Linksys Ac 580 Review
The headline feature of 802.11ac networking is its ‘gigabit wireless’ capability. This is not the same as 1 Gb/s of real throughput though, even on laptops employing up to three antennae. This compact Linksys and many other USB 802.11ac adaptors only have a single antenna, which reduces even their theoretical sync speed to a maximum of 433 Mb/s. The good news is that this device still has the potential to unleash decent Wi-Fi performance thanks to revised technologies in the 11ac specification, such as beam forming and higher-density modulation schemes than found in 11n....