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Originally Posted by biosurfer1
Most of the high end routers have gaming features or the latest in 802.11AC speed, both of which are useless unless you play a ton of games online or your wireless devices have AC capable wifi.
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You go dual band to separate your N devices from any legacy b or g that may exist in your environment.
Stick your legacy on the 2.4 spectrum and reserve 5.0 for N exclusively.
As we know WIFI networks operate at the max speed of the slowest connected device.
The second reason, does not apply to Patrick as IIRC he has a lot of acreage between himself and nearest neighbors, most residential WIFI is in the 2.4 spectrum. If you pull up available WIFI networks and see your neighbors there is a good chance you have overlapping channels. The more neighbors you see the more likely it will be.
A dual band will let you find uncluttered channels in the 5.0 spectrum.
I have two of those ASUS routers and they are worth every penny.