Includes details about technical capabilities as well as upgrade migration considerations.
Ac wave 2 adapter.
802 3af poe dc power adapter.
The best way to avoid wasting your money on wave 2 of 802 11ac access points is to not buy them right away and the second best is to not overreact to their presence on your network.
Wave 1 phy rate maxes out at 1 3 gbps while wave 2 can be 2 34 gbps.
802 11ac wave 2 is the newest version of the newest wi fi standard.
8 9 from mid 2013 the alliance started certifying wave 1 802 11ac products shipped by manufacturers based on the ieee 802 11ac draft 3 0 the ieee standard was not finalized until later that year.
1 gigabit ethernet port.
Higher speed with up to 2 3 gbps 1 7 gbps in the 5 ghz range multi user multiple input multiple output mu mimo support for better use of frequency.
It builds on first generation 802 11ac technology by delivering faster data rates and the ability to communicate with four different clients simultaneously instead of one at a time.
1 802 11b g n 1 802 11a n ac 1 wids wips 1.
Wave 2 of the 802 11ac standard builds upon wave 1 with the following key additional functionalities.
General purpose 802 11ac wave 2 for campus and enterprise.
Even if the throughput was 50 lower than the theoretical phy rate for wave 2 in theory it would still be above 1 gbps.
2 2 2 mu mimo with beamforming.
The wi fi alliance separated the introduction of ac wireless products into two phases wave named wave 1 and wave 2.
Also mentions how cisco and the wi fi alliance are involved with the 802 11ac specification.
Compares the ieee 802 11ac wave 1 and wave 2 standards to 802 11n.
Describes how 802 11ac wave 2 is a business enabler.