ASUS ZenWiFi AC (CT8)

AC3000 Tri-band Whole-Home Mesh WiFi System – Coverage up to 5,400 Sq. ft. / 4+ rooms, 3Gbps WiFi, life-time free network security & parental controls, 4X gigabit ports, 3 SSIDs

Banish WiFi Dead Zone—Tri-band mesh WiFi system with unique antenna placement delivers strong WiFi to every corner of your home, providing total wireless speed of 3000Mbps.
Hassle Free Control – 3 steps setup and easy management with ASUS Router App
Always Up-to-date Protection— The lifetime free network security powered by Trend Micro™ makes sure your privacy on connected devices is protected.
Parental Controls— URL filter and scheduling allow you to protect your family from inappropriate content and unhealthy Internet usage behavior.
AiMesh Supported– Mix and match ZenWiFi with AiMesh-compatible routers to form powerful and flexible whole-home WiFi system

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ZenWiFi

WiFi Coverage Everywhere. Always Secure.

ZenWiFi AC (CT8) is an ultra-performance whole-home mesh WiFi system that combines extremely fast and stable wireless networking performance with simple configuration and elegant design. Featuring a tri-band design and an optimized antenna placement, ZenWiFi AC takes mesh WiFi to a whole new level with dramatically improved coverage, speed and stability. Updated AiMesh technology makes setting up a mesh WiFi network simpler than ever, yet offers advanced, in-depth controls for users who want to configure their network to their specific needs. With its elegant design, ZenWiFi AC blends easily with any décor, fitting as easily in the living room as the home office.

ZenWiFi AC (CT8) is a whole-home mesh WiFi system featuring a tri-band design and optimized antenna placement to deliver speed, stability and coverage for the best wireless networking experiences. Updated AiMesh technology makes setting up a mesh WiFi network simple, and an elegant design ensures ZenWiFi AC blends with any décor.

Whole-home Coverage

High speed tri-band. Stable WiFi.

The ZenWiFi AC system comes with two ASUS AC3000 routers that together cover up to 5400 sq. ft. or approximately four rooms. With their extended coverage, plus a tri-band design with configurable back-haul technology, you'll enjoy a super-fast, reliable and secure WiFi connection, whether you're in the living room or outside in the garden.

5400 sq.ft.

4 + rooms

Tri-band. Zero slowdowns.

Unlike traditional dual-band mesh WiFi systems that sacrifice half of the total wireless bandwidth to the backhaul connection, ZenWiFi AC features a tri-band design with a full WiFi band for the backhaul, maximizing system performance and stability. With this upgraded design, you'll experience fast and stable WiFi, even when data transfers through multiple hubs to reach your device.

SSID and Backhaul Configuration

ZenWiFi AC allows flexible configuration of the backhaul connection and SSID user name setting. For backhaul connection, you can set the second 5GHz band as a dedicated or non-dedicated backhaul connection, enabling maximized backhaul speed or freeing up the fastest 5GHz band for connected devices. If you have Ethernet ports in your walls, you can also set ZenWiFi AC to use Ethernet backhaul, reserving all three WiFi bands for your wireless devices for even more stable and reliable networking. You can also configure different SSID names for each of the three WiFi bands.

AiMesh Technology

Easy setup. Flexible management.

ZenWiFi AC features exclusive AiMesh technology that makes it quick and easy for anyone to set up a whole-home mesh network, while also giving more experienced users full control of advanced networking features.

How do I expand my network?

Flexible and Scalable Wireless Networking

AiMesh is a flexible and scalable solution that enables you to mix different ASUS router models to extend your mesh WiFi system. Whenever you need more coverage or want new functionality, just add another compatible router to your AiMesh network at any time.

Learn more about AiMesh

Performance
Through Engineering

ZenWiFi AC features a quad-core CPU for ultimate processing power. Its vertical housing holds a specially designed antenna and circuit board that optimizes WiFi signal strength and provides better airflow, improving thermal performance for reliable operation.

Special designed vents for increased airflow

Double heatsink for maximized heat dissipation

45° antennas ensure strong WiFi in multi-story homes

Vertical housing with space between antennas and circuit board for minimal WiFi signal interference

Quad-core CPU

4X gigabit LAN ports

Special designed vents for increased airflow

Double heatsink for maximized heat dissipation

45° antennas ensure strong WiFi in multi-story homes

Vertical housing with space between antennas and circuit board for minimal WiFi signal interference

Quad-core CPU

4X gigabit LAN ports

Make the Internet a
Safer Place for Everyone

All your family members, young or old, are exposed to the dangers of internet every single moment they're online. ZenWiFi includes AiProtection Pro with Advanced Parental Controls to give you total peace of mind, with commercial grade security for your home network and comprehensive, easy control of the online experience for each family member and each device, all via the mobile app.

Commercial Grade Security

Advanced Parental Controls

Is it free?

No Subscription Fee

Some routers only offer 3 years of protection, ASUS AiProtection has you covered for the life of your product.

Protection Against Attackds

Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) blocks all common internet-based attacks.

Block Access to Malicious Websites

AiProtection uses Trend Micro's official database to identify and block known malicious sites, preventing infection even before you click.

Infection Detection and Blocking

Even if an already-infected device is connected to ZenWiFi, AiProtection prevents any personal data on the device from being compromised.

Advanced Parental Controls

Keep your kids safe when they explore the internet. The state-of-the-art parental controls in AiProtection integrate all the management functions you need in one place and the intuitive interface makes it super easy to view and apply security settings to all the devices owned by individual family members.*

Internet Activity Dashboard*

View each family member's internet activity on a clear graphical dashboard showing the peak time and what kind of content they are viewing. You can group devices that belong to your children to view aggregated data and apply scheduled block times and content filters with just a few taps.

Kid-Safe Preset*

Check the box when editing a device and profile, and the preset automatically applies filters for inappropriate content to all their devices.

Schedule Block Time

Reserve valuable family time or help your children develop responsible behavior by selecting scheduled time periods to block internet access on specific devices.

Content Filter*

Block specific categories of mobile apps and websites, and apply these settings to all devices belonging to individual family members. The advanced filtering integrates Trend Micro's Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) engine to filter not only by website URL, but also by the internet packets themselves, which means it filters content viewed not only in a web browser, but also within mobile apps on your devices.*