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Cmd-the-World

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Apr 7, 2010
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Hi all,

I have a rMBP, an Asus RT-AC66U and the latest Airport Extreme (with AC capabilities). I would like to carry out a study to see how wireless AC performs compared to wireless N on the 5GHz spectrum.

The latest Airport Extreme has lost the ability to change the transmitting radio mode so it would automatically broadcast wireless N and AC on the 5GHz. The RT-AC66U had the ability to disable the Wi-Fi AC (according to the manual). However after a certain firmware update (I don't know which) it has lost that ability.

What I am asking is, is there a way to force the Mac to connect to the AP with wireless N instead of AC? Or else do you guys know of an AP that offers the ability to disable wireless AC?

Thanks for you help
 
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