While 802.11ac routers were thin on the ground when the 802.11ac spec was announced, the good news is that there is now a growing number of options available. I got to spend some quality time one - TP-Link's Archer D7 802.11ac capable router/ ADSL2+ modem.
Wondering why you should get excited about 802.11ac? Here's why. It's the 5th generation of Wi-Fi and if industry hype is to be believed, it is faster and more scalable. When networking pundits say faster, they're really not kidding either.
802.11ac is designed to offer theoretical wireless speeds of up to a whopping 1.3 gigabits per second, (which is over twice the theoretical maximum of the current defacto Wi-Fi standard, 802.11n). In addition to muscular throughput speeds, it should also theoretically handle more simultaneous connections - up to eight MIMO data streams at once (802.11n typically maxes out at four).
Then there's beamforming, a nifty feature that can beam a concentrated wireless signal to a specific location. Not all 802.11ac routers will support it, but it looks like just the thing for fixing interference and coverage deadspots.
Having finally got my hands on both an 802.11ac capable router and notebook (a Macbook Air) I was itching to see how well it worked in practice....
via WiFiNovation | Scoop.it
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