ZyXEL Multy X Tri-Band AC3000 Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh System. Router or Satellite Extension - Pack of 3 [WSQ50]

Okay - I hardly write any product reviews as like all of us I'm busy. Yet I buy alot off Amazon. Why am I writing this? I was fed up with the family moaning about unreliable wifi in the house. I'd spent endless hours with wifi powerline adapters which frankly have been great and definitely have their place. However I personally found I ended up with my router and 3 adapters, one wired to the kids PS4. Coverage was ok but seemed unreliable with multiple devices wanting more data. The ones I had were also not dual band. So time to upgrade. I'm a fanatical researcher and will look at multiple website reviews from pros and amateurs alike. After hours of endless research I plumped for these units. One of the most expensive I know.Delivered on time today and great quality feel but that didn't fool me, the proof is in the pudding so to speak.I was worried about the other reviews of poor and slow App and resetting and difficult to set up - don't we all look at the negative reviews?No worries - the App is fine and the set up easy, just be patient (as some of the other reviews say!) tech needs time to configure and connect. I was patient, it only takes a couple of minutes, a few more to update firmware.Within an hour all 3 units are unpacked, plugged in and working. I live in a 5 bed 3 level house with double plasterboard ceilings, thick floors and solid doors, but still went for the 3 pack units as I wanted to be sure of coverage.I'm running 2 PC's Ps4, laptop, 4 phones, 3 HD Tv's and recently upgraded to a claimed 400 MBps service. The attached photo speaks for itself. The best I could get before was 200MBps on the main PC. I can now get 368!I've also walked outside and on 2.4GHz I get to the end of my Culdesac before I drop one bar of signal (about 40m).This is only afternoon one but I am so impressed I've written this review. I probably think going for all 3 units was overkill as 2 units were about £120 cheaper but I appear to have superb wifi all over my road!Hopefully this will be as reliable as it has performed this afternoon.You get what you pay for. Hope this helps others.

The package arrived exactly when forecast and the contents were well packed. It took approximately three hours to have the three boxes speaking to each other and connected not only to the usual suspects, computers, iPads etc , but also to Hue, Naim MusoQ and, rather to my surprise, by ethernet cable to an Airport express (wireless off) which then plays through my hifi via optical cable. I also confirm that Apple's `Time Machine" is connected via the ethernet port and is recognised.I was tempted to knock a star off for a number of false starts (find paperclip, reset, start again, repeat) due to the glacial speed of the App. and some problems with getting the ethernet to speak to my Virgin Modem. However, it works, very well now, so in the end I stick to five. It is certainly a big advance on the CPL/Netgear kit I had before.BTW I chose it over the Ubiquiti because the ethernet ports are available where I wanted them (not just by the modem entry point).Edit on 20 June: Following a succession of warnings received by email and by post from Virgin Media about my internet connection in the following form:"Your home devices could be at riskWe're writing to let you know that a device connected to your home network has been identified as having a potential Multicast DNS vulnerability.Multicast DNS is commonly used to share music and video streaming services between devices on your home network. When exposed to the wider Internet, it can be misused by 3rd parties in order to commit abuse.It is therefore important that you follow the advice in this letter.What has happened?We suspect the device may have been misconfigured by you, someone in your household or without your knowledge. If the settings are left unchanged they can be exploited to unwittingly participate in malicious activities, for example a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack.Details:IP: ww.ww.ww.wwDate: 09 June 2018How can this issue be resolved?To fix this problem please visit virginmedia.com/mdns for guidance on how to secure your network.More help & supportProtect yourself in the future; Web Safe is available to Virgin Fibre customers at no extra cost to help protect you against malware and viruses. Full details can be found by registering or signing in to your account at virginmedia.com/myvirginmedia and going to My Apps.For extra advice, or to double-check that this is a genuine Virgin Media communication, head to our community at virginmedia.com/community, click 'Help forum' and join the conversation on the Security Matters board.Kind regards,The Virgin Media team" I decided to contact Zytel and they confirmed that Multy does not have a Firewall, it is a (very efficient) wireless access point.This morning I went back into the Virgin Superhub in modem mode (you will need 192.168.100.1 to do that) and put it back into Router mode, with the Firewall on. Multy was then switched to Bridge Mode.I hope that is the end of the messages from Virgin.

Improved our WiFi but occasionally does drop out but just reconnect in seconds

Progressively poorer software and WiFi performance with each firmware update. It’s become almost impossible to use.Possibly doing something for Chinese authorities?

I bought this as the reviews looked really good. But soon found it was useless for me as you cant select a different wifi channel and it wanted to sit on Ch 44 @ 5ghz the same as both my neighbors meaning I was lucky to get 80 - 100mb. The wireless back hall speeds look really good @ around 600 mb/s but again the actual connection to the devises was vastly impaired due to sitting on a the same Chanel as other WiFi. They look nice and are well made, I think if you lived in a detached house in the country and didn't want to run cables then they are probably a very good option.Disappointing that they dont support wires backhall as an option.I returned these and bought Lynksys Vellop AC6600 which both allows you to change the channel and use wired back-hall and my speeds to the devises jumped to my max internet connection speeds of 380mb/s pritty much every where in my house and the garden.

Only had a few hours but already noticed speed has improved and also WiFi coverage around the house. App is good which you use to set up. Set up very easy. Only improvement is that zyxel could improve the information on how many nodes are needed. I am in a 3 floor detached 5 bed house. I went for 3 pack. Actually 2 would be enough. On box (not web) it says 2 pack for up to 5000sqft which would be sufficient for me. I considered Linksys, Orbi also. Orbit market leader. Reviews put Orbi above zyxel in performance but read more negatives from consumers on orbi hence I went with the next best

Muy buen producto. Por fin he podido solucionar mis problemas de conectividad en mi casa de 3 alturas.

Leichte Installation, funktioniert einwandfrei

Ich wollte mit den Multy (3er Set) mein WLAN aufbohren, ich habe (wie viele vermutlich) bisher AVM 1750 im Einsatz, die sind im Mesh aber nicht wirklich gut. Nach einer erfolglosen Netgear Mesh installation habe ich dieses Set entdeckt und ausprobiert.Die Router (es sind alles drei Router) sind recht groß, aber das machte bei uns nichts. Angschlossen waren sie schnell, die Einrichtung lief unkompliziert über eine Handyapp.Das fand ich anfangs auch gut und es ging recht schnell und unkompliziert. Erste Meßergenisse waren wirklich gut, die Daisy Chain funktionierte einwandfei über die Etagen und die Geschwindigkeit war doppelt so hoch wie vorher.Yes, das ist - es dachte ich.Dann wurde es plötzlich langsamer, viel langsamer.Hier liegt dann die Krux in der App - die ist zwar einfach, lässt aber kaum Einstellungen zu.Vieles lässt sich einfach nicht manuell einstellen (zum Bspl die WLAN Kanäle oder ganz einfach die IP Adressen).Aber, man kann sie in einen Bridge Mode schalten. Dann bekommen die Teile alles wesentliche vom Hauptrouter (e.g. einer Fritzbox oder so).Hätte mir auch gereicht, aber aus unerfindlichem Grund wollte sich einer der Router statt wie bei der Einrichtung beschlossen nicht auf den nächstgelegenen, stärkeren Router verbinden, sondern ständig zum Hauptgerät was denkbar weit weg steht (dass sollte die Daisy Chain eigentlich verhindern). Dabei offenbarte die Antennenarchitektur ein weiteres Problem: Die Antennen sind nur für eine Waagerechte Montage gedacht, ergo laufen die Signale im nach vorne weg. Steht der andere Router zu dicht drüber erreichen ihn die Signale nicht mehr richtig.Das Verbindungsproblem zum Hauptrouter statt Satelliten ließ sich jedenfalls nicht in den Griff bekommen, die Bandbreite war dadurch unterirdisch und somit musste ich die Teile leider wieder zurück senden. Echt Schade. Mit einem Web UI und etwas mehr Einstellbarkeit hätte es evtl funktionieren können, denn dass die Leistung stimmt wenn es mal so läuft wie es soll hat es ja gezeigt.

Endlich ein Super Abdeckung im ganzen Haus aber...Istzustand:Wir haben ein Reihenhaus und im EG/ Wohnzimmer den Kabelanschluss mit dem Fritz Router.Aktuell haben wir von Devolo Powerline das Ganze Haus über Strom vernetzt, also Wohnzimmer Nr.1 , dann 1.OG Nr.2 und letztlich im Dachgeschoss Nr.3. mit schlechten WLAN und zeitweisen Abbrüchen.Im Büro hatten wir den PC und Netzwerkdrucker fest mit Kabel am Powerline angeschlossen und guten Empfang gehabt.Dann haben wir uns das 3er Zyxel Multy X Tri-Band AC3000 WLAN-Mesh-System bestellt, und genauso aufgebaut, Einrichtung super einfach, WLAN im ganzen Haus TOP.Jede Box hat ja hinten noch weitere Anschlüsse, daran den PC und auch den Netzwerkdrucker gesteckt soweit gut.Aber wir bekommen einfch nicht den Drucker in Gang, steht immer auf Offline, feste IP scheint man hier nicht vergeben zu können.Ich weiß jetzt nicht ob das Ganze mit einem Wifi Drucker klappen würden, dann wäre die Überlegung sich einen anzuschaffen, wobei unser Lexmark CX510de neuwertig und qualitativ sehr gut ist.Wer konnte hier seinen Netzwerkdrucker ohne Probleme ins Netz bekommen?Ansonsten geht das ganze Set zurück.

Good value for money, didn't have issues setting up, and the connection seems to be stable. I would have expected more options in setting them like choice to setup IP address/network, ability to log via web. WPA preshared key doesn't allow certain special characters. All in all, I'm pleased with the acquisition.