{"video_id":"hM8gZzSDKrw","title":"Tri Band WiFi as Fast As Possible","channel":"Techquickie","show":"Techquickie","published_at":"2015-05-07T14:58:16Z","duration_s":334,"segments":[{"start_s":0.04,"end_s":6.08,"text":"so you're shopping for a wireless router and they all seem to be more or less the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.24,"end_s":11.36,"text":"same you're getting kind of bored and just going to grab the one with the prettiest box and then wao look at that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.2,"end_s":18.72,"text":"wireless 3200 are you freaking kidding over 3 gab","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.48,"end_s":20.88,"text":"Wi-Fi speed with triband technology time","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":18.72,"end_s":27.76,"text":"to throw out all your wired devices that are limited to wussy 1 gbit connections","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.64,"end_s":30.0,"text":"right no and I'll explain why but 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future episodes of fastest possible just like this one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":329.759,"end_s":334.88,"text":"one oh and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't already","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"so you're shopping for a wireless router and they all seem to be more or less the same you're getting kind of bored and just going to grab the one with the prettiest box and then wao look at that wireless 3200 are you freaking kidding over 3 gab Wi-Fi speed with triband technology time to throw out all your wired devices that are limited to wussy 1 gbit connections right no and I'll explain why but first let's get our terminology straight A wireless router is a bit of a misnomer but the term is so universally used that we're kind of stuck with it inside that box is actually three discrete components Each of which can usually be turned off if you want to use a standalone Appliance for that functionality instead so the first one is a router the traffic controller between the home network all of your devices are connected to and all the other networks out there on the internet number two is a network switch the traffic controller between all of your devices and number three is a wireless access point or AP a radio with antennas that is sort of like a mini cell tower in your house that communicates with all your wireless standard compliant devices over the approved frequencies usually in the 2.4 and 5 GHz ranges all right so with that out of the way the important piece of the puzzle for this discussion is the access point how can it use the same Wireless AC standard that we've already had for a couple of years and achiev so much more than than the 1900 megabit Max that we've seen advertised on dualband wireless APS up until now well a big part of the problem actually lies in the marketing for these devices a dualband ac1 1900 AP never actually achieves a 1900 megabit link speed to anything literally never that's an aggregated value for both the wireless AC 1300 mbit 5 GHz connection and the wireless N600 mbit 2.4 GHz connection when they're being used concurrently but an individual client like your phone or computer would not be designed to utilize the two at the same time so what would be the point of Tri band or even dual band for that matter if true max connection speeds are still stuck at 1300 megabit think of it like adding more Lanes to the highway rather than increasing the speed limit more bands or radios means smoother operation with a greater number of connected devices because Wi-Fi is a polite communication protocol every other device in a given frequency has to wait its turn while another one is talking so if you move some of your devices onto one frequency and others onto a completely separate nonoverlapping frequency you're dramatically improving the overall amount of data you can throw through the air more bands also helps address overall Wi-Fi slowdowns that occur when a legacy or slower client connects to the network using band steering technology and two separate 5 GHz radios each supporting three spatial streams the AP can sort the devices connected to it according to their capability with all the slow clients on one radio and going and being scrub land on that radio by themselves and the faster ones on another improving performance for your shiny new gadgets sounds cool lus but if adding more bands or discrete radios doesn't increase point-to-point connection speed then how can we ever replace our wires well the way it's been done up until now has been to utilize more and more of the available Wireless Spectrum per radio by transmitting and receiving on more frequencies concurrently like a wireless 802.11 AC compliant device must support at least two antennas operating together for example but there are some issues with that number one is that more spatial streams increases power consumption and heat output which is a big deal on the client side where you might have a phone or a laptop and if your clients don't support the faster link speed then you'll get no benefit anyway and another is that with the limited number of 5 GHz frequencies or channels available creating new link speed standards that can only be achieved by sprawling across more and more of the available Spectrum will result in interference from the overlapping networks of your neighbors very soon just like we already have with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi speaking of Neighbors our friendly neighbors over at linda.com are the sponsor of today's episode linda.com is a great online resource for learning you can pick up a new skill for a hobby like photography or you can pick up new skills for a profession like photography or video editing in fact we've got a couple of people working here at lus Media Group that have got some of their online education from linda.com their plans are extremely reasonable they offer a 10-day free trial so you can try it out before you commit and they're courses are updated 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