I have an Apple Airport Extreme with two Mac Minis, Two Macbook Airs, three iPhones and a PC Laptop. They all run WiFi with the Mac Minis hooked up via Cat6 to the AAE.
My Query is this... So if the AAE (or any other WiFi Router) can put out a certain amount of WiFi bandwidth at any one time, would not the available bandwidth increase to the other devices if I turn off the WiFi on the Mac Minis? Wouldn't that increase the bandwidth spread between the "WiFi Only" devices?
Simply put...
So if the AAE can put out 100 Mbit/s (as an example) as a max bandwidth, I imagine the all WiFi devices will use even a base amount when they are idle. So if the idle usage is 5 Mbit/s just to remain connected then taking the MacMini WiFi idle usage out of the equation means there is more to go around if there is a full WiFi transfer between the "WiFi Only" devices.
Mathematically it would make sense to take wasted WiFi bandwidth out of the system... BUT... I remember when Wireless N Draft first came out and I jumped on board and did a little research as well that N works by using other N devices to increase the signal. So is it possible that mathematically you can increase bandwidth available to one device by cutting out wasted devices, BUT possible decrease signal by turning wireless N devices off?
Me thinks turning of the Wifi on dedicated wired devices is still going to be the best option to increase the WIFi bandwidth to wireless devices but maybe someone can prove me wrong or explain my query in better detail.
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My Query is this... So if the AAE (or any other WiFi Router) can put out a certain amount of WiFi bandwidth at any one time, would not the available bandwidth increase to the other devices if I turn off the WiFi on the Mac Minis? Wouldn't that increase the bandwidth spread between the "WiFi Only" devices?
Simply put...
So if the AAE can put out 100 Mbit/s (as an example) as a max bandwidth, I imagine the all WiFi devices will use even a base amount when they are idle. So if the idle usage is 5 Mbit/s just to remain connected then taking the MacMini WiFi idle usage out of the equation means there is more to go around if there is a full WiFi transfer between the "WiFi Only" devices.
Mathematically it would make sense to take wasted WiFi bandwidth out of the system... BUT... I remember when Wireless N Draft first came out and I jumped on board and did a little research as well that N works by using other N devices to increase the signal. So is it possible that mathematically you can increase bandwidth available to one device by cutting out wasted devices, BUT possible decrease signal by turning wireless N devices off?
Me thinks turning of the Wifi on dedicated wired devices is still going to be the best option to increase the WIFi bandwidth to wireless devices but maybe someone can prove me wrong or explain my query in better detail.
Silver