Dirk Diggler
New Around Here
Long time lurker here, love this website. Time for a new router, and I was doing research on here.
Right now there's about a $50CAN difference between these two routers, the ASUS being the more expensive.
Looking at the router tests on here, it's clear the ASUS has newer hardware, and therefore runs faster in many respects. However, the wireless tests show the older R7000 having far better range in both 2.4 and 5mhz frequencies.
The R7000 showed it can hang onto a 2.4mhz download connection at 63db of attenuation and still pull off 30Mbps. The AC86U could barely hang onto a connection at 54db, only getting 5Mbps. Results were similar for 2.4mhz upload as well.
On the 5mhz side for download, the R7000 again managed to hold a connection at 45db of attenuation, and get 111Mbps. The AC86U could only muster 42db of attenuation, and a measly 6Mbps. Similar results for upload as well.
I'm not sure how this translates into the real world, but just looking at charts, it appears the older and slower R7000 has far better range than the newer and faster 86U.
I know Tim has gone through several revisions of testing processes, so I'm not sure if that's causing the discrepancy, or the client used in the test, etc.
Thoughts? Can I assume the R7000 is better for range?
Right now there's about a $50CAN difference between these two routers, the ASUS being the more expensive.
Looking at the router tests on here, it's clear the ASUS has newer hardware, and therefore runs faster in many respects. However, the wireless tests show the older R7000 having far better range in both 2.4 and 5mhz frequencies.
The R7000 showed it can hang onto a 2.4mhz download connection at 63db of attenuation and still pull off 30Mbps. The AC86U could barely hang onto a connection at 54db, only getting 5Mbps. Results were similar for 2.4mhz upload as well.
On the 5mhz side for download, the R7000 again managed to hold a connection at 45db of attenuation, and get 111Mbps. The AC86U could only muster 42db of attenuation, and a measly 6Mbps. Similar results for upload as well.
I'm not sure how this translates into the real world, but just looking at charts, it appears the older and slower R7000 has far better range than the newer and faster 86U.
I know Tim has gone through several revisions of testing processes, so I'm not sure if that's causing the discrepancy, or the client used in the test, etc.
Thoughts? Can I assume the R7000 is better for range?