Quote:
Originally Posted by booklover6
What is AC gear?
|
802.11ac is the next generation of wifi, after 802.11n.
Both the device and the access point (router) need to have ac wireless hardware to get all ac's benefits.
If your laptop or phone only has an n wireless card, it will connect to your ac router in n mode, not ac.
Wizwor is saying the ac router will give you benefits even when using it with n devices, but I'm skeptical.
I don't doubt he's getting better performance with his new router (and I'm considering trying it myself) but I'm skeptical about whether the benefit is because it's an
ac router, or just because it's a
good router. Good components, good engineering, good antennas, etc.
I suspect some other ac router with similar specs might not be as good.
Heaven knows I've had good and bad g routers and good and bad n routers.
Wizwor, what do you think is the inherent benefit of ac router with an n client?
ApK