My new router is all setup for wireless AC, and the dual band system. When I got my AC adapter, I noticed a large increase in my speed. So I was happy. But I'm still confused about one thing, on the wireless menu in Windows 7, it says I'm connected to my router via 802.11n. Does anyone else have this problem? Or is it not a problem?  :huh: 

 

Probably a win 7 or driver issue...  Now the real key to .ac goes beyond just throughput, quicker onboarding/offloading which means better battery life out of devices, all 5gig infrastructure to avoid the 2.4 interference at 2.4, wider channel bonding among other things but the real driver was battery life not speed  You know who didn't want 802.11ac or the new 802.11ad which will eventually eliminate all cables on your desk, even your monitor?  Take one guess, who makes the most out of selling their dongles, chargers, and cables...  Starts with an A and ends with an E

I have an Asus RT-AC66 and Asus PCE-AC68 with windows 7. It's amazing. Now on the 5 ghz band, which is what you need for AC speed. make sure n+ac is checked, 80 Mhz channel width. And security needs to be WPA2-personal and AES encryption 

I have an Asus RT-AC66 and Asus PCE-AC68 with windows 7. It's amazing. Now on the 5 ghz band, which is what you need for AC speed. make sure n+ac is checked, 80 Mhz channel width. And security needs to be WPA2-personal and AES encryption

 

OK, I'm certain that we're using the 5GHz band, and WPA with AES. But I'm not sure about that channel width. I'll check later today and report back.

This is ours btw:

 

http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6200.aspx

 

And adapter: http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-adapters/a6200.aspx

I have an Asus RT-AC66 and Asus PCE-AC68 with windows 7. It's amazing. Now on the 5 ghz band, which is what you need for AC speed. make sure n+ac is checked, 80 Mhz channel width. And security needs to be WPA2-personal and AES encryption 

 

Correct, one of the major drivers behind .ac is to get out of the congested 2.4 airspace...  There is no 2.4 with .ac, 5GHz only...

A random side story: For the first time I'm glad I had a 5 GHz capable router. My wife and I were getting very low bandwidth on wifi. It happened mainly at night.

 

On my A.....E (lol) phone it has 5ghz wifi option. I turned that and holy cow what a difference.

 

Long story short it was our baby video monitor interfering on the 2.4ghz band. I've heard of stories where that stuff interferes but never seen it happen.

 

Something else I learned (as part of my search to fix the problem) is that range extenders actually cut your bandwidth in half but they will extend the range of the signal.

Well I'm not home yet but here's my story anyways...

 

We were getting crap speeds with our Comcast "50/10". Basically we were getting 13/10 on WiFi. We bought a AC router and I got a AC adapter. Getting 76/11 now... Much better! It's all about the band. I think our cordless home phone was interfering with the signals.

Unfortunately some of the differences between a $1000 corporate AP and a $100 consumer AP are interference detection, auto channeling, power mgm't, rf mgm't etc...   I have 3 AP's in my house and had to manually ensure I wasn't using overlapping channels, maintained 20% overlap, -65dbm etc...  Corporate AP's do all of that automatically for you.

I have an Asus RT-AC66 and Asus PCE-AC68 with windows 7. It's amazing. Now on the 5 ghz band, which is what you need for AC speed. make sure n+ac is checked, 80 Mhz channel width. And security needs to be WPA2-personal and AES encryption

 

OK I just checked. Our AC band is on 153. Why should I change it to 80? Do you think it'll solve the problem?

 

Edit: Doesn't look like there is even an 80 on the list.

Edited January 17, 201412 yr by linux731

80 is channel width not channel Diego....  

80 is channel width not channel Diego....

Where is that option on Netgear routers?

Where is that option on Netgear routers?

Look under the 5Ghz band options. 

 

What more are you looking to get, you say you are getting 76/10 (down/up). Your connection is 50/10. Your WLAN link speed is the AC part. Anything over 150MB is AC. My connection is 1.3 GBs. but my WAN speed is 118/35.

Unfortunately some of the differences between a $1000 corporate AP and a $100 consumer AP are interference detection, auto channeling, power mgm't, rf mgm't etc...   I have 3 AP's in my house and had to manually ensure I wasn't using overlapping channels, maintained 20% overlap, -65dbm etc...  Corporate AP's do all of that automatically for you.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13367/index.html These bad boys have interference mitigation (clean air tech).  Just sold my Cisco 1142N. 

Look under the 5Ghz band options. 

What more are you looking to get, you say you are getting 76/10 (down/up). Your connection is 50/10. Your WLAN link speed is the AC part. Anything over 150MB is AC. My connection is 1.3 GBs. but my WAN speed is 118/35.

 

 

This is what I have.

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This is what I have.

 

You're good. Netgear doesn't seem to get that granular. 

You're good. Netgear doesn't seem to get that granular. 

OK then what do I do?

 

I'm still connecting to my router via 802.11n according to the wireless menu, and the Properties panel says I'm only connected via 175 Mbps (It should be somewhere around 867 with a AC adapter).