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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1629779" data-attributes="member: 234411">Hello - Lisa has given you excellent advice &amp; explanations (in fact, I tried to 'increase her reputation' and was unable to - must have already given her too many 'thumbs up'! This forum seems to limit you to spreading these out?).BUT, the important point is you really do not need anything beyond 802.11 n @ the moment, and certainly 'ac' is not going to help you at all - as already explained, your bottleneck is the speed of the signal coming into your home network; if that is 50 Mbps @ best, then that is your speed (NOW w/i you home network, sending info between your devices will operate at greater speeds).SO, the bottom line again is what your ISP is providing you - for myself, I'm using Time-Warner and routinely am getting just 20 Mbps on my computers whether connected by cable or by Wi-Fi, despite my Apple Extreme 801.11 g/n router operating at speed approaching 500 Mbps - I still get 'dumped' occasionally from my streaming activities and has nothing to do w/ my router's specs, nor would an 'ac' router make any difference - save your money and concentrate on getting a faster internet connection into your house.&nbsp; Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1629779, member: 234411"] Hello - [B]Lisa[/B] has given you excellent advice & explanations (in fact, I tried to 'increase her reputation' and was unable to - must have already given her too many 'thumbs up'! This forum seems to limit you to spreading these out?). BUT, the important point is you really do not need anything beyond 802.11 n @ the moment, and certainly 'ac' is not going to help you at all - as already explained, your bottleneck is the speed of the signal coming into your home network; if that is 50 Mbps @ best, then that is your speed (NOW w/i you home network, sending info between your devices will operate at greater speeds). SO, the bottom line again is what your ISP is providing you - for myself, I'm using Time-Warner and routinely am getting just 20 Mbps on my computers whether connected by cable or by Wi-Fi, despite my Apple Extreme 801.11 g/n router operating at speed approaching 500 Mbps - I still get 'dumped' occasionally from my streaming activities and has nothing to do w/ my router's specs, nor would an 'ac' router make any difference - save your money and concentrate on getting a faster internet connection into your house. Dave :) [/QUOTE]

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