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qasdfdsaq · 15-12-2012, 14:56

There are no 900Mbps routers or adapters. The maximum of the 802.11n standard is 600Mb. What most people call "N900" routers are basically two separate 450Mbps APs in one box, and you cannot connect one device to both simultaneously so your top speed with any one device will be 450. Course with a 300 adapter you will only get 300 and at 2.4Ghz you'll normally get a maximum of 130.

Note that Wifi has separate link speeds for upload and download, and Windows will normally report the highest of the two, so if your downlink is 6.5Mbps and your uplink is 130Mbps, Windows will still claim 130 while an actual speedtest will show something like 4Mbps. Routers tend to report the downlink speed only if it only shows one number. Typical maximum download speeds are about 50-66% of wireless link speed.

As a 2.4Ghz only router, attempting to use 40Mhz on the RT-N16 is not advisable.

15-12-2012, 14:56	#5
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Asus RT-N16 - what is your wireless speed? There are no 900Mbps routers or adapters. The maximum of the 802.11n standard is 600Mb. What most people call "N900" routers are basically two separate 450Mbps APs in one box, and you cannot connect one device to both simultaneously so your top speed with any one device will be 450. Course with a 300 adapter you will only get 300 and at 2.4Ghz you'll normally get a maximum of 130. Note that Wifi has separate link speeds for upload and download, and Windows will normally report the highest of the two, so if your downlink is 6.5Mbps and your uplink is 130Mbps, Windows will still claim 130 while an actual speedtest will show something like 4Mbps. Routers tend to report the downlink speed only if it only shows one number. Typical maximum download speeds are about 50-66% of wireless link speed. As a 2.4Ghz only router, attempting to use 40Mhz on the RT-N16 is not advisable.