802.11ac routers to hit 800Mbit/sec this year

Obviously not just routers will need to be upgraded, every wireless receiver using b/n will also have to be replaced, including laptops. mobile phones, media players, internet radios, NAS and the rest.

With the explosion of wireless capable devices in the 5 years or so that n has been available that is going to mean a long and expensive/lucrative (depending on which side of the consumer/vendor divided you're on) change-over period.

By Phoomeister on 12 Jan 2012

Speed isn't everything

Wireless simply provides convenience, not a solution. Reliability is paramount, particularly when streaming HD video. Switching on the fluorescent light in my kitchen provides enough interference to momentarily drop all the wireless connections in my flat. Until we circumvent that problem, wired connections will always take preference. Speed isn't everything.

By baldmosher on 12 Jan 2012

Why ac?

There already is an 802.11a (American) so why use the name 802.11ac? will it be dc next?

What's the chances of them actually calling it 800mb/s when they could tell such a tall story. For sure they will flog with the deception 1GB/s.

800mbps is also possible using LED's,
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/01/german-geniuses
-hit-800mbps-with-light-bulb-wlan/

Interference is my present issue; around 15 devices within range means I usually can't connect to my 802.11n router one floor up. Want to use your computer? Reset your router, every time.

Using 5GHz might improve things, or it might turn the washer on ;P

By skgiven on 12 Jan 2012

observations

@baldmosher Strip light interference? That's a new one on me, I've done wireless installs in schools with hundreds of lights to no ill effect?

Is it just time for a new Strip light maybe?

@skgiven I often hear people mention multi device or multi router interference, and although moving to 5Ghz will mitigate that for now, It's often better and cheaper to stop forking out for top end routers and bite the bullet, buy some Cat 6, end the problem once and for all if your a needing sustained high bandwidth, oor your sight survey suggests over-crowding.

By Gindylow on 12 Jan 2012

@Gindylow

"Strip light interference? That's a new one on me, I've done wireless installs in schools with hundreds of lights to no ill effect?

Is it just time for a new Strip light maybe?"

It isn't strip lighting that is the problem. It's Fluorescent lighting.

Incandescent strip lights do not cause interference. Compact fluorescents can.

By qpw3141 on 12 Jan 2012

@ qpw3141

I've read it thrice, so it must be true ..

By moocifer on 12 Jan 2012

@moocifer

Yes, I've found out what causes that, now.

If you refresh a page on this site after you have left a comment, even though the response box is empty it will, somehow, manage to post the message again.

I see someone has removed the duplicates. Thanks to whoever it was.

By qpw3141 on 12 Jan 2012