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The concept of a "channel" on WiFi bands (particularly 2.4GHz) is pretty much done. 802.11ac can use 80MHz of spectrum on the 2.4 band, which is pretty much th
by anonymousiam 6y ago
The concept of a "channel" on WiFi bands (particularly 2.4GHz) is pretty much done. 802.11ac can use 80MHz of spectrum on the 2.4 band, which is pretty much the entire set of available channels all at once.
- CameronNemo 6y agoNot everyone has an ac chipset.
- anonymousiam 6y agoTrue, but if you live in a congested area, chances are good that one of your neighbors does. I have a house in a new community of "smart homes" where each home has two AC WAPs. Every single 2.4GHz channel has several users. MIMO helps, but 5GHz (or the new 6e band) are much more preferable.
- Dylan16807 6y agoNot everyone but it's been out for 8 years. If you're worried about congestion, you're probably going to see ac.
- CameronNemo 6y agoWow 8 years. Are there any ac chipsets with open source firmware yet? Has the nut been cracked?
- ralph84 6y agoUnless you are in a rural area, trying to use an 80 MHz channel in 2.4 GHz almost guarantees your radio is going to spend far more time waiting to transmit because of interference than doing anything useful. Finding the least congested 20 MHz channel is likely to give higher overall throughput.
- namibj 6y ago[0] claims 802.11ac explicitly does not support 2.4 GHz. Further search did not reveal any strong evidence for any VHT support on 2.4 GHz. What do you base your claim on? Can you share the source? [0]: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-3600-series/white-paper-c11-713103.pdf https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/wirele...