First, keep in mind that in data communications, speed is measured in kilo bits or mega bits per second, designated as kbps, or Mbps. You can check our for reference. Below is a breakdown of the various WiFi standards and their corresponding maximum speeds. Theoretical wireless speeds combined and are as follows: - 11 2. Below is a breakdown of actual real-life average speeds you can expect from wireless routers within a reasonable distance, with low interference and small number of simultaneous clients: - 2-3 Mbps , up to 5-6 with some vendor-specific extensions. Specifying a channel, and using 40MHz channels can help achieve 70-80Mbps with some newer routers. Up to 100 achievable with more expensive commercial equipment with 8x8 arrays, gigabit ports, etc. See also: Yes, downstream refers to traffic from the access point to clients. The number of simultaneous clients is mentioned because the available throughput is shared between all clients, i. With a larger number of simultaneous clients, they also compete for a small portion of the 2. Residential access points can't handle much more than 10-15 active simultaneous clients. Some commercial aps can reach 100 clients. I am using an ASUS RT-AC87U with a generic Broadcom based AC Wireless card on an ASUS laptop. But if you can find a 3x3 or 4x4 AC network card, I guess you could see 250 Mbps speeds. I'm using the AC86U and the pce-AC68. I'm seeing speeds albeit over only 10feet of 65MBps not Mbps straight out of the box. The AC87 firmware is probably not optimized yet as some reviews seem to find it slower than the AC68. The tri-band pci adapter makes a huge diffference. People that claim high speed with short distance: Big deal! This argument is silly. No one cares if you can run wifi fast at short distance. I can not reach over 20mbps where I need it... I know that many people may not believe it. I have TW Cable internet line 300 Mbps. Late at night, with I am the only one to use, I got 300 Mbps by using TWC and ATT speed testst. Over the weekend, we could have 15 devices, laptops, tables, at the same time. We have 5 laptops and 3 iPads in house by ourself. Add other kids play games, watch movies, utube, too slow for normal speed. Only 3 new laptops and 3 tablets can get 5G speed, others just got 2. Just info to people don't believe fast speed, 72 bucks per month, I don't spend much money for phone, just enough and normal over the air TV. With an ASUS RT 87 situated about 11 feet away from a MacBook Pro 2015 , using Speedy Net to measure actual transfer speed I am getting 512 MegaBITS not bytes , this is with a transfer from my Mac Pro using the app Speedynet to measure it. Using a WiFi app on Mac Appstore which shows link rate, I am getting between 867 Mbps and have seen 1700 a few times. We have a fairly large house and so have a few WAPs Wireless Access Points , consisting of an ASUS AC3200, ASUS RT87 and Asus AC66U. The RT87 apparently as issues with the 5GHz band, but I run Merlin firmware, switch off 2. In the time I have had the RT87 I have had no issues. The AC3200 while initially off to a rocky start has got better and better, I now actually let Smart connect assign devices and it usually gets them right, in fact I am tempted to retire one of the other WAPS and replace with either another AC3200 or try the Netgear R8000, just for the variety. BTW the Edge Router lite is a bargain and with 1. I am about 15 feet away in the same room using an Intel Advanced-N 6205. I am on 5GHz. I see over 220Mbps when I check task manager mostly. I must be extremely fortunate. Multiple APs always help. If you have a large home, then be prepared to wire it up to provide closer APs in your main living areas. It ain't cheap to do, especially if you want quality APs, more than what most consumer devices will provide you. If I try 2. However, for distance unless you want to spend a fortune, 2.
