It provides a small enhancement to performance at 1m and 5m range. However, we spotted some interesting behaviour when Smart Connect was turned on. Again, the c2s results seem slightly lower than other routers, including the Asus RT-AC87U, but it’s a small difference. Likewise, the 5GHz 802.11ac results are roughly in line with other 3×3 routers. The short-range c2s results are a bit low, but within margin of error. The 802.11n results are as expected, 150mbps at short range, with a drop off at further distances. These results were particularly interesting. While I normally don’t test routers beyond 10m distance, this time I measured speeds at 15m and 20m as well. I also tested the RT-AC3200 with the Smart Connect feature enabled to see what kind of difference it makes, if any. In reality, many factors may affect it, including the number of nearby wireless networks, so people in a big city may get worse speeds than in a rural area. Sometimes it may seem like black magic, as there really is no obvious explanation for certain results.
This is just one reason wireless results can be difficult to replicate.
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Unfortunately, most homes are full of these objects. According to them metal objects, household appliances and wireless devices that use the 2.4 GHz channel (older mice for example) can affect performance and should be kept away from the router. In its own guides Asus explains the best possible testing environment. Usually the s2c results are better, since the signal is coming from big external antennas.Īt all times the router was kept in direct line of sight. I ran each test from the client to the server (c2s), as well as the server to the client (s2c). I measured 2.4GHz 802.11n performance, as well as 5GHz 802.11ac.Įach test was run for 2 minutes, with the average speed taken at the end.
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With the WiFiPerf software running on the iMac as a server and on the MacBook Pro as a client, I measured the speeds at 1, 5 and 10-metre distances with full line of sight to the router. I had an iMac connected to the RT-AC3200 via ethernet, with a 3×3 2013 MacBook Pro connected wirelessly. For testing I used a pair of Macs and the excellent OS X software WiFiPerf.
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