Connect to both bands simultaneously?

[Royal2000H]

This is a silly question, I'm sure, but how do I connect to both bands simultaneously to achieve the full (theoretical) 1900 Mbps?

I have an rt-ac68r and a pce-ac68 on Windows 8.1 with Asus software installed. But it seems, like with every adapter, I have to choose between the 5 GHz network and the 2.4 GHz network. Assuming I choose 5 GHz, I can get a theoretical 1300 Mbps and if I choose 2.4 GHz, that's a theoretical 600 Mbps.

So how do I choose to connect to both bands simultaneously?

 

[thiggins]

So how do I choose to connect to both bands simultaneously?

You can't. To do that, you would need an adapter with two radios and they would need to support connection bonding. Ain't no such animal.

 

[L&LD]

The answer is to get two adaptors. (In theory).

What might still stop that train of thought is the fact that the drivers may interfere with each other on a single system.


Then; you use the adaptor for one band and get another router to use as a Bridge for the other band and connect to your LAN port.


With enough money (and/or stupidity ), you can get what you want.

(No guarantees that it will be what you need though - thank MickJ).

 

[Royal2000H]

Thanks for the answer guys, I figured as much, just wanted to verify.

Technically a second rt-ac68u in Media Bridge mode would work upto 1900 though right (I thought I remember reading that somewhere)? Too expensive to be worth it for me though.

 

[RogerSC]

Thanks for the answer guys, I figured as much, just wanted to verify.

Technically a second rt-ac68u in Media Bridge mode would work upto 1900 though right (I thought I remember reading that somewhere)? Too expensive to be worth it for me though.

Yes, if you need a bridge or AP, and you want to get wireless-ac at 1900Mbps out of it (on the client side), you'd need to use a router or bridge that would run at that speed to do that. Wireless-ac does get expensive. Everything has to have that high bandwidth to make it all work.

 

[L&LD]

Thanks for the answer guys, I figured as much, just wanted to verify.

Technically a second rt-ac68u in Media Bridge mode would work upto 1900 though right (I thought I remember reading that somewhere)? Too expensive to be worth it for me though.

No, it won't.

Still limited to 1300 (can only Bridge one band).

 

[Royal2000H]

Oops I also wrote it wrong before.

1300 = 5 GHz ac
600 = 5 GHz n

I incorrectly wrote that 600 = 2.4 GHz.


Thanks for the bridge clarification by the way.