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Maximus IX Regresses on Wifi

nightstrike
Level 7
Why did the 9 series boards drop Tri-band wifi in favor of dual band? This seems like a regression to me. Am I missing something? Tri-band was a great feature, especially when using your computer as a base station for others.
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JustinThyme
Level 13
Have to agree on this one, definitely did the back stroke here to older tech. There are laptops coming out of the box with better wireless.

When I saw two antenna connectors then looked at the specs the antenna stayed in the box and the radio disabled.

I instead chose to add a 4x4 PCIe card that trumps all of them with 2167 Mbps
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-802-11AC-Wireless-AC3100-Adapter-PCE-AC88/dp/B01H9QMOMY

This card paired with this router = faster than 1Gb wired
https://www.amazon.com/RT-AC5300-Wireless-Tri-Band-AiProtection-Complete/dp/B0167HG1V6

Add that to FIOS 300/300 and what you get in unreal! They go as high as 750/750 but when I can have 4 TVs streaming 4K and a housefull of visitors trying to max out the connection of the router and ISP and never succeeding its good enough and the 750/750 cant be justified for another $50/month




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