The focus of the three-radio design is to group "slow" and "fast" 5 GHz clients for higher total bandwidth. But in the products that support bridging, using one radio for backhaul and another for client connect will prevent the retransmission penalty. But you can do the same thing with any dual-band router that supports wireless bridging.I see the latest ac3200 routers have 2 5ghz radios. Does this mean in repeater mode you could get well over 50% bandwidth now?
True. But remember you get the really high throughput from AC only with very strong signals.Makes sense, but you'd be stuck using a slower 2.4GHz link for either clients or the backhaul with dual band routers. Seems you could backhaul one of the 5GHz radios and then have both 5GHz and 2.4GHz clients getting full on AC1xxx (1600?) speed from the extender's clients, right?
It supports wireless bridge on each radio doesn't it?I don't know about Netgear, but Asus's RT-AC3200 currently does not support Repeater mode.
It supports wireless bridge on each radio doesn't it?
Ah. thanks.It's been a while since I've last tinkered with Media Bridge mode, but if I remember correctly, once a router is configured as a Media Bridge, you can only connect to it through its Ethernet ports. The other wireless radio(s) become unavailable.
It's been a while since I've last tinkered with Media Bridge mode, but if I remember correctly, once a router is configured as a Media Bridge, you can only connect to it through its Ethernet ports. The other wireless radio(s) become unavailable.
I believe you are correct there...
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