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ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 BE25000 Whole Home Quad-Band Mesh WiFi 7 System I took the plunge and bought the 2 pack BQ16 and put the 3 pack BT10 on sale for £650. Been using them for the past 2 days.  It came…

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  • #37311
    Avatarradiomyke
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    • New Here

    OMG what a brilliant find! Nearly an hour on chat with Amazon (screenshots taken and saved) and several email exchanges with Asus left me completely confused and concerned. A quick post on here and a full and satisfactory answer.

    I can now rest assured and enjoy the BQ16s for the beasts they are lol.

    Thanks so much ;)

    #37312
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    I personally did not appreciate warranties where so complicated if ASUS routers are purchased via AMAZON, luckily I usually get mine from ASUS directly

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

    #37313
    Avatardodgydrains
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    Mine is exactly the same, I purchased an item that someone purchased from Amazon.  For 2 years I will need to return it to the store who will arrange this with Amazon.  3rd year will be a hail Mary and hope……

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Avatardodgydrains.
    #37314
    Avatarradiomyke
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    • New Here

    It really is bizarre that the warranty conditions are different just because an item was purchased from Amazon.

    I’m going to rely on the last email from Asus that confirms it’s a 3 year guarantee and, if necessary, to contact them if I need a repair and Amazon don’t play ball.

    Nothing about this arrangement seems to be of any benefit to consumers, including the fact that Asus made no effort to tell us that they’d effectively terminated the warranty.

    Just very weird all round and tbh very disappointed with Asus.

    #37871
    Avatardodgydrains
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    ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 Firmware version 3.0.0.6.102_36934
    Version 3.0.0.6.102_36934
    63.74 MB
    2025/05/26
    SHA-256 :D58CACD2454BA923336D86E0F54C8DDC9FCB84EED75B3422B71E2AC9E3C95A9F

     

    Bug Fixes and Enhancements:

    1. Implemented a security patch to address an OpenVPN issue.
    2. Improved compatibility with IoT devices on WPA2/WPA3 networks.
    3. Enhanced the stability of remote connections.
    4. Resolved an issue with the WiFi scheduler.
    5. Improved Parental Control scheduling with support for SDN clients.
    6. Fixed an issue causing Movistar IPTV to malfunction.

    https://dlcdnta.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/ZenWiFi%20BQ16/FW_ZenWiFi_BQ16_300610236934.zip?model=ZenWiFi%20BQ16&Signature=oQv9E4lNfT1gAFmzDTnffV0-NO0IwpHPfNQ-5N~T5Wqa0DmXXiZNGt79zlHuzhrZcyyepVYmFYOGBPxgpeJFqZa6pzxUkuhMTCnbf-B2erTM68fjgdnHB4XqBByCLGPoGxs21xtyvS9qmVRpTUF7-BEjjUDY99qSuiJC6FpAfN2lQLSE9R~b3btW9sEtRh2MspQF4ScB22U5-W3pK3XX4PmNKO57ZJ6VmVKupli3HKlw6OLKWvkDwqc8tYECECRvv6kj3gwkeGXm08uw0xLVs8Tw3pniKy4zz-zB7CrE7mSU0YHjtiz2ROtNhUQMjEjrxRGRtZgs-SVReseT7OYetg__&Expires=1748327508&Key-Pair-Id=K2ITB7O97XKKCX

    #37872
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    • The Skipper

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

    #37874
    Avatardodgydrains
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    59 days 6 hour(s) 48 minute(s) 37 seconds of uptime on 3.0.0.6.102_36909.

    Let’s see if the new FW version is as stable for me.

    #37875
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    Good uptime, A dirty flash will be the real test

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

    #37876
    Avatardodgydrains
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    I did a dirty flash.  No factory reset.

    #37878
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    Hopefully another 59 days 6 hour(s) 48 minute(s) 37 seconds of uptime

     

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

    #37881
    Avatarradiomyke
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    • New Here

    I just noticed that my pair of BQ16s updated themselves overnight, I’d got auto-update turned on (by mistake, I don’t normally do this). Anyhow, all is fine thus far so hoping it lasts lol.

    #37882
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    Auto-Update is always fun, let us know how stability is after a few days

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

    #37901
    AvatarMultiDoc
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    • New Here

    Same here,. had an uptime of 2 months and did the update on both BQ16’s last night. All well and see how it goes, have been rock stable so far

    #37967
    Avatardodgydrains
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    Does the latest BQ16 FW 3.0.0.6.102_36934 include a patch to fix the security vulnerability that is being widely reported?

    #37968
    UK SentinelUK Sentinel
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    • The Skipper

    I believe the ASUS ZenWiFi BQ16 is not effected by the published CVE-2023-39780 injection flaw. (it is to new).

    Only a handful of router models all running older firmwares versions where impacted, alas ASUS officially have not published which models and what firmware versions are effected.

    But seems to be the following three ASUS models.

    • RT-AX55
    • RT-AC3100
    • RT-AC3200

     

    Cyber Security Agency of Singapore:

    https://www.csa.gov.sg/alerts-and-advisories/alerts/al-2025-052

     

    ASUS Official Statement:

    https://www.asus.com/us/news/wbhfio4vqjodds5p/

    In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom (J.G.Ballard).

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