I think you are exactly right. I think these are better routers -- better antennas, better radios, better firmware, faster processor, more memory, better usb support. People moving from G (me) to AC will see more benefit than those moving from N, but, if you read the cisco paper, there are benefits to using the new AC hardware with legacy equipment including collision avoidance (which is much more important when you are continuously streaming to a lot of clients).
My experience is anecdotal. I skipped N because the AC routers were getting good reviews and were not much more expensive (in dollars not percentage). I enjoyed immediate relief from my wireless problems and things will only get better as new clients become available (iphone 6 and samsung s5 are both 802.11ac).
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Originally Posted by ApK
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
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