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Aren't you saying pretty much the same thing? Upgrading from a 10 year old AP almost certainly means upgrading to 802.11ac since Wifi6 AP's are so rare. I don'
by Johnny555 6y ago
Aren't you saying pretty much the same thing? Upgrading from a 10 year old AP almost certainly means upgrading to 802.11ac since Wifi6 AP's are so rare.
I don't know when 802.11ac AP's became common, but the first iPhone to support it was the iPhone 6 in 2014.
- acdha 6y agoNot really – note the “nearly a decade ago” in the comment I replied to? AC was a win, yes, but it's not like the entire industry stagnated for a decade. Upgrading from even a 5 year old access point to a new one — or especially the scenario I described going from one to multiple in a mesh or backhaul setup – will make a big difference for call latency and gaming, simultaneous use (especially if you have a bunch of old IoT devices like my Toshiba orphaned TV), etc.