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ISP vs Router Speeds

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  • Internet Service Providers
  • Routers
  • WiFi
  • Wireless Network
  • Wireless Router
  • 4G
  • Speed
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October 2, 2014 8:22:04 AM

Our wireless router is messing up and I'm looking at getting a new router; although, I do plan on installing dd-wrt on the existing one and trying some hacks with it. The new router I'm looking at getting is the ASUS RT-AC66U (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...).

The router says it's able to give up to 450+1300mbps. The plan we have now with our ISP gives us up to 50mbps. Is this router overkill for the speed our ISP gives us, or is there a difference between how the ISP calculates your speed and how the router calculates speed?

There's not a single .ac capable device in my house, but I plan on upgrading my wifi card in my laptop to support .ac.

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October 2, 2014 8:29:43 AM

the speed from the isp is one speed. then you have three speeds going from the router to your hardware. one is wired speed. (gigbyte speeds with the right cable (10/100/1000). then on the wifi you have the max n speed (450). in real would you may see up to 1/2 that speed. then on the ac side is 1500. some modems now can bond both the n radio and the ac radio.
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October 2, 2014 12:45:19 PM

To answer your question: The router is fine for the connection you have. For the price you are getting a good router and putting DD-WRT on it makes it work even better.

With the Wireless AC capability you are future proofing yourself for awhile, as there will be more devices being made that support Wireless AC.
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October 2, 2014 12:49:47 PM

SmallNetbuilder.com did an interesting article on the impact of an AC router with N devices. Turns out it probably does help N device performance.
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