ASUS Router

Apparently the app can’t see my ASUS routers (plural) since I’ve set my own SSIDs. It just keeps asking if I want to connect to an ASUS router’s default SSID. No, I AM already connected on my mobile device to MY SSID, which I setup as a security measure when first deploying my routers. Allow this app to work with custom SSIDs and then I’ll be able to use it and possibly give a better review. After leaving above review, checked app again and it had found one of my two ASUS routers. The one it didn’t find has the T-Mobile firmware on it. I believe that is why it’s not showing up. I am planning on upgrading that firmware in the next couple of days and will see if the app recognizes that router. The app appears to have a good assortment of controls for managing the router/s. I have not had time to test much of them, but it seems to be pretty intuitive from first impressions.

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Since the design update for this app, which I think was intended to make aiMesh more prevalent, I have reduced my rating from for stars to one star. The changes make it difficult to locate familiar features since many of them are just icons with no text. It took me at least 15 minutes to find the features I used the most in the old app like reboot which is now well hidden. In addition I cannot see the RAM/CPU utilization in one nice display on the main screen, you are now forced to go through a series of menus to get to a CPU or RAM use displays but no combined display like the app offered previously. Moving between the CPU/RAM/Home screens is now very cumbersome,. In the old design I could reboot and then quickly and easily monitor my devices, CPU, and RAM utilization? The new app makes this difficult and it seems like there is a bug in the connected devices count because I have to switch between screens to get an updated count. Considering these issues that most affected my app use plus several others that I haven't mentioned my opinion is this new UI is far worse than the old one. If they could just fix the connected devices but and put a way to see the old style combined CPU/RAM display back on the main screen it would raise my star rating to near four stars.

First off - This app works great! I am able to monitor my network from anywhere: home, work, the gym, etc. it also gives visibility to the new AiMesh features and shows which devices are connected to the mesh nodes and which are connected to the main router. The parental controls “family” feature allows me to group a kid’s devices and enable/disable network access with one action. I can also setup schedules for each device or group of devices. Now for the feature request: In the Family feature, I would like to have the ability to override the schedule and enable/disable internet for a kid without erasing the existing schedules for those devices. It would work kind of like my thermostat- when I come home early I can turn up the heat manually but then the schedule still is in operation and will set the temp back at night. Also, it would be nice to be able to enable internet for a kid for a set time period. I.e. A two hour block. Anyway, this is a great app and leads the industry. Keep up the great work!

I’ve been using the app for a while now and it does everything I’ve needed or wanted it to do with the exception of one thing. Like others have stated, in the parent control part it would be awesome to be able to override the time limits. I have all my kids things set for a certain time on school nights and a later time on the weekends. The problem occurs when they have a day off school and want to stay up a bit later. It would be nice to just be able to override the time restrictions versus have to modify them. It would also be great to be able to put them in a single group to be able to modify all at once. Between all the kids they have 10 devices on there so it takes a bit to go through each one. You can do this when setting them up but when modifying you have to do 1 at a time. Other than this issue it’s a great app for controlling your home Wi-Fi network!

Not sure why there are so many bad reviews for this app. I’m set up a pair of RT-68U routers in an AiMesh configuration, downloaded the app, and it immediately discovered both routers (and no, I didn’t have to use the default Asus SSIDs as people are reporting). It’s great for seeing which devices are connected to each router and the signal strength they are getting. Made placement of my AiMesh node much easier. Also has a lot of functionality vs. other router apps I’ve used. Lastly, anyone that trashed the app because it doesn’t work with their T-Mobile branded router is being wildly unfair. Yes, T-Mo re-badges Asus routers, but they use their own custom firmware. They CAN be flashed to Asus routers, but it’s a difficult and still-evolving process. Don’t give a Sony remote control a bad review because it won’t change channels on your Panasonic TV.