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qasdfdsaq · 31-03-2015, 13:22

There are very few AC dongles that support 3 streams. Even with proper internal PCI cards it's very hard to find a 3-stream card, and Intel doesn't make any.

The AC dongle you refer to says in the specifications 300/867Mbps which indicates two streams. If you mainly plan on using it with a non-AC router at home then you'd be better off getting a "N900" dongle. It'll be cheaper and faster, although the benefits of 3 streams in a dongle format are very small.

The base rate for a standard 3-stream AC link is 1300Mbps, but manufacturers like to add on either their N figures or inflated 2.4Ghz figures on top giving ludicrous marketing names like AC1750 or AC1900 or AC2400, that AC1200 dongle is a perfect example.

31-03-2015, 13:22	#5
qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: Shub 2: How do AC dongles fare with this? There are very few AC dongles that support 3 streams. Even with proper internal PCI cards it's very hard to find a 3-stream card, and Intel doesn't make any. The AC dongle you refer to says in the specifications 300/867Mbps which indicates two streams. If you mainly plan on using it with a non-AC router at home then you'd be better off getting a "N900" dongle. It'll be cheaper and faster, although the benefits of 3 streams in a dongle format are very small. The base rate for a standard 3-stream AC link is 1300Mbps, but manufacturers like to add on either their N figures or inflated 2.4Ghz figures on top giving ludicrous marketing names like AC1750 or AC1900 or AC2400, that AC1200 dongle is a perfect example.