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For past several years, 1Gb/s WIRED ethernet has routinely been available.

Wireless device speeds are not capable of that speed .... until tomorrow/soon!

IEEE has ratified a new Wireless ethernet spec clearing the way for wireless vendors. Expect the first out to MATCH the 1Gb wired ethernet speed.

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gcmartin wrote:1Gb WIRED ethernet...Wireless device speeds are not capable of that speed

Gb is a unit of QUANTITY, not speed or rate.
Don't you mean Gb/s?

Linksys EA6000 series wireless exceeds the speed of your Gb/second LANs. They, as well as the AC1750/AC1600/AC1200. are in stores NOW.

Now, no wiring needed for Gigabit LANs.

Just think! (for instance, only yesterday, how many of us were even questioning 1Gb/s wired LAN devices. Now, we have come so far, so very quickly. WOW! )

For me, no more need for wired NAS to deliver quality signal video server to my Google TV. I.m sure you will be able to find benefits as well.

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have you priced these units out? most of the ones ive seen have been double the cost of other wireless routers.
have you found a 'cheap' one?
considering gbit ethernet cards can be bought for 20$...
The Linksys EA6500 is 220$ for the router alone, and thats not going to do you much good with a laptop because they dont even make a adapter for a laptop. The highest LInksys USB adapter listed on their site is dual N which tops out at around 450mbit.
The dlink 802.11 ac usb adapter runs around 80$, and claims to be gigabit... but its USB2... so it cant use gbit speeds at all, its limited to 480mbit due to interface.

The only desktop adapter I know of that can operate at the full AC speed is the ASUS PCE-AC66 which utilizes a PCI card, and runs 100$.
So now your 'cheap' gbit network is 300$ compared to a 20$ card and a 10$ cable.


If you know or 'cheap' 802.11ac hardware... please let me know.