Currently I have a RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN and I am considering replacing it with a RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT to have a 5Ghz AC network.
RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN is very stable (currently on for months without problems), I am able to get about 200Mbps at certain times using 2 channels at 40Mhz, but I am thinking about get a router that supports 5Ghz AC (most of my devices support it).
I found some topics from last year with complaints about RB962UiGS-5HacT2HnT:
Judging a product from people having problems in the manufacturer forum isn’t usually a reliable gauge… as those who don’t have problems won’t come to the forum to report theirs is working fine…
Yes, Hap AC works really fine. And it’s heaps ahead in radio performance from a RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN.
256 QAM in 2.4GHz? No, it doesn’t, that’s out of the standard.
It was physics and common sense what made the IEEE 802.11 group to decide that.
For starters, you’d need channels wider than 40MHz, which I already have never been able to deploy reliably in 2.4GHz.
Guess you live in an anechoic chamber or in the middle of nowhere! Out of those scenarios, 2.4GHz 40MHz is not only usually unusable, but even in those prevents yourself to properly deploy several APs on non overlapping channels in order to provide optimal coverage when more than one AP is required.
Whole 2.4GHz spectrum it’s only 83MHz. 256QAM requires pristine spectrum, and 2.4GHz is threatened not only others using wireless, but bluetooth, wireless (not network) devices, microwaves…
hAP AC has been great for me since day one. Obviously if you have polluted RF environment it isn’t going to magically fix that, and you need to know what you’re doing and configure proper channels / bandwidths / etc.
320mbps on 5GHz from my cell phone is pretty nice! (yes, real test, not sitting next to the router ).
Stable? Going on 38 days of uptime for some point of sale tablets, usually they disconnect when the battery dies.
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