“File transfer speeds. Does having it be a triband help with file transfer speeds from computer to computer or from attached USB drive? How are the files transfers.”
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I have an Asus RT-AC87R with an external drive connected that works fine but could not get the USB connected on the AC5300. The drives that it will except are limited.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The purpose of having a tri-band router is to allow the user to assign devices to one of three wifi bands typically 2.4 Ghz x 1 / 5 Ghz x 2 to balance the traffic and optimize wifi throughput. The Asus RT AC5300 can automate the assignment process via SmartConnect which in theory should mean faster throughput because devices are always assigned to the optimum band width. In the end the speed of a File transfer will ultimately be determined by the NIC of the sending and receiving devices with the Asus RT AC5300 as the hub. What that means is that you may transmit a file from a computer at 600 Mbps to the Asus RT AC5300 which in turn will send it at 2100 Mbps (5 Ghz band) but the NIC of the receiving device may only be able to capture the information at 1000 Mbps. Then there is the read/write speed of the USB, HD or SSD. As you can see there are a lot of factors that influence file transfer speed over wifi. Did I mention signal interference???
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