iPad iPad air 2 wifi performance question

[TorontoSS]

Is the iPad Air 2 wifi performance only better if you have AC wifi or is it also better if you have an "n" compatible router/wifi?

 

[iF34R]

I wish there was a way to tell if it was on ac or n.

 

[OldMacUser]

Is the iPad Air 2 wifi performance only better if you have AC wifi or is it also better if you have an "n" compatible router/wifi?

Your use case scenario may be different, but I don't find any major difference in speed between 802.11ac and 802.11n when using the iPad Air 2 as a media consumption device.

I wish there was a way to tell if it was on ac or n.

Ditto.

Anyway, I can safely say that the iPad Air 2 and the iPhone 6 Plus makes *FULL* use of my internet bandwidth (see screenshots) which is a 100Mbps cable connection ... pity my cable's max upload speeds are a bit weak-sauce though.

Overall, the iPad Air 2 is extremely speedy for example, I just did an update of 4 apps totalling about 185MB and they were downloaded, installed and ready to be used in less than 15 seconds total.

 

[lenard]

I wish there was a way to tell if it was on ac or n.

Yes you can. It you are connect to a router that only supports "n" you are on "n", if on a router that supports "ac"' will be on "ac"

 

[dannyyankou]

Your use case scenario may be different, but I don't find any major difference in speed between 802.11ac and 802.11n when using the iPad Air 2 as a media consumption device.



Ditto.

Anyway, I can safely say that the iPad Air 2 and the iPhone 6 Plus makes *FULL* use of my internet bandwidth (see screenshots) which is a 100Mbps cable connection ... pity my cable's max upload speeds are a bit weak-sauce though.

Overall, the iPad Air 2 is extremely speedy for example, I just did an update of 4 apps totalling about 185MB and they were downloaded, installed and ready to be used in less than 15 seconds total.

It must've taken you a while to upload those images

Verizon recently started matching upload speeds with download.

 

[iF34R]

Yes you can. It you are connect to a router that only supports "n" you are on "n", if on a router that supports "ac"' will be on "ac"

My router only has an n + ac or legacy option. No way to really tell that way.

 

[TorontoSS]

Thanks, good to know about the speed - will try it out tonight...