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Wi-Fi is one of those fields which has quite a significant impact on the software, and where expectations of naive users (such as “us, poor defenseless developers”) can be overly optimistic by as much as 100x.

Wi-Fi, page 1/1 :

Real-World 802.11ac Wi-Fi Testing: 7×6 Routers-x-Adapters Matrix. Part III. Results and Conclusions

Quote:

“There is no such thing as ‘the best router’; strictly speaking – you need to test each specific pair of (router,adapter) to get anywhere-reliable results.”

Another Quote:

“with that limited data we have now, I’d rather stay away from Realtek-based adapters.”

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Real-World 802.11ac Wi-Fi Testing: 7×6 Routers-x-Adapters Matrix. Part II. Adapters

Quote:

“We’re continuing our series of posts on real-world testing of “how different Wi-Fi adapters work with different Wi-Fi routers”

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Real-World 802.11ac Wi-Fi Testing: 7×6 Routers-x-Adapters Matrix. Part I. Routers.

Quote:

“Whatever throughput numbers are promised by router manufacturers, in real world should be divided by the factor of 2.5x-5x”

Another Quote:

“Each router was tested with each of the cards/adapters, which gives us 42 tests on 2.4GHz band and 42 tests on 5GHz”

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