Frequently Asked Questions of WAC730
13. Is 802.11ac going to deliver significant larger area
coverage than 802.11n?
Not necessarily. The advent of 802.11ac with the many technical
advances as described above, are mainly intended to deliver higher
throughput and more reliability. Users may see better throughput
at the edge of coverage, but the 802.11ac standard was not
defined to specifically improve the coverage area of Access Points.
802.11ac delivers higher throughput at a given distance compared
to 802.11n, and this can benefit users at the edge of the coverage.
For example, in a 802.11n network, a user may be able to transmit
only 500Kbps at the edge of the network, but at the same location
in a 802.11ac deployment, this user may now be able to transmit at
2Mbps (assuming all other variables are constant). And in this specific
scenario, a user may now be able to sustain a throughput high enough
for video with 802.11ac, whereas with 802.11n infrastructure, it
could only sustain web browsing. Below is an illustration showing the
eect of 802.11ac vs. 802.11n in a graph of speed (throughput) vs.
coverage.
14. Is 802.11ac going to support higher client density
than 802.11n?
Yes, for capacity limited deployment. 802.11ac is able to deliver
higher aggregate throughput than 802.11n (by a factor of 2x to 3x).
Assuming that the deployment is limited by the number of clients in a
coverage area (as opposed to a coverage limited deployment), having
a higher ceiling automatically translates to a higher total number of
clients supported by the access point (assuming all variables, such
as types of applications supported, stay constant). The following
illustration shows the potential additional capacity achieved by
802.11ac at any given speed.
15. Do I need PoE+ for operation of WAC720 and
WAC730?
No. Full throughput of WAC720 and WAC730 can be achieved with
one single PoE port. Most of the products today were rushed to
market, and power budget was traded o to time to market, and
therefore, require higher priced 802.3at to achieve full throughput.
NETGEAR WAC720 and WAC730 were designed with power
consumption in mind, and can support full functionality with a single
power ecient PoE (802.3af) port. The benefit to the user is a lower
Total Cost of Ownership for deployment of NETGEAR 802.11ac solution.
16. Do the WAC720 and WAC730 come with an AC/DC
power adapter?
No. AC/DC power adapter can be purchased as accessory.
17. Do WAC720 and WAC730 support lifetime warranty?
Yes. All ProSAFE Wireless Access Points, including WAC720 and
WAC730 support lifetime warranty, lifetime online chat support and
90 days phone support as standard.
18. How many Wave 2 clients are available today?
Client devices with Wave 1 802.11ac chipsets are already on sale. New
smartphones are arriving with 2 x 2 streams, whilst laptops with 3 x 3
are available. Wave 2 clients are not currently available at the time of
writing and are expected to appear from mid to late 2016 onwards.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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