1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,920 This is not what I expected. 2 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,680 Hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me get a little closer to you. 3 00:00:02,740 --> 00:00:04,340 Okay, when you talk, you gotta face me, Lance. 4 00:00:04,380 --> 00:00:05,620 Oh, sorry, Brandon. Sorry, Brandon. 5 00:00:05,780 --> 00:00:07,720 The upload's finally suffering a little bit. 6 00:00:07,780 --> 00:00:09,680 We've got three walls between us now. 7 00:00:10,120 --> 00:00:12,580 Like, what? Do you want to see my Wi-Fi? 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:14,040 Obsolete! 9 00:00:14,540 --> 00:00:17,040 At least, that's the goal. 10 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:20,360 ASUS sponsored this video, and we're gonna be taking our first look 11 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,880 at the Zen Wi-Fi Pro ET12. 12 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:26,620 The first empirical proof that I've seen 13 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:30,280 that Wi-Fi has completely jumped the shark. 14 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,520 That's right, my friends. 15 00:00:31,740 --> 00:00:38,300 This is a $900 US wireless router. 16 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:40,740 Well, actually, there's two units. 17 00:00:41,420 --> 00:00:48,020 Wireless solution for handling anything from a bungalow 18 00:00:48,020 --> 00:00:52,140 all the way to a 6,000-square-foot residence. 19 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,480 With just these two. 20 00:00:55,420 --> 00:00:56,340 Admittedly very attractive. 21 00:00:56,660 --> 00:00:58,380 Attractive base stations. 22 00:01:00,090 --> 00:01:00,610 $900. 23 00:01:01,710 --> 00:01:03,830 How could you justify that? 24 00:01:04,130 --> 00:01:05,010 It looks so cool. 25 00:01:05,070 --> 00:01:07,450 Oh, my God. Are those the antennas? 26 00:01:07,630 --> 00:01:07,870 Yep. 27 00:01:08,590 --> 00:01:11,270 Wow. Okay, that's kind of cool. 28 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:14,110 Also, there's a lot of tech inside them. 29 00:01:14,370 --> 00:01:15,770 This is insane. 30 00:01:16,730 --> 00:01:20,670 I mean, part of the reason that it costs so much 31 00:01:20,670 --> 00:01:23,570 has got to be that they effectively just ship you two of them. 32 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:26,760 Here, do you see these antennas, Andy? 33 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:27,920 Antennae? 34 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:30,820 I can tell you part of the reason for the high price 35 00:01:30,820 --> 00:01:33,680 is that they literally ship you two of them. 36 00:01:34,570 --> 00:01:35,730 Can you buy it at one? 37 00:01:36,150 --> 00:01:37,030 Oh, it's a two-pack. 38 00:01:37,150 --> 00:01:39,470 That's the ET-12 is the two-pack. 39 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:41,130 Two-pack is alive. 40 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:42,810 You saw it here first. 41 00:01:43,150 --> 00:01:44,410 Oh, my God. 42 00:01:44,990 --> 00:01:46,010 It's an older meme. 43 00:01:46,150 --> 00:01:46,710 It's an older meme. 44 00:01:47,010 --> 00:01:48,410 Taken from us too young. 45 00:01:48,550 --> 00:01:50,270 I think we can all agree on that. 46 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:53,980 All right, before we explain why you might need two of these, 47 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:56,220 let's talk about why one of these base units 48 00:01:56,220 --> 00:01:58,180 might be worth about $450. 49 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,260 Starting at the back. 50 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,860 For wired technology, right out of the gate, 51 00:02:02,980 --> 00:02:04,740 it's better than your average wireless router 52 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:07,040 having two 2.5-gig Ethernet ports. 53 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:08,300 This is going to be great 54 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:10,680 if you've got a greater-than-gigabit Internet connection, 55 00:02:10,780 --> 00:02:12,720 which I just got installed at my house, 56 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:14,460 2.5-gig Internet inbound, 57 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:17,640 or if you have a couple of key clients 58 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:20,240 that might need to run at greater-than-gigabit speeds. 59 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,340 Say, for example, if you had your main computer 60 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:26,360 that you use as an editing station in your home office 61 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,280 and a high-speed NAS 62 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:28,620 that you use as an editing station in your home office, 63 00:02:28,620 --> 00:02:30,700 that you use to store high-resolution pictures 64 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:32,560 or high-bitrate video. 65 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:34,320 It's got a couple more gigabit ports, 66 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:39,140 all the usual power-in, WPS, on and off. 67 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,820 Does that just enable and disable, like, the whole unit? 68 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,220 Other than that, it's got a nice aesthetic, 69 00:02:45,380 --> 00:02:46,180 which I guess is cool, 70 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,680 and of course, it is jam-packed full 71 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,860 of the latest wireless technologies. 72 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:52,820 So this isn't just Wi-Fi 6. 73 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:56,220 This is Wi-Fi 6E, and that's a really big deal 74 00:02:56,220 --> 00:02:58,260 because while it's more of an evolutionary system, 75 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:02,360 it's built on the same fundamentals as Wi-Fi 6. 76 00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:03,900 For you, the end user, 77 00:03:04,060 --> 00:03:06,400 it could actually be a bigger upgrade 78 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,460 compared to going from Wi-Fi 5 to Wi-Fi 6. 79 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:11,300 When we went from 5 to 6, 80 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:13,400 the biggest benefits were in households 81 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:15,440 with many connected devices, 82 00:03:15,580 --> 00:03:17,500 whether that's a lot of users 83 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,820 or whether that's a lot of IoT devices, 84 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:24,340 smart locks, smart blinds, all of that kind of stuff, 85 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,600 because it allowed much more efficient use 86 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:27,900 of the available spectrum. 87 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:28,240 All right. 88 00:03:28,260 --> 00:03:29,760 It also adds new security features 89 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:31,180 and all that kind of good stuff. 90 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:34,000 But where Wi-Fi 6E changes the game 91 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,360 is it's actually adding more spectrum. 92 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:36,940 That's right. 93 00:03:37,340 --> 00:03:40,320 6 gigahertz is finally here. 94 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,200 So we've had tri-band routers before, 95 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:48,020 2.4, and then in most cases, dual 5 gigahertz bands. 96 00:03:48,260 --> 00:03:53,700 But this tri-band router is 2.4, 5, and 6 gigahertz. 97 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:55,700 And what's cool about 6 gigahertz 98 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:58,240 is not only will it never be cluttered, 99 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:01,260 but it's also going to get cluttered up by legacy devices. 100 00:04:01,260 --> 00:04:04,500 So this is entirely fresh spectrum 101 00:04:04,500 --> 00:04:06,760 for those new devices to communicate on, 102 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:11,260 but it's also way wider than what we had before 103 00:04:11,260 --> 00:04:12,500 in the first place, 104 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:14,880 which isn't to say that it doesn't come 105 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,580 with some disadvantages. 106 00:04:16,580 --> 00:04:19,020 Because the frequency is even higher 107 00:04:19,020 --> 00:04:20,380 than what we had before, 108 00:04:20,380 --> 00:04:22,880 yes, you might see a really nice speed benefit. 109 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:23,880 On a supported client, 110 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:25,880 though admittedly there aren't many yet, 111 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,140 you could easily see throughput in excess of 1 gigabit per second, 112 00:04:28,140 --> 00:04:30,520 and even to multiple clients. 113 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,320 This features a 4x4 design 114 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,260 on both the 5 gigahertz and 6 gigahertz bands, 115 00:04:35,260 --> 00:04:37,540 but it does come with a drawback. 116 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:39,240 So remember how 5 gigahertz 117 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:41,340 didn't have the same kind of range 118 00:04:41,340 --> 00:04:43,860 and penetration power of 2.4 gigahertz 119 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:45,300 because the frequency is higher? 120 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:47,580 Well, 6 gigahertz is higher again. 121 00:04:47,580 --> 00:04:49,540 So you're gonna get that lightning fast speed 122 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:50,740 and lower latency, 123 00:04:50,740 --> 00:04:53,780 but it will come at some cost in terms of range. 124 00:04:53,780 --> 00:04:56,080 And I think really that 125 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,620 is where a lot of the value add 126 00:04:57,620 --> 00:04:59,820 of a package like this comes in. 127 00:04:59,820 --> 00:05:02,220 ASUS is acknowledging that the kind of person 128 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:05,660 buying a premium wireless access point like this one 129 00:05:05,660 --> 00:05:08,980 may want that kind of speed across their entire domicile, 130 00:05:08,980 --> 00:05:10,180 or I mean, realistically, 131 00:05:10,180 --> 00:05:12,500 you could use a product like this in a small business 132 00:05:12,500 --> 00:05:13,640 if you really wanted to. 133 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:15,800 And that's what makes this product really cool. 134 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,500 So because both of them have dual 2.5 gigabit ports, 135 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:22,900 what you can do is you can actually configure it 136 00:05:22,900 --> 00:05:24,240 a number of ways. 137 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:25,820 You could say, okay, hey, 138 00:05:25,820 --> 00:05:27,120 I want my modem 139 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,740 to plug into this one, 140 00:05:28,740 --> 00:05:30,960 and I'm gonna put this over at the other side of my house, 141 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,400 and I'm going to have a bunch of devices 142 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:34,480 connected to this one, 143 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:35,840 a bunch connected to this one, 144 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:38,240 and I'm gonna use a dedicated wireless backhaul 145 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:39,080 between them. 146 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:40,320 That's cool, that's great, 147 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:41,840 but it means more hops, 148 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:44,000 which means more latency for any devices 149 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,920 that are connected through the second access point. 150 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:48,860 What you can also do 151 00:05:48,860 --> 00:05:52,120 is create a dedicated wired backhaul between them, 152 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:54,220 which is a lot closer to what you would do 153 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:55,800 in a commercial environment. 154 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:56,400 So you can actually, 155 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,520 you can actually get full speed 156 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,570 on every wireless device 157 00:06:02,570 --> 00:06:06,120 that is connected to either of them. 158 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:07,040 Pretty sick. 159 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaking of hardware, 160 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:09,640 each of these units has a two gigahertz 161 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,790 quad core ARM V8 processor inside. 162 00:06:12,790 --> 00:06:13,630 Like that's the thing, 163 00:06:13,630 --> 00:06:16,650 it's really the main benefit of a product like this 164 00:06:16,650 --> 00:06:20,850 is gonna be connecting many devices. 165 00:06:20,850 --> 00:06:25,030 ASUS sent over internal shots of it. 166 00:06:25,030 --> 00:06:27,530 That is so cool. 167 00:06:27,530 --> 00:06:28,370 There's some other software, 168 00:06:28,370 --> 00:06:29,250 features to talk about. 169 00:06:29,250 --> 00:06:32,830 Obviously it uses ASUS's extremely robust web UI, 170 00:06:32,830 --> 00:06:34,430 and they've got a cool VPN feature 171 00:06:34,430 --> 00:06:36,410 that allows you to VPN through 172 00:06:36,410 --> 00:06:38,390 your own home internet connection, 173 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:39,670 no matter where you are, 174 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:43,070 which means you don't have to even trust a VPN company 175 00:06:43,070 --> 00:06:43,910 with your data, 176 00:06:43,910 --> 00:06:45,410 and ASUS would have no access to it, 177 00:06:45,410 --> 00:06:46,550 which is pretty cool. 178 00:06:46,550 --> 00:06:47,930 And my laptop just booted up. 179 00:06:47,930 --> 00:06:51,250 Let's see, do I have a Wi-Fi 6E chipset in here? 180 00:06:51,250 --> 00:06:52,750 All right, all right, hello. 181 00:06:52,750 --> 00:06:55,050 Yeah, I'm just Wi-Fi 6, not Wi-Fi 6E. 182 00:06:55,050 --> 00:06:56,690 And that's something to note. 183 00:06:56,690 --> 00:06:57,370 If you wanna take advantage of Wi-Fi 6E, 184 00:06:57,370 --> 00:06:58,370 and you wanna take advantage of Wi-Fi 6E, 185 00:06:58,370 --> 00:06:59,210 and you wanna take advantage of Wi-Fi 6E, 186 00:06:59,210 --> 00:07:01,670 so the actual six gigahertz band, 187 00:07:01,670 --> 00:07:02,590 you're gonna need a device 188 00:07:02,590 --> 00:07:04,410 that was built from the ground up for it. 189 00:07:04,410 --> 00:07:05,990 It's not just a firmware 190 00:07:05,990 --> 00:07:08,910 that you can flash onto your old Wi-Fi 6 devices. 191 00:07:08,910 --> 00:07:10,690 But that's a feature, not a bug. 192 00:07:10,690 --> 00:07:11,710 Cause like I said before, 193 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:13,650 it means that your Wi-Fi 6E devices 194 00:07:13,650 --> 00:07:17,290 will not be sharing any of that airtime 195 00:07:17,290 --> 00:07:19,370 with older legacy devices. 196 00:07:19,370 --> 00:07:22,250 Man, 6E is gonna be just such a godsend 197 00:07:22,250 --> 00:07:25,010 for people living that apartment life. 198 00:07:25,010 --> 00:07:27,490 Like you don't probably realize 199 00:07:27,490 --> 00:07:28,570 how much your neighbors, 200 00:07:28,570 --> 00:07:32,610 just having a bunch of wireless gear kicking around 201 00:07:32,610 --> 00:07:34,650 is affecting not just the throughput, 202 00:07:34,650 --> 00:07:37,770 but most importantly, the latency of your wireless gear 203 00:07:37,770 --> 00:07:40,190 and the consistency of your connection. 204 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:43,300 So if you're trying to do something like stream video, 205 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:45,200 I would expect to be able to do it 206 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,100 at least until 6E gets super crowded. 207 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,640 Though that should take a really long time. 208 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:53,040 I mean, we get seven more 160 megahertz channels. 209 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,980 Like that's fricking insane. 210 00:07:55,980 --> 00:07:57,100 Well, hey, in the meantime, 211 00:07:57,100 --> 00:07:57,940 why don't we, 212 00:07:57,940 --> 00:07:59,360 why don't we get this powered up? 213 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:00,900 What's their setup process like? 214 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:01,740 Oh, cute. 215 00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:03,560 It's got like RGB lights in the top. 216 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,480 Check that out. 217 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:05,320 Oh wow. 218 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:06,140 It's it. 219 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:06,980 Okay. 220 00:08:06,980 --> 00:08:08,900 It does not look like it's flickering like that in person. 221 00:08:08,900 --> 00:08:10,100 Okay. 222 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:12,720 When it goes here. 223 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:13,560 Uh, I don't know. 224 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:14,600 Andy, you want to come with me? 225 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,400 Our internet box is over here. 226 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,300 Hey boys. 227 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:20,140 Hello. 228 00:08:20,140 --> 00:08:21,980 Is this the longest cable we got? 229 00:08:21,980 --> 00:08:22,820 Yeah. 230 00:08:22,820 --> 00:08:24,880 I just have to hit that TELUS box. 231 00:08:25,780 --> 00:08:26,700 Yeah, right there. 232 00:08:26,700 --> 00:08:27,540 Oh. 233 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:29,740 Gosh, darn it. 234 00:08:29,740 --> 00:08:30,560 Okay. 235 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,360 Where's our longest cable then? 236 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:33,640 Oh, that? 237 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:34,760 Yeah, that's what we got. 238 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:36,760 That does not look longer than what I have. 239 00:08:36,760 --> 00:08:40,260 All the other ones are at your house. 240 00:08:40,260 --> 00:08:41,100 Yes. 241 00:08:42,980 --> 00:08:44,020 Okay. 242 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:45,880 Well, let's make the trek again. 243 00:08:47,940 --> 00:08:49,140 And I ran out. 244 00:08:49,140 --> 00:08:51,060 This one is even shorter. 245 00:08:51,060 --> 00:08:52,240 Okay. 246 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,620 It's coupler time. 247 00:08:56,620 --> 00:08:57,460 Oh good. 248 00:08:57,460 --> 00:08:58,640 Yes. 249 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,940 I need a coupler for Ethernet. 250 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:01,780 Oh boy. 251 00:09:01,780 --> 00:09:02,720 Yes, I know that's not best practice. 252 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:03,660 Oh good. 253 00:09:03,820 --> 00:09:04,660 But damn. 254 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:05,480 I don't know. 255 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,120 I would never. 256 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:09,760 I've always got to keep some goodies for myself. 257 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,520 I haven't hounded him about his shelf in a while. 258 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,600 Back, back. 259 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,660 Clearly in some hounding. 260 00:09:13,660 --> 00:09:14,500 Back I say. 261 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,060 Do you want your data back or what? 262 00:09:17,060 --> 00:09:19,320 Jake's working on the vault recovery still. 263 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,180 Actually, it's going really well. 264 00:09:21,180 --> 00:09:23,680 Massive shout out Wendell, by the way. 265 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:28,380 From Level One Techs. 266 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:31,360 What are the odds this is going to work? 267 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:32,200 Hundred percent. 268 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:33,220 Hundred percent. 269 00:09:33,220 --> 00:09:37,380 Yeah, I don't think so, Andy. 270 00:09:37,380 --> 00:09:38,610 Come on. 271 00:09:38,610 --> 00:09:39,890 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 272 00:09:39,890 --> 00:09:40,730 Oh, perfect. 273 00:09:40,770 --> 00:09:41,950 It works. 274 00:09:41,950 --> 00:09:44,810 Never use admin and password, please guys. 275 00:09:44,810 --> 00:09:46,290 Do as I say, not as I do. 276 00:09:46,290 --> 00:09:48,250 Login password is too weak. 277 00:09:48,250 --> 00:09:50,260 Oh wait, it still let me do it. 278 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:51,100 That'd be great. 279 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:54,740 If a guy just like popped out of the box was like weak. 280 00:09:54,740 --> 00:09:55,700 Apparently out of the box, 281 00:09:55,700 --> 00:09:57,840 it's configured for six gigahertz backhaul, 282 00:09:57,840 --> 00:09:59,340 which makes a ton of sense. 283 00:09:59,340 --> 00:10:01,180 Most people go wireless 284 00:10:01,180 --> 00:10:03,860 because they don't want to run wires through their home. 285 00:10:03,860 --> 00:10:06,120 But if it was me, man, 286 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:07,800 I would find a way to run that wire 287 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,500 because your Wi-Fi experience 288 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:12,500 is going to be fricking amazing. 289 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,480 Although you wouldn't have to do it immediately, right? 290 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,700 Like you could run six gigahertz backhaul for now 291 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,160 while you don't have any devices 292 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:19,180 that can connect to it anyway. 293 00:10:19,180 --> 00:10:20,460 And then you can run your wire later 294 00:10:20,460 --> 00:10:23,220 once you actually feel like you need the extra speed. 295 00:10:23,220 --> 00:10:24,060 Oh, there it is. 296 00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:25,320 Extra slow showed up first. 297 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,460 How ironic. 298 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:29,070 Well, why don't we start with 2.4? 299 00:10:29,070 --> 00:10:30,890 This is a gigabit internet connection. 300 00:10:30,890 --> 00:10:34,660 So make of that what you will. 301 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,520 Obviously this is not the most scientific way 302 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,720 to do a wireless speed test, but. 303 00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:42,800 In fact, I'm probably even too close to it. 304 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,160 Hi, YouTube. 305 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:45,000 It should be noted. 306 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:50,000 We have a ton of RF junk in here. 307 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:52,740 So if there's anywhere that I would expect 308 00:10:52,740 --> 00:10:55,320 this new six gigahertz band to make a difference, 309 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,540 it would be in this office. 310 00:10:57,540 --> 00:11:02,540 Yeah, Linus fast is not showing up here. 311 00:11:02,980 --> 00:11:05,040 Linus slow is pretty fast. 312 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,100 So that's cool. 313 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:08,320 Dang. 314 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,580 All right then. 315 00:11:09,580 --> 00:11:10,580 Just shy of eight. 316 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:13,480 A hundred megabit down. 317 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,300 Looking at around, wow. 318 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:16,780 Just wow. 319 00:11:16,780 --> 00:11:17,620 Okay. 320 00:11:17,620 --> 00:11:20,000 So Linus slow, pretty fast. 321 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,180 I'm confused though. 322 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:24,940 I don't know why I can't see Linus fast here. 323 00:11:24,940 --> 00:11:27,320 I'm gonna see if there's any firmware updates or anything. 324 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:28,420 Oh, this is as good a time as any 325 00:11:28,420 --> 00:11:30,980 to poke around ASUS's dashboard here. 326 00:11:30,980 --> 00:11:32,580 So they've got their AI mesh, 327 00:11:32,580 --> 00:11:35,760 which allows you to use multiple ASUS routers 328 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,080 as a mesh Wi-Fi system. 329 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:38,920 It's really cool. 330 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,620 It's a really neat way to bring forward. 331 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:43,220 Your older devices and still get use out of them. 332 00:11:43,220 --> 00:11:45,200 Especially if you have a larger home. 333 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,360 Their AI protection, blocking malicious sites 334 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:50,660 and cool stuff like that. 335 00:11:50,660 --> 00:11:52,680 Their parental controls were not amazing 336 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,780 last time we tried them. 337 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:56,700 Really good analysis tools though. 338 00:11:56,700 --> 00:11:58,960 You can see traffic and clients 339 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,680 and what apps are being used 340 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:02,240 and stuff like that on your home network. 341 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:03,660 Especially if you have a family 342 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:05,080 that can be very useful. 343 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:05,920 Firmware update. 344 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:06,820 Here we go. 345 00:12:06,820 --> 00:12:08,460 Okay. Let's check. 346 00:12:08,460 --> 00:12:10,340 It's the latest version. 347 00:12:10,340 --> 00:12:11,180 Hold on a second. 348 00:12:11,180 --> 00:12:12,000 I'm gonna double check 349 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,700 and make sure this is actually a 6E client then. 350 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:17,860 Wi-Fi 6E, AX211. 351 00:12:17,860 --> 00:12:18,700 Line is fast. 352 00:12:18,700 --> 00:12:20,220 Not here. 353 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:22,260 Well, I'm not gonna lie. 354 00:12:22,260 --> 00:12:24,500 I am at a total loss here guys. 355 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:25,340 Okay. 356 00:12:25,340 --> 00:12:26,760 Yeah. I can't. 357 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,560 I can't connect. 358 00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:30,800 It's been a month during which time we figured out 359 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:33,920 there are some issues around Wi-Fi 6E, 360 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,540 six gigahertz and Canada. 361 00:12:36,540 --> 00:12:39,500 So magic. 362 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:40,880 We are now connected at six gigahertz. 363 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,160 And I am ready to do my speed test. 364 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:44,420 By the way, while this is running, 365 00:12:44,420 --> 00:12:45,840 shout out Rothstein. 366 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,440 It's a bit of a belated happy birthday, 367 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:48,340 but in my defense, 368 00:12:48,340 --> 00:12:50,440 this video was delayed by factors 369 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,800 that were outside of my control. 370 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,420 Fortunately, nothing about this internet is delayed. 371 00:12:54,420 --> 00:12:57,440 That is gigabit freaking speeds over wireless, 372 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:58,460 ladies and gentlemen. 373 00:12:58,460 --> 00:12:59,300 Look, I'll prove it. 374 00:12:59,300 --> 00:13:00,620 I'm gonna unplug this wire. 375 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:01,720 Oh my God. It's dead. 376 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:02,560 Oh my God. 377 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:03,560 This page has so many ads on it. 378 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:07,220 The point is look ma, no wires. 379 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:09,300 I want Wi-Fi 6E all to myself. 380 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:10,660 I mean, I guess that's the point isn't it? 381 00:13:10,660 --> 00:13:12,260 You don't have to share. 382 00:13:12,260 --> 00:13:14,840 This is crazy. 383 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:19,200 Full line gigabit speeds just about wirelessly. 384 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,500 Man, I want to change the server. 385 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,180 There's a, man, what's that really good one locally? 386 00:13:23,180 --> 00:13:25,020 Yeah, no, urban fiber is not better today. 387 00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:26,320 I mean, I can go a little farther away 388 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:31,240 cause I'm imagining six gigahertz is not gonna do that great. 389 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,800 Oh crap. 390 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:35,300 I mean, it's not super scientific. 391 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:36,800 We're gonna have a lab for that soon. 392 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,280 Here, do you want to show how far away we are? 393 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:39,840 How many bananas is it? 394 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:40,680 Boy. 395 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:43,540 They're not a measure of distance. 396 00:13:43,540 --> 00:13:45,400 They're a measure of size, Jono. 397 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,980 And you can check them out on lttstore.com. 398 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:50,460 Anyway, the point is we're gonna kinda, I don't know. 399 00:13:50,460 --> 00:13:51,940 Let's go on the other side of a wall. 400 00:13:51,940 --> 00:13:53,340 You know, let's see. 401 00:13:53,340 --> 00:13:56,680 Is it gonna just completely get annihilated by one wall? 402 00:13:58,110 --> 00:13:58,950 Nope. 403 00:13:58,950 --> 00:13:59,790 Okay. 404 00:13:59,790 --> 00:14:01,530 Well, let's go find another wall then. 405 00:14:01,530 --> 00:14:02,430 Oh, okay. 406 00:14:02,430 --> 00:14:04,990 This is not what I expected. 407 00:14:04,990 --> 00:14:08,130 We are now have a good solid couple of walls between us 408 00:14:08,130 --> 00:14:11,250 and we are still doing nearly 900 megabit per second. 409 00:14:11,250 --> 00:14:12,210 Brandon, can you navigate? 410 00:14:12,230 --> 00:14:13,070 Can you navigate this? 411 00:14:13,070 --> 00:14:15,730 Going on a little voyage of discovery here. 412 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:16,570 Okay. 413 00:14:16,570 --> 00:14:17,410 When you talk, you gotta face me, Linus. 414 00:14:17,410 --> 00:14:18,250 Oh, sorry, Brandon. 415 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:19,090 Sorry, Brandon. 416 00:14:19,090 --> 00:14:20,190 I'm going behind the sets. 417 00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:21,010 Okay. 418 00:14:21,010 --> 00:14:21,850 All right. 419 00:14:21,850 --> 00:14:23,450 We got three walls and we finally dropped. 420 00:14:23,450 --> 00:14:24,290 Oh, okay. 421 00:14:24,290 --> 00:14:25,130 It's still. 422 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:25,970 Linus, face me. 423 00:14:25,970 --> 00:14:26,810 Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. 424 00:14:26,810 --> 00:14:27,650 Okay. 425 00:14:27,650 --> 00:14:28,950 This is also better than I was. 426 00:14:28,950 --> 00:14:32,410 I was hoping to show that it would like suck after a bit. 427 00:14:32,410 --> 00:14:34,530 Cause like six gigahertz or whatever. 428 00:14:34,530 --> 00:14:35,370 Yeah. 429 00:14:35,370 --> 00:14:37,330 That's the uploads finally suffering a little bit. 430 00:14:37,330 --> 00:14:40,110 We've got three walls between us now. 431 00:14:40,110 --> 00:14:41,470 But that download though. 432 00:14:43,570 --> 00:14:45,850 Brandon, do you need help? 433 00:14:45,850 --> 00:14:46,690 Do you need help, Brandon? 434 00:14:46,690 --> 00:14:47,530 I'm good. 435 00:14:47,530 --> 00:14:49,200 I'm good. 436 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Do you want to see my Wi-Fi? 437 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,600 Your Wi-Fi? 438 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,260 It's Wi-Fi 6E and it's really fast. 439 00:14:54,260 --> 00:14:56,340 It's like way over on the ShortCircuit set. 440 00:14:56,340 --> 00:14:57,840 Who needs cable? 441 00:14:57,840 --> 00:14:59,500 Well, okay. 442 00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:02,400 No, there's still a value to wire. 443 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:03,580 Stop. 444 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:05,020 He knows better. 445 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,260 Face me, Linus. 446 00:15:06,260 --> 00:15:07,260 Sorry, sorry, sorry. 447 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:09,060 I'm going all the way to the thing. 448 00:15:09,060 --> 00:15:10,340 Oh, hey, sup, Dan. 449 00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:11,180 Look at this guy. 450 00:15:11,180 --> 00:15:12,760 He's like, oh, I'm working. 451 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Did we finally lose it? 452 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:14,440 We finally lost it. 453 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,430 That's pretty darn good. 454 00:15:17,430 --> 00:15:20,390 Just like we lost this sponsorship with ASUS. 455 00:15:20,390 --> 00:15:22,810 Now that we're showing it failing at the end of the video. 456 00:15:22,810 --> 00:15:23,730 Ha ha, just kidding. 457 00:15:23,730 --> 00:15:25,090 Thanks ASUS for sponsoring this video. 458 00:15:25,090 --> 00:15:27,450 You can check out the ET12 at the link down below 459 00:15:27,450 --> 00:15:29,330 and subscribe to ShortCircuit.