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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...)
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Tri-band WiFi delivers 3.2 Gbps combined WiFi speeds through three dedicated WiFi
bands—a 2.4 GHz band, plus two 5 GH...
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.
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.
So, for someone with a few older 802.11n 2.4 Ghz devices, and many 802.11ac 5 Ghz devices, are they better off using R8000 that has 3 usable bands vs R9000 that has only 2 usable bands (for that user)?
If considering one centrally located router with Wireless AP, permitting the building (materials, range) does allow 5 GHz coverage from a single point - yes.
However, for larger apartments or a houses this won't be possible - whatever marketing want to promise. This is where systems like Orbi/Orbi Pro or Insight managed switches and access points come into the play. And the willingness to install network cables - unbeatable for performance and connection quality. Saying that, just leaving now to throw in a bunch of CAT6A cables at a site to replace Powerline (which is causing isues on the DSL...).
My point is that the 60Ghz capability of R9000 is mostly wasted today, vs R8000 has more usage today, given the proliferation of devices that use the 5 GHz bands.
True?