Razor512
Very Senior Member
I have been looking for a decent 802.11ac adapter that is not the oil company bankrupting priced ASUS PCE-AC66, and have mostly been seeing USB 2.0 based ones.
From the benchmarks that I have seen, 802.11ac can offer 500mbit/s+ performance while USB 2.0 can only realistically do 32MB/s (256mbit/s)
And yet, it is common to see 802.11ac USB adapters that can connect at 867mbit/s (and if not for a USB 2.0 bottleneck, offer speeds in excess of 400mbit/s
Why is it so rare to find a nice PCI or PCI-e 802.11ac wifi adapter, and why are companies using USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0 with the USB based wifi adapters?
From the benchmarks that I have seen, 802.11ac can offer 500mbit/s+ performance while USB 2.0 can only realistically do 32MB/s (256mbit/s)
And yet, it is common to see 802.11ac USB adapters that can connect at 867mbit/s (and if not for a USB 2.0 bottleneck, offer speeds in excess of 400mbit/s
Why is it so rare to find a nice PCI or PCI-e 802.11ac wifi adapter, and why are companies using USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0 with the USB based wifi adapters?