So last week I go out and buy an Asus RT-AC66U as my old Trendnet bit the dust.
I have been extremely happy with its 2.45ghz n performance, getting faster, more consistent and better range.
Yesterday I went out and purchased the matching USB-AC53 offering AC1200 or 867mbps on 5ghz and 300mbps on 2.45ghz.
Today I am royally confused!!!
With the adapter slotted in to an empty usb slot in my laptop I can connect to the router via 2.45ghz or 5ghz.
So obviously if I connect to the router via the 2.45ghz band I will be using 802.11n and as the adapter is two stream I can expect a maximum rate of 300mbps.
My question is if I connect to the router via 5ghz am I connecting via 802.11ac automatically? if so what do I need to tweak the 802.11ac connection to get my maximum 867mbps. Right now Inssider is only showing 450mbps as maximum rate on 5ghz band.
What am I missing here?
Be gentle with me, its not everyday I swap out routers and this is my first dual band router.
I have been extremely happy with its 2.45ghz n performance, getting faster, more consistent and better range.
Yesterday I went out and purchased the matching USB-AC53 offering AC1200 or 867mbps on 5ghz and 300mbps on 2.45ghz.
Today I am royally confused!!!
With the adapter slotted in to an empty usb slot in my laptop I can connect to the router via 2.45ghz or 5ghz.
So obviously if I connect to the router via the 2.45ghz band I will be using 802.11n and as the adapter is two stream I can expect a maximum rate of 300mbps.
My question is if I connect to the router via 5ghz am I connecting via 802.11ac automatically? if so what do I need to tweak the 802.11ac connection to get my maximum 867mbps. Right now Inssider is only showing 450mbps as maximum rate on 5ghz band.
What am I missing here?
Be gentle with me, its not everyday I swap out routers and this is my first dual band router.