Wireless 802.11ac & 803.11ac: The Difference is?

[JumBie]

Can anyone quickly explain the diff, and then which one I would need? I am going to be getting a 250mbps download connection, so thats 25mb/s. I need something that can transmit that speed across the network, in a 3 storey house. Also, do these new routers come with all the bells and whistles that tomato firmware provides? I love the ease of use bandwith limiter and real time bandwith monitoring that tomato provides.

 

[lagokc]

802.x is a set of standards for wireless ethernet

803.x is a set of standards for "IEEE Recommended Practice for Unique Identification in Power Plants and Related Facilities"

If your wireless ethernet claims to be 803.11 it's a typo

 

[JumBie]

802.x is a set of standards for wireless ethernet

803.x is a set of standards for "IEEE Recommended Practice for Unique Identification in Power Plants and Related Facilities"

If your wireless ethernet claims to be 803.11 it's a typo

GOT IT! Thanks.

 

[azazel1024]

I am thinking with a 250Mbps connection you aren't going to need to worry a whole lot about bandwidth allocation unless you are running a number of heavily hit servers.

Also 250Mbps!=25MB/sec (always use capitols to reduce confusion when talking about Bytes. Bits should always be lower case when abbreviated). 250Mbps = 31.25MB/sec.

If you are speaking to "transmitting across the network" as across a WLAN, through a 3 story house, its doubtful there is ANY wireless router that is going to be able to saturate that connection to most typical clients in the further reaches of your house.

802.11ac routers, currently top 1.3Gbps to another 3:3 base station/client. There are almost zero 802.11ac clients that are 3 stream (3:3). Not none, but almost none. There are a large number that are 1 or 2 stream, which is 433/867Mbps.

Max net yield on wireless is around 60% in perfect conditions, which means the best of the best router and client, typical, is going to see around 500Mbps...which is awesome and double your internet pipe...that would be same room probably a few feet away from the router. A story away and several walls and 30-40ft and you'd probably be lucky to get a net yield of around 100Mbps...which is still nice, but it won't saturate your wireless network. You'd need multiple access points, probably one per floor to saturate your internet pipe over wireless (2 or 3 stream clients only, single stream probably still couldn't do that short of being in the same room. 5GHz drops off resonably fast and a single stream 11ac client already is going to hit around 250Mbps MAXIMUM under ideal conditions).

Over wired, unless you have a bum router, most any newer router should handle 250Mbps WAN to LAN or LAN to WAN.

 

[JumBie]

I am thinking with a 250Mbps connection you aren't going to need to worry a whole lot about bandwidth allocation unless you are running a number of heavily hit servers.

Also 250Mbps!=25MB/sec (always use capitols to reduce confusion when talking about Bytes. Bits should always be lower case when abbreviated). 250Mbps = 31.25MB/sec.

If you are speaking to "transmitting across the network" as across a WLAN, through a 3 story house, its doubtful there is ANY wireless router that is going to be able to saturate that connection to most typical clients in the further reaches of your house.

802.11ac routers, currently top 1.3Gbps to another 3:3 base station/client. There are almost zero 802.11ac clients that are 3 stream (3:3). Not none, but almost none. There are a large number that are 1 or 2 stream, which is 433/867Mbps.

Max net yield on wireless is around 60% in perfect conditions, which means the best of the best router and client, typical, is going to see around 500Mbps...which is awesome and double your internet pipe...that would be same room probably a few feet away from the router. A story away and several walls and 30-40ft and you'd probably be lucky to get a net yield of around 100Mbps...which is still nice, but it won't saturate your wireless network. You'd need multiple access points, probably one per floor to saturate your internet pipe over wireless (2 or 3 stream clients only, single stream probably still couldn't do that short of being in the same room. 5GHz drops off resonably fast and a single stream 11ac client already is going to hit around 250Mbps MAXIMUM under ideal conditions).

Over wired, unless you have a bum router, most any newer router should handle 250Mbps WAN to LAN or LAN to WAN.

Thank you for that abbreviation information, I will definitely remember to use the correct capitalization when talking about bits and bytes.

Could you recommend any 802.11ac routers and access points?

 

[Herr Kutz]

Netgear r7000 and Asus ac68u/ac66u routers review pretty well.

If you're looking for additional access points you may want to look into ubiquiti unifi APs.

 

[azazel1024]

The TP-Link Archer c7 is also pretty good, though a few people have had issues with Broadcom/Apple device compatibility when used with it. It doesn't seem all prevasive as many have reported having no troubles.

In most "round ups" it seems to have better 2.4GHz speed than the Asus ac66u, a little less range and nearly the same range and speed as the ac66u in the 5GHz band...for a lot less (and runs a lot cooler/uses less power). Its the AC router I am think of when I switch over in the coming months.

 

[RossMAN]

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