2017 is the future of meshIs there any new stuff on the way in the WiFi world or is Netgear Orbi simply the way to go for the forseeable future? (I would use them in bridge mode)
Was the transfer via Wi-Fi or Ethernet?Transferring data to my NAS from my laptop would peg the CPU on the router and cause stutter in video streaming on our cabled AppleTV. The new router fixed that issue.
The next step is 802.11ax.
Transfer from laptop to asus router is wireless, rest is gbit wired. It also goes through a cheap netgear gbit switch.Was the transfer via Wi-Fi or Ethernet?
The next step is 802.11ax. First routers should be appearing later this year. But as with MU-MIMO and 160 MHz bandwidth, there will be few devices that also support it.
The open question is whether 11ax will do anything to help performance of the devices you already have. Theoretically 11ax can provide some performance improvements. But reality will be another thing.
No. As with past transitions (G > N , N > AC) AX draft spec routers will be out first (mid to late 2017). Devices will appear 2-3 years later.Well that would be sometime 2018-2020 if the devices are not even AX ready or can it be done with FW?
But i rather see that the 802.3bz standard: 2.5Gbps over Cat 5e, 5Gbps over Cat 6 comes before that.
AX is NOT just a firmware tweak for devices.
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