Powerline AV2 1800 adapter

[azazel1024]

I actually like the current Wi-Fi naming scheme (N900, AC1750, etc.) that has become the de facto standard. By using max PHY rate, they are following the precedent set by Ethernet. Once you understand the rules, it's easy to understand what you are buying.

Now if marketeers would stop the overoptimistically rounding up (I'm looking at YOU, ASUS, and all you HomePlug AV 2 marketeers) and everyone use the same numbers, it's at least a step toward unconfusing consumers.

Even Ethernet has derating factors (most people would be surprised at how far from 1,000 Mbps their Gigabit Ethernet connections really run). It's just that the performance variation in alternate-to-Ethernet technologies is so high and people notice more.

I deffinitely agree. The naming schemes have gotten better, and rounding should be a big no-no. Or at least if anyone is, everyone should (and to the SAME numbers).

I don't like that client adapters are being inaccurately named. AC1200 adapters are not 1200Mbps capable, they are 300Mbps or 867Mbps capable, as they are not concurrent dual band. I realize they are attempting to convey that they are dual band and each band can do up to a certain speed, but you cannot add it together like you can with a concurrent dual band AP/router, which can conceivably run both bands at once, but to that max signaling rate.

 

[ChristineBCW]

(Oh gag, I'd become numb to the 10/100/1000 nonsense. Yeah - "I want my Ten Times Faster giga thru-put!!")

One of the issues of these ACxxxx names is the product databases for consumer searches. When I search "AC1200", I don't want to see "AC900" or "AC1300".

But that's up to each website's DBA. For the most part, I've grown accustomzed to the current marketing trend but I'd like to have the marketeers consider what the Great Unwashed Masses who do the purchasing consider: 300+867, 450+450, etc etc, would still require some education - "What's the first number? What's the second?"

I'm fairly happy that we haven't seen all brand-names deliver AC1600 sets, too. I think they've chummed the waters enough.

 

[thiggins]

but I'd like to have the marketeers consider what the Great Unwashed Masses who do the purchasing consider: 300+867, 450+450, etc etc, would still require some education - "What's the first number? What's the second?"

Simple. The masses just need to read SNB.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/32175-how-fast-can-your-wi-fi-go

 

[ChristineBCW]

"Read SNB" aye. Heck, I'm three weeks here and still trying to remember where to re-locate so much sage advice!

I do wonder how stultifying the nomenclatures are to Consumer Spending.

One of my next lines of attack has to be trying to trick someone like Bob Silver into coughing up his company's design engineer names so I can force them make a line of outlet-replacing PowerLine products. Or, as mentioned in the threads about "help me with house wirings", there's a mention of a picture-frame Access Point, or something inventive like that. Or a lamp with AP, MoCA or PowerLine modules. LaZBoy work-desk, AP and sleeper...

 

[thiggins]

I do wonder how stultifying the nomenclatures are to Consumer Spending.

They don't seem to slow uptake at all. All manfs told me at CES this year that they were selling AC1900 routers as fast as they could make 'em. And Linksys is discontinuing its AC1750 router because people are buying AC1900.

Wi-Fi marketeers have trained the consumer well. The big number on the box always moves product.