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Does the R9000 have the "tri band frature that R8000 does?
Does the R9000 (X10) have the following (taken from R9000 user manual...)
"
Tri-band WiFi delivers 3.2 Gbps combined WiFi speeds through three dedicated WiFi
bands—a 2.4 GHz band, plus two 5 GHz bands. This additional 5 GHz WiFi band allows you
to double the WiFi bandwidth for dual-band devices
"
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
Doesn't R9000's tiband require devices w 60Ghz support (very few, if any)?
Of course, there are not (and have never been) many 802.3ad 60 GHz clients available - for other users without such clients it's a dead horse.
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
While R8000 can work with just 2.4 and 5 GHz devices?
Yes, the R8000 can operarate two 5 GHz radio access points, plus one 2.4 GHz, concurrently, on dedicated bands. Thus they use the marketing term tri-band.
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
I don't know enough about 802.11xyz and triband .. so, just asking here. Whats a good web site to read up on to learn about this "tri-band" thing?
As mentioned above. tri-band is not a 802.11xyz thing - it's a marketing term for devices with three individual radio interfaces. As such there are no "tri-band" WiFi clients.
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The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio. The same applies to the Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR700 by the way.
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
Doesn't R9000's tiband require devices w 60Ghz support (very few, if any)? While R8000 can work with just 2.4 and 5 GHz devices?
I don't know enough about 802.11xyz and triband .. so, just asking here. Whats a good web site to read up on to learn about this "tri-band" thing?
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
Doesn't R9000's tiband require devices w 60Ghz support (very few, if any)?
Of course, there are not (and have never been) many 802.3ad 60 GHz clients available - for other users without such clients it's a dead horse.
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
While R8000 can work with just 2.4 and 5 GHz devices?
Yes, the R8000 can operarate two 5 GHz radio access points, plus one 2.4 GHz, concurrently, on dedicated bands. Thus they use the marketing term tri-band.
alokeprasad wrote:
schumaku wrote:
The R9000 has "true" triband with 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 60 GHz - but different from the R8000 it has only one 5 GHz radio.
I don't know enough about 802.11xyz and triband .. so, just asking here. Whats a good web site to read up on to learn about this "tri-band" thing?
As mentioned above. tri-band is not a 802.11xyz thing - it's a marketing term for devices with three individual radio interfaces. As such there are no "tri-band" WiFi clients.
