I've been confused by much of what I've read about router specs.
I purchased Zyxel NAS540 in order to be able to access my hdds wirelessly and transfer files between the laptop and the NAS. Of course I'll do massive transfers via ethernet, but I want to have a decent wireless connection between the laptop and the NAS for the relatively small (a few GBs at a time) transfers I frequently do. That's why I intend to get a Gigabit router to replace my single band 300Mbps modem.
With my current modem I get the transfer speeds as below:
Wireless:
1.3 GB movie file : 6-7 MB/s
1.3 GB folder containing 15 files: 2-7 MB/s
Wired:
1.3 GB movie file : 6-9 MB/s
1.3 GB folder containing 15 files: 5-9 MB/s
I intend to use 5 GHz band of a new router between the devices. My laptop does support 802.11ac.
So I wonder how much the transfer speed would improve if I get either
a router advertised as 766 Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz
or
a router advertised as 1300 Mbps at 5 GHz and 450 Mbps at 2.4 GHz?
or
a router advertised as 1300 Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
I purchased Zyxel NAS540 in order to be able to access my hdds wirelessly and transfer files between the laptop and the NAS. Of course I'll do massive transfers via ethernet, but I want to have a decent wireless connection between the laptop and the NAS for the relatively small (a few GBs at a time) transfers I frequently do. That's why I intend to get a Gigabit router to replace my single band 300Mbps modem.
With my current modem I get the transfer speeds as below:
Wireless:
1.3 GB movie file : 6-7 MB/s
1.3 GB folder containing 15 files: 2-7 MB/s
Wired:
1.3 GB movie file : 6-9 MB/s
1.3 GB folder containing 15 files: 5-9 MB/s
I intend to use 5 GHz band of a new router between the devices. My laptop does support 802.11ac.
So I wonder how much the transfer speed would improve if I get either
a router advertised as 766 Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz
or
a router advertised as 1300 Mbps at 5 GHz and 450 Mbps at 2.4 GHz?
or
a router advertised as 1300 Mbps at 5 GHz and 300 Mbps at 2.4 GHz?
Thanks in advance for your replies.