ZenWiFi BD5 Outdoor Dual-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 5000 Mbps, Coverage up to 15,000 sq. ft. Outdoors(1pk), Dual 2.5G Ports, IP65, PoE+AC Powered, Wall and Pole Mount, VPNs

Great addition to my Asus mesh network. Easy to add in, and now provides great coverage to my pool deck area outside. It’s been through a few storms and zero issues and allows me to easily connect my pool pump and filter wirelessly where before I always had intermittent issues. This is my third Asus node and half better coverage throughout back yard cutting grass now (we sit on a 2 acre lot w a 3k sq ft ranch). I have one upstairs, one downstairs, and one outside now in a roughly triangular setup. We stream on several TVs and my wife and I both work from home- no speed issues and connectivity is solid. App is easy to use

Good quality, installed outdoors but with a shade. Temperatures around my area reach qbout 35°c, so I had to be sure. The wifi reach is awesome even with some concrete walls in the way.

Added to my Mesh network seemlessly via ethernet backhaul. Went to updated firmware 2 minutes later and it was "disconnected"??? Huh? It's connected via ethernet and was immediately rcognized and added to the network. Lights were on. Using PoE unplugged and replugged it in. A few minutes later its up and running again. I hope it stays connected like my other units. I plan to buy one more.

This product might be wonderful. It might work flawlessly. BUT… if it doesn’t, ASUS tech support is frustrating, hard to understand, and not technically literate. When the BD5 would not connect to my ASUS router, I spent 5 hours between chat and telephone, being told repeatedly to complete the setup using an Ethernet connection, which worked great. However, from that point forward the router expected the extender to connect via cable. Wireless connection? Impossible. And to boot, the unit shipped with outdated firmware that was a mess to update. So it’s on its way back to Amazon

I have had several routers, mesh, AP wifi this and that throughout my upgrading of our home. If you get an ASUS group or decide to put your own firmware on these it should be ok. Either I am the luckiest person alive with ASUS or a have a high threshold for tolerance learning levels. 1. You have to set the network to fit your needs and this was a great addition to our Mesh network 2. Split your network and or decide if you want to run point to point, hard wire, Access points etc. ( We have an IOT or internet of things sub network for stuff that need to talk in the house and not out of the house) 3. Data and information security (Asus combined with 2 firewalls and VPNs etc has done well with this addition) 4. How noisy is your area you are putting this addition in. More doesn't always mean better. If you get jitter, lag and or issues. You need to look at packet priority (web surfing, work from home, gaming, streaming etc). 5. If you dont know how to adjust for these settings and looking for a plug and play situation - call your cable company and let them set you up with their stuff so you can call them for tech questions. ASUS makes a decent set for tech regarding configuration and adaptability. 6. Chances are you can Google the tweaks you need, ask some AI chat bot or call ASUS region based office for support. Don't call fred down the street in his mothers basement who doesnt have a job and games all day showing up at your door with a Coke and Cheeto dust on his face to fix something you can look up yourself on your cell phone. 7. Last piece of advise is try to keep your nodes with visible distance of the other units - Some ASUS units do better thru or around walls but really you should have a hard wired AP at that area in my opinion. Tweak something after you have looked it up. Most smart home items don't get the firmware they need or the old configs cleaned out before changing the heart of your connections. Plan, review and test after you watch some videos, read the information you can (dont be the guy at the end of the project holding bolts after assembling the bike - maybe there are extra parts hell I dont know). Look with those two eyes, listen to podcasts and video advice and speak ill of this if you will after you have done due diligence. I made the mistake of bashing one ZenWifi model and it was because I had picked up the plug from the old unit and it was not getting the right voltage for the new unit. Plugged in the right cord, firmware updates and did the steps and got full bands by finding the channel that fit my neighborhood and home. Best of luck, I love the stuff ASUS puts out. Stability: Stability - Use AP and Mesh combo Speed: Speed - Tweak the packet priority and beamforming to beacon more for noisy networks

I bought this to add to my existing ZenWiFi system. I mounted this just outside the back of my garage under the overhang. I drilled a small hole to run an Ethernet cable from this device to the other ASUS mesh device inside the garage. I used an inexpensive switch that provides power over Ethernet so the outdoor unit is powered without needing to run 120 voltage. Now my entire backyard has strong WiFi signal. Setup was very easy using the ASUS app on my iPhone.

I'm no programmer, system analyst, or even that computer savvy, but this wired into my observatory like a breeze and chugs along on the backhauled mesh system like a train. Bravo.

Works well with my existing Asus mesh system, no issues adding this as a node. Thought everything was good as I left it out on the porch before permanently mounting a little further out and didn’t have any disconnecting issues as others have stated, however my Liftmaster garage door openers kept connecting to my indoor routers vice this one, which I attributed to the fact that this unit was not quite as powerful and was essentially the same distance just didn’t have walls in the way. So after finally mounting it about half way between one of my mesh routers and the garage door openers, I was happy to see them both connect to it (after a system reboot and several optimizations of this BD5), until I noticed they disconnected after a few days then they connected again, then offline again, then connected again, then offline again, wash rinse repeat. Funny thing is I bought the BD5 specifically to connect to the garage door openers and they can and will connect to at least 2 of my indoor mesh routers consistently. I do have a scheduled system reboot nightly, so perhaps I challenge the BD5 with that but, as I said the garage door openers will still connect to the indoor routers rather than the BD5 after the reboot. So bottom line, BD5 outdoor router not good for the following reasons: 1. Drops clients 2. Signal weaker than indoor units 30-40 feet further way. 3. Requires frequent optimizations to keep its “great” connection status from becoming “ok” or “weak”. For reference the BD5 is about 40 feet to the furthest garage door opener and is opener is in a metal building, but the furthest opener is about 100 feet to the closest indoor mesh unit.

Unfortunately the router disconnected from the network on its on, so I decided to reconnect it, and since over several days or resetting , I keep getting unable to connect. Not sure what happen to this router but it attempts to connect but now it will not no matter what I try. Maybe I got a lemon or somethin and I missed the return window by 2 days. I will try to figure out with Asus if they will keep good to their warranty and such, this is a lot of money. Overall when it was working it was great since delivery on 27 September 2025, and even now everything seems to be functioning correct. Not sure maybe something in side, as of now caution on this product until I get an answer and update my review.