Making WiFi fast

Posted Nov 11, 2016 0:08 UTC (Fri) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)
In reply to: Making WiFi fast by spaetz
Parent article: Making WiFi fast

> Looking for 802.11n and Linux compatability, I failed to notice that a 500€ machine does not do 5GHz nowadays.

There's a solution for that now: look for 802.11ac. Since 802.11ac is 5 GHz only, its presence means that the WiFi adapter can do 5 GHz.

Once 802.11ac becomes more popular, it should reduce the annoying tendency of offering professional-grade laptops with only 2.4 GHz WiFi.