wa8yxm wrote:
I have read of parks that have 5GHZ routers out doors. but reading the documentation for my new Chromebook (Which likes 5Ghz routers big time) I'm not sure that's legal.
I know I want one,, I toss major files about inside the RV (mostly via Cat-5 not Wi-Fi) but a nice high speed router would be nice.
How fast are 5 Ghz routers.. with a proper internet connection (Fiber optic I suspect)
Had a 3.7 Gig file to download. Well went to Denny's where they have a very good Internet connection
by the time I finished my "All American Slam".... I had two copies, one on my Chrome book, one on my Android phone.. Now all of them are on this Windows 10 box (I do not think it does 5GHZ) Oh and I did about 3 hours of Internetting on other "point and click" pages while I was downloading.. That sucker is FAST.
but I want 5GHZ for internal
My repeater is a cross channel job as well. I am currently (As I recall) listening to Chanel 1 or 11, and repeating on the other of those two.. I do my very best to avoid the park's router channel...
Fact: Same channel repeaters are "Store and forward" they download a packet, then transmiot it. Download the next and then transmit, so speed suffers.
But a Cross channel can rebroadcasst the 1st packet while it receives the 2nd and thus you take a very tiny PING hit but throughput is not affecrted at all.
The problem with 5G wireless is it is very much effected by obstructions to line of site. It won't punch thru trees, walls and RVs effectively. Even more problematic, your wireless device will have puny output compared to the wireless access point. Even if the provider can punch 5G signal to you, your tablet with an antenna the size of a dime, won't be able to communicate back to that access point, render the connection worthless.
Almost all standard routers will perform faster than the data streams that feed them. So the speed the router can process data is almost immaterial. The problems with Wifi are seldom at the router.
