Wi-Fi router

So we are shopping for Wi-Fi router and suddenly you see a router saying warless ac3200 with 3 bands and 3 gigabit per second Wi-Fi speed.

So let’s break it down in simple words. So first let’s get our terminology. Inside that box.

There are three things that power that machine and technically each of the component can be turned off. There are as follows:-

1. Router:-

Which controls the internet between your devices (home network) and all the other networks out there in the internet.

2. The network switch:-

The internet controller between all of your devices

3. The warless access paint:-

Which is responsible for the radio waves or in lay man’s language the Wi-Fi signal, the Wi-Fi signal is transmitted at 2.4 and 5 GHz. 

So some of us have seen that some router are marketed at 1900 mbps speed, but actually it will never reach its potential because 2.4 GHz speed is limited to 600 mbps and 5 GHz is limited to 1300 mbps. Some companies market it to 1900 mbps which out phones and laptops can’t reach at the same time.

After thinking for some time you will be thinking then what is the paint of buying dual band or triband routers if they can’t reach its marketed speeds.

Think like this way, instead of increasing the speed limit in the highway you are increasing the number of lanes in the highway.

The Wi-Fi routers work differently, instead of talking to all devices at the same time, they talk to only one client at a particular moment while others are waiting in the que. So a dual band or tri band router is transmitting data at 2 or 3 different frequencies at the same time that means the data is transferred to 2 or 3 devices at the same time.

So in conclusion put your older devices in a 2.4 GHz band and your newer devices in the 5 GHz band.

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