Actually this is false and it really does mean 5th Generation Wireless.
From Broadcoms own website.
But I did find your post quite fun to read
Your chart is very interesting, but it implies the increase in speed is drastically greater.
Actually this is false and it really does mean 5th Generation Wireless.
From Broadcoms own website.
But I did find your post quite fun to read
Your chart is very interesting, but it implies the increase in speed is drastically greater.
Your chart is very interesting, but it implies the increase in speed is drastically greater.
But the chart doesn't tell us the range that 802.11ac signal can reach.
Since 802.11ac use 256-QAM modulation versus 802.11n 64-QAM modulation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac), I believe 802.11ac range is shorter than 5 GHz 802.11n. If the range is same, then 802.11ac must burn more power than 802.11n. Anyhow it is not suitable for portable device application. 802.11ac is only good for Windows PC.
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The range is about the same. And I don't believe it uses more power than current generation three antenna 5GHz radios. I can see on my own devices that the power being outputted for the radios is identical on both n and ac only modes so the only increase in power would come from the chipset managing the connection and like all things the power usage of that component will continue to get lower as technology advances just as it did for b, g and n.
Haswell + 802.11ac? This should be a good year.
Yep, my upgrade timeline is shaping up to be far more ideal than I had thought.
AC = cooler
Bearing in mind, there is NO manufactures out as yet that even "has" a router expect a few selective one.
Soooo there are NO manufacturers but there are a select few at the same time???
Haswell + 802.11ac? This should be a good year.
Bearing in mind, there is NO manufactures out as yet that even "has" a router expect a few selective one.
....Wait till 802.11ad comes out... It's expected to have 7gbit data rates.
Why not 802.11ad?
Well, when I look at the 13 inch Macbook Pro retina and non retina i see a big different. It´s like the ipad, when you get used to the amazing retina display going back to non retina isn´t an option.
Just because you thought it meant 5GHz doesn't make it so either. I corrected your wrong statement and you got angry about it. It isn't my fault you're out of touch with it. You were commenting on exactly what the 5G meant in this logo, you said it meant 5GHz and chuckled at us, but you were wrong. Now you're getting angry because you were called out on not knowing what the logo actually meant, the logo broadcom made.
Totally unnecessary flaming.
For years we have gone about on here and called iPods & iPads by their generation numbers. This is no different, it is the 5th iteration of available WiFi.
Furthermore the comments on this thread about the 5G moniker were about the one that Broadcom has created. I did not come along and go "hey guys did you know this new thing is called 5G WiFi?" The discussion was already going on and I simply corrected one person who incorrectly believed the logo stood for 5GHz and not 5th Generation.
The 5th Generation WiFi logo is merely featured in places where you would have previously seen the WiFi logo like this:
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This is a picture I took of my own 802.11ac router from Asus and as you can see it features the 5G logo in the bottom left corner but more prominently features the 802.11ac text in the centre of the box. I do not believe the 802.11ac will go away and get replaced only by the word 5G just like 802.11n wasn't merely replaced by the WiFi Certified logo from the above image.
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I've seen some examples of just marketing:
1. My local carrier calls their HSPA+ connection "3.75G". HSPA+ is NOT 75% the speed of LTE and so holds no meaning. It just deceives people.
2. Even 4G LTE is a marketing term. At the beginning, it was agreed on the 4G would be a cellular connection of 1000 mbps or over. Now, LTE was developed but it could only go to 100. How could they persuade customers that it's a difference? Market the damn thing.
Is gigabit wifi realistically gigabit fast? It's really surprising that it can be faster than wired ethernet.
Well, wired ethernet is up to 10gb, though the equipment is VERY expensive. Wired Gb is also full-duplex where wireless is half-duplex and has more overhead, so no, it won't be faster than a wired connection. No to mention, your maximum throughput also drops significantly with distance or obstacles in the way.
How has your Asus AC router been working. How's the range. I'm living in a 3 story house and have to upgrade my router. I was going to get the 3TB Time capsule since i wanted to go all Apple, but might hold off for the new Time Capsule with AC wifi. Until then, thought of getting the ASUS AC wifi router, but there is nothing that supports using it yet, so was thinking of getting the N Wifi model instead. I need long range wifi so it can reach my top floor where i'll use another airport extreme to help out the wifi on my top floor.
That's what I thought. Still, it's really cool because you don't have to have a switch with a bunch of ports on it to connect a large, decently fast network.
(a) LTE IS a technical, not a marketing term. It indicates that the signal is modulated using some form of OFDM rather than some form of CDMA.