Hello everybody!
I'm having a terrible time finding solid information about wireless speeds today. Here's some background regarding my current situation:
Yesterday, I upgraded to AT&T Fiber. The technician took my old modem/router and installed a new modem/router, a Pace 5268AC. The technician had to install it in a hallway closet, exactly where the old modem was located. As he was finishing up, he mentioned that it was silly for me to upgrade to gigabit speeds if I'm not planning on using a wired connection. Not understanding, I immediately began to do speed tests on my different devices.
I did a speed test on the 5 GHz band with my laptop, which has an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260. I could not achieve speeds higher than 120Mbps down, and the Intel 7260 claims to be capable of achieving speeds of 867Mbps over a 5 GHz band. I also did a speed test on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, and it too received 120Mbps down. I tried two speed tests sites, AT&T and Ookla.
Following the speed tests, I began to play with the settings on my modem/router and wireless Intel adapter. I tried all the tricks I could find online, but nothing worked. This led to more research online. Most articles I found were several years old, but it seemed the general consensus was Wi-Fi can't achieve speeds much higher than 100Mbps. I found this odd, as there are AC routers today that claim to achieve much greater Wi-Fi speeds than that. A co-worker even told me he's receiving 600Mbps down just fine on his Wi-Fi network at home.
So my questions are this: What is the highest capable wireless speed available for a single device? I fully understand a 1Gbps is impossible (at least, that's what I've read online), but what is a more realistic expectation? And to achieve that speed, what type of router should I invest in?
I constantly see routers claiming to achieve 1300Mbps, but is this true? Again, I am not expecting to get 1.3Gbps over my Wi-Fi, but I'm expecting closer to the 867Mbps that my wireless Intel adapter claims.
Please leave the "You should go wired." comments at the door. I'm not routing Ethernet cables from a closet to every bedroom.
Thanks in advance for reading and helping!
I'm having a terrible time finding solid information about wireless speeds today. Here's some background regarding my current situation:
Yesterday, I upgraded to AT&T Fiber. The technician took my old modem/router and installed a new modem/router, a Pace 5268AC. The technician had to install it in a hallway closet, exactly where the old modem was located. As he was finishing up, he mentioned that it was silly for me to upgrade to gigabit speeds if I'm not planning on using a wired connection. Not understanding, I immediately began to do speed tests on my different devices.
I did a speed test on the 5 GHz band with my laptop, which has an Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260. I could not achieve speeds higher than 120Mbps down, and the Intel 7260 claims to be capable of achieving speeds of 867Mbps over a 5 GHz band. I also did a speed test on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, and it too received 120Mbps down. I tried two speed tests sites, AT&T and Ookla.
Following the speed tests, I began to play with the settings on my modem/router and wireless Intel adapter. I tried all the tricks I could find online, but nothing worked. This led to more research online. Most articles I found were several years old, but it seemed the general consensus was Wi-Fi can't achieve speeds much higher than 100Mbps. I found this odd, as there are AC routers today that claim to achieve much greater Wi-Fi speeds than that. A co-worker even told me he's receiving 600Mbps down just fine on his Wi-Fi network at home.
So my questions are this: What is the highest capable wireless speed available for a single device? I fully understand a 1Gbps is impossible (at least, that's what I've read online), but what is a more realistic expectation? And to achieve that speed, what type of router should I invest in?
I constantly see routers claiming to achieve 1300Mbps, but is this true? Again, I am not expecting to get 1.3Gbps over my Wi-Fi, but I'm expecting closer to the 867Mbps that my wireless Intel adapter claims.
Please leave the "You should go wired." comments at the door. I'm not routing Ethernet cables from a closet to every bedroom.
Thanks in advance for reading and helping!
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