have private internet access or something like that. But they also have something called VPN Fusion. So you can 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:32.240 add like up to 16 different VPN profiles 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:37.519 if you have different protocols or you use multiple providers. And then you can 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:39.360 like pick devices to use specific ones 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:43.360 or even use multiple at the same time which is kind of cool. They have their 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:46.720 AI protection powered by Trend Micro. Allows real-time network monitoring to 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:51.120 detect malware, which I guess is kind of like an IPS kind of thing. Oh, yeah. Two 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:54.800 AIPS. That's enabled by default, assuming you agree to the privacy 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:57.920 policy. They've got parental controls, security scans. They've got basically 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:03.920 everything. Like, the setup was pretty easy. All we had to do was type in our Wi-Fi name and password and an admin 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:08.160 name and password and and we were off to the races. You can make changes to all 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:11.600 the advanced settings if you're a bit of a nerd, but if you also just wanted to 00:10:09.839 --> 00:10:15.920 set it up and have good Wi-Fi out of the box, it seems to do that with the eight 00:10:13.760 --> 00:10:20.399 internal antennas and 10 high power frontend modules. You should be able to 00:10:17.760 --> 00:10:24.320 handle up to a 6,000 square ft space, but if you need more, you can add even 00:10:22.480 --> 00:10:28.480 more than they also sell a three-ack of these things if you need or just one if 00:10:26.800 --> 00:10:32.720 that's all you need as well. So, if you're interested in the ASUS Zen Wi-Fi 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:38.160 BT10, you can pick up a single unit for 360 bucks, a two pack for 690, although 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:45.279 I saw it on sale right there, or a three-pack for 1,000, and then you can 00:10:40.800 --> 00:10:47.519 have Ballin Wi-Fi 7 4K Quam MLO fast 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:49.480 speeds all over your house, and you don't even need wiring. But if you do 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:54.320 have wiring, you can use that, too. So, if 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:57.839 you're interested in the BT10 one pack, two pack, three-pack, or any of the 00:10:56.160 --> 00:11:00.880 other ASUS Zen Wi-Fi products, check out the link in the description. Uh, we'll 00:10:59.760 --> 00:11:06.000 have links to all of them down there. So, thanks for watching, guys. If you like this video, maybe hit the like 00:11:03.920 --> 00:11:10.399 button. And, um, thanks to ASUS for sponsoring and let me know, do you have 00:11:08.160 --> 00:11:14.399 mesh Wi-Fi? Do you wish you had mesh Wi-Fi? Do you want better