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curious about ac1750
So i was thinking about buying a netgear router and the ac1750 smart router is the one i chose but am curious as to how it works. Does it improve wifi speeds or is it a range extender like I was told...
ElCucuy2500 wrote:
So i was thinking about buying a netgear router and the ac1750 smart router is the one i chose but am curious as to how it works. Does it improve wifi speeds or is it a range extender like I was told at walmart?
AC1750 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe the wifi technology involved.
AC1750 is now a pretty mature wifi technology with several newer "go fast" wifi standards that, depending on other factors, may or may not improve things at your end.
ElCucuy2500 wrote:
Does it improve wifi speeds or is it a range extender like I was told at walmart?
The R6400 in your footer is a pretty basic router first sold in 2015. I have no idea what they meant at Walmart.
As to "improve wifi speeds", that depends on a lot of things. Nothing will make your wifi talk over the Internet any faster than your Internet service.
As to "speeds" that could mean the speed that wifi clients connect to the router or the throughput speed at which traffic flows between clients and the router.
It might be worth a bit of background reading.
Understand Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11 n/ac/ad/ax)
@duckware knows their stuff and can bust a few myths and cut through marketing hype.
By the way, the R6400 router has nothing to do with the "Mobile Routers, Hotspots & Modems" covered in this bit of the Netgear community. So don't expect much in the way of a response here.
You might get more help here:
General WiFi Routers (Non-Nighthawk & Non-Orbi) - NETGEAR Communities
The device is too basic to qualify for the Nighthawk tag.