“Will this run fast with a smart TV, an xbox and 4 phone should on its network?”
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That depends on how fast your Internet Provider lets you run at and how you connect your devices to the router. It also depends on how close your devices are to the router if using wireless modes. (Speed decreases the farther away your devices are located from the router.) A Netgear R6400 AC1750 router has dual radios. One radio for the 2.4Ghz band and another for the 5Ghz band. The 2.4Ghz band is not used for the 802.11AC wireless and can only go up to 450 megabits per second using 802.11n. If your devices use 802.11g or 802.11a then the max speed is 54Mbps. The 5Ghz band is used for the 802.11AC mode and has a top speed of around 1300 megabits per second. (450Mbs + 1300Mbs = 1750Mbs). However if you only pay for 50 megabits per second from you Internet Provider then you cannot connect to any device any faster than 50 megabits per second. I have 100 Mbps service from WowWay (Wide Open West). I can connect wirelessly on the 2.4Ghz band at 54Mbps. When I use the 5Ghz band I can connect at just over my 100Mbps limit that is imposed by my internet provider. 4K TV video streaming requires at least 15Mbps (Netflix requires 25Mbps). VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) phones are more dependent on the maximum upload speeds. You would need just 500Kbps upload speed for 5 VOIP phones. So long answer short: You only need 50Mbps (download) with 5Mbps (upload) IP service to handle all of your devices. Now if you can only get the cable company to actually provide what you are paying for is a different question entirely!
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes we have a smart tv we use to stream direct tv now and we also stream the app on our phones (2 smart phones plus guests). It is much faster and may buffer when beginning an episode but never had it interrupt a show or anything I was trying to watch. To add we also have put Xbox connected to it as well.
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