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Yes, downstream refers to traffic from the access point to clients. Reserving bandidth for upstream traffic (client to ap) would depend on the implementation/ap firmware/QoS/software/client drivers.
The number of simultaneous clients is mentioned because the available throughput is shared between all clients, i.e. 4 clients will each be able to only get 1/4 of the speed. With a larger number of simultaneous clients, they also compete for a small portion of the 2.4GHz spectrum, causing more interference. Residential access points can't handle much more than 10-15 active simultaneous clients. Some commercial aps can reach 100 clients.
I am using an ASUS RT-AC87U with a generic Broadcom based AC Wireless card on an ASUS laptop. With this configuration I can at times see speeds at around 20 MB/s, but most of the time I'm in the range from 12 MB/s to 16 MB/s.
So for the person claiming speeds at 250 MB/s, I guess it's a typo. But if you can find a 3x3 or 4x4 AC network card, I guess you could see 250 Mbps speeds.
The router/wireless card combo is critical to maximum performance. I'm using the AC86U and the pce-AC68. I'm seeing speeds (albeit over only 10feet) of 65MBps (not Mbps) straight out of the box. The AC87 firmware is probably not optimized yet as some reviews seem to find it slower than the AC68. The tri-band pci adapter makes a huge diffference.
People that claim high speed with short distance: Big deal! This argument is silly. No one cares if you can run wifi fast at short distance.
802.11ac really only works on 5ghz, and typical homes will perform poor over the 2.4ghz. which makes 802.11ac very corner case and useless. I can not reach over 20mbps where I need it...
I know that many people may not believe it. I have TW Cable internet line 300 Mbps. Late at night, with I am the only one to use, I got 300 Mbps by using TWC and ATT speed testst.
Over the weekend, we could have 15 devices, laptops, tables, at the same time. We have 5 laptops and 3 iPads in house by ourself. Add other kids play games, watch movies, utube, too slow for normal speed. Only 3 new laptops and 3 tablets can get 5G speed, others just got 2.4 G speed. Just info to people don't believe fast speed, 72 bucks per month, I don't spend much money for phone, just enough and normal over the air TV.
just run Powereshell cmdlet "get-netadapter -includehidden" to gel all your network adapters shown and you'll see your actual active network adapteradapter with its current link speed (eg 108 Mbps)
also try tor run Powershell cmdlet "netsh wlan show interface" and you'll see your actual active network adapter showning the actual maximum possible link speed (eg 150Mbpsup and 150Mbps down) mentioned values I've reached by using the Netgear router WNDR4500 and the WLAN adapter TP-LINK Archer T2U (both with newest firmware!)
With an ASUS RT 87 situated about 11 feet away from a MacBook Pro (2015), using Speedy Net to measure actual transfer speed I am getting 512 MegaBITS (not bytes), this is with a transfer from my Mac Pro using the app Speedynet to measure it.
Using a WiFi app on Mac Appstore which shows link rate, I am getting between 867 Mbps and have seen 1700 a few times. We have a fairly large house and so have a few WAPs (Wireless Access Points), consisting of an ASUS AC3200, ASUS RT87 and Asus AC66U. Router is an Edge router lite and wired connections are via Netgear "Smartswitches" and Cat 6 Cable. The RT87 apparently as issues with the 5GHz band, but I run Merlin firmware, switch off 2.4 GHz on almost every WAP, (only have 3 Chromecasts using 2.4 and a Brother laser printer). In the time I have had the RT87 I have had no issues. The AC3200 while initially off to a rocky start has got better and better, I now actually let Smart connect assign devices and it usually gets them right, in fact I am tempted to retire one of the other WAPS and replace with either another AC3200 or try the Netgear R8000, (just for the variety). BTW the Edge Router lite is a bargain and with 1.70 of the Firmware, easy to set up, I get near wire speeds on wired transfers and found that web pages load far faster. (Virgin Cable 155d/12u (soon to be 200d/12u))
I have a Netgear WNDR3800 N300 router acting as an AP. I am about 15 feet away in the same room using an Intel Advanced-N 6205. I am on 5GHz. I regularly get 25+ MB/s. I see over 220Mbps when I check task manager mostly. I must be extremely fortunate.
Multiple APs always help. If you have a large home, then be prepared to wire it up to provide closer APs in your main living areas. It ain't cheap to do, especially if you want quality APs, more than what most consumer devices will provide you. 5GHz has a short distance, but is much less congested. If I try 2.4GHz here, the performance is junk (on account of all of my neighbors using the same - no matter the channel). However, for distance unless you want to spend a fortune, 2.4GHz has to do. |