AC1900 VS AC5400

[elliott35]

When a client can only use a maximum 1300 mbps of speed at any given time why would i ever want to have the bigger 5400 routers? whats the real benefit. 

[techguru]

6 minutes ago, elliott35 said:

When a client can only use a maximum 1300 mbps of speed at any given time why would i ever want to have the bigger 5400 routers? whats the real benefit. 

multiple users

or transfering between pcs

[skywake]

AFAIK AC1900 or "1.3Gbps" on the 5G band is the fastest there is for single-devices. Everything above that spec is all about more efficient sharing of bandwidth on a single band or adding more bands. IMO once you've got to AC1900 (and even before then) you're generally better off just getting more access points.

[Razor512]

If you are maximizing your price to performance for WiFi, then focus on the QAM and channel width.

 

A router that improves throughput by using a higher QAM will generally not improve performance for lower QAM devices. If you have many 256QAM and lower clients, then you will be better off with an AC3200 or AC2600, as compared to an AC3150 which uses 1024QAM to achieve higher speeds, and it will not benefit slower clients.

 

While higher top speeds are great, the best improvements come from technologies such as MU-MIMO and airtime fairness, as well as additional bands (e.g., 2 separate 5 GHz bands and WiFi radios, takes all of the above improvements and doubles them. For example, if 1 radio can efficiently handle 30 clients before significant performance drops, then 2 will technically handle 60.

[Stefan1024]

Well with the nummber of channels of the AC5400 is a perfect WiFi jammer as it can use next to all of the given frequency spectrum. Basicly no one needs that much data througtput and if they do, they are better served with a 10GB NIC.

[skywake]

@Stefan1024 I fixed it for you:

"Well with the number of channels of the AC5400 is a perfect WiFi jammer as it can use next to all of the given frequency spectrum. If you need that much throughput just use a 1Gbps NIC, some Cat5e/6 and a cheap $20 5 port switch because even Gigabit wired will do a better job"