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Re: Netgear n750 router
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802.11ac is a Wi-Fi protocol. It's the latest, widely deployed Wi-Fi protocol (*). Previous Wi-Fi protocols are 802.11n, 802.11g and 802.11b, to name a few. Occasionally, you may see people refer to them as AC, N, G, and B; or 802.11 b/g/n/ac. For example, "I have an AC device."
Most modern devices support either 802.11n or 802.11ac. 802.11ac is much faster than 802.11n. As I mentioned earlier, you will need an 802.11ac-capable router and devices to run at 250 Mbps over Wi-Fi. If you provide the model numbers of your devices, I can tell you if they are AC devices and what their maximum speed is. For smartphones and Apple Macs, it's sufficient to provide the model. For PCs, it will be necessary to provide the model of the Wi-Fi network adapter. You can Google them yourself.
(*) 802.11ad just came out, but it is not widely deployed.
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Re: Netgear n750 router
All consumer grade routers are standard TCP/IP networking devices and are, therefore, compatible.
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For the router?
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I believe all of the Netgear's N750 routers have Gigabit Ethernet. Wired devices should be able to leverage the full 250 Mbps available from your Internet connection. It's unlikely that you will see the full 250 Mbps over Wi-Fi. An 802.11ac router and 802.11ac devices are usually needed.
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Now I'm confused. Do I need a new router and if so which one would you recommend? I want to take full advantage of the speed
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Do you have any devices that support 802.11ac?
Do you already have an N750 router? What kind of speeds are you seeing with it?
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802.11ac is a Wi-Fi protocol. It's the latest, widely deployed Wi-Fi protocol (*). Previous Wi-Fi protocols are 802.11n, 802.11g and 802.11b, to name a few. Occasionally, you may see people refer to them as AC, N, G, and B; or 802.11 b/g/n/ac. For example, "I have an AC device."
Most modern devices support either 802.11n or 802.11ac. 802.11ac is much faster than 802.11n. As I mentioned earlier, you will need an 802.11ac-capable router and devices to run at 250 Mbps over Wi-Fi. If you provide the model numbers of your devices, I can tell you if they are AC devices and what their maximum speed is. For smartphones and Apple Macs, it's sufficient to provide the model. For PCs, it will be necessary to provide the model of the Wi-Fi network adapter. You can Google them yourself.
(*) 802.11ad just came out, but it is not widely deployed.
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Re: Netgear n750 router
@Kennethfjoesr wrote:
I do have a n750 now.
But which N750? That is a wifi standard not a router model.
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