[ale] Buy your wifi routers now...

[Derek Atkins]

On Thu, September 10, 2015 11:16 am, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 09/10/2015 10:50 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> My laptop is ac-capable, and iwconfig on it claims "802.11abgn" at
>> 5.745GHz, and apparently 585.1 Mb/s (which definitely implied ac!).
>
> What are the iperf numbers?

200Mbps -- so not too bad considering the 400-600Mbps is raw speed and
doesn't account for any IP overhead, etc.

> For example, my powerline network gear all says "600 Mbps" everywhere,
> but I see only 60 Mbps.
>
> There are lies, damn lies, and bandwidth specs for wifi/wireless.

-derek
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