Cisco Aironet 2700 Series - 802.11 ac Devices on the Market; Integrated and USB 802.11 ac Devices; Ethernet Bridges for 802.11 ac; Variables Impacting 802.11 ac Performance

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Cisco Aironet Series 2700/3700 Access Points Deployment Guide
Cisco Aironet Series 3700 Access Point
802.11ac Devices on the Market
• Integrated Devices – Shipping
Apple – Macbook Air
Intel® Dual Band Wireless- AC 7260
Samsung S 4
HTC ONE
ZTE Grand Memo
• USB Clients - Shipping
LinkSys AE6000 1x1
Asus – USB-AC53 2x2
NetGear – A6200 2x2
Belkin P-F9L1106 - 2x2
D-Link DWA-182 – 2x2
Buffalo ac866 – 2x2
Edimax EW-7822AC– 2x2
• Ethernet to 802.11ac Bridges - Shipping
LinkSys (Belkin) WUMC710
Buffalo WLI-H4-D1300
• List for identifying new 802.11ac hardware:
http://wikidevi.com/wiki/List_of_802.11ac_Hardware
Variables that Could Impact Performance
Some early observations, USB clients can appear to be a bit slow (performance) depending on drivers,
USB port versions, and so on. We have also seen some clients that have trouble maintaining an 80 MHz
bandwidth in the DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) bands. Here is a list of clients that we have had
reasonable luck with during our testing.