5ghz only

[Gar]

I have things set up on my Asus 1900P so my devices (4 possible total, usually just 2) use 5g because i have alot of 2.4g interference from the neighbors. question is, not all my devices are .11ac, one is .11n. If the .11n device is connected can the others still connect at .11ac or are they all stuck at .11n then?

Only had the 1900P a week and can return it if another router is better suited.

Thanks

 

[Internet Man]

The presence of an 802.11n device does not immediately force other clients to use 802.11n speeds.

If the 802.11n device is using the same 5GHz radio as the 802.11ac clients then you could get some slowdown of the effective speed of the 802.11ac clients simply because the access point must spend some of its time serving the 802.11n client which requires more air time to send the same amount of data.

Chances are the 802.11n client only supports 2.4GHz connections so it would not share airtime with the 802.11ac clients on the 5GHz radio.

 

[Gar]

[/QUOTE]Chances are the 802.11n client only supports 2.4GHz connections so it would not share airtime with the 802.11ac clients on the 5GHz radio.[/QUOTE]


It's the early Ipad Air and supports 5GHz but I bumped it to full time 2.4GHz so it won't compete. Thanks for the help understanding this.

 

[Deleted member 22229]

I use 5 GHz only 2.4 disabled. I have both N and AC clients on 5 GHz with zero issues with slowdowns what so ever. Fiber 100/100 here. Maybe if i had gig speeds there might be a issue but no. Don't worry about it.

@Gar. There are plenty of N devices that support 5 GHz.

 

[sfx2000]

The presence of an 802.11n device does not immediately force other clients to use 802.11n speeds.

Exactly - pretty much any 802.11ac Wave 1 AP can easily support 802.11a/n/ac clients in 5GHz - much better there than the mess that is present in 2.4GHz.

 

[Gar]

Exactly - pretty much any 802.11ac Wave 1 AP can easily support 802.11a/n/ac clients in 5GHz - much better there than the mess that is present in 2.4GHz.

The dropouts I was seeing are gone using 5GHz only, it's like an all new router!