Well I guess now it requires a detailed effort from my part since you asked politely so here it is:
The
thread title is "wireless router for
budget of 2000-2500".I was having a nice discussion with the op & everything seems settled & then you post this:
Not a single mid range mobile phone supports it. Neither does any main stream laptop models. Only a handful of devices are available in India where you can make use of it. It is absolutely unnecessary to invest in costly dual band routers, at the moment. You can get a b/g/n model for as low as 1.1 K when compared to 2K + budget range of ac routers.
Then I post this giving you the benefit of doubt that you might not be knowing that AC routers also support N devices at 5GHz:
Now-a-days AC wifi routers have both AC at 5GHz & N at 5GHZ & 2.4GHz while a simple N router only has N at 2.4GHz.Also any decent mid range phone like Redmi Note 4,Moto G 4/5 etc has dual band N meaning they support both 2.4GHz & 5GHz N wifi.You are buying AC router not just for AC standard but also for 5GHz N wifi standard too.My friend purchased a 35k Acer laptop last year & it has AC wifi.You can buy a cheap AC usb wifi adapter for around 900.
I also posted this because as I said
it is op's money not yours so when his budget is till 2500 what issue you have with him not buying your recommended Rs.1000 router.
The only thing unnecessary is making statements like above.First of all how much is "costly" for you is not the same to others.People buy 10k+ routers in India too & yet here you are terming a difference of "Rs.1000" or 3k router as "costly". It is not your money so it is not your decision to restrict router recommendations to below 1/1.5k especially when by just spending 500 or 1k more you get a newer & better wifi standard device.In big cities like Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore etc there is a lot of interference on 2.4GHz band & using 5GHz wifi really helps.
Then you posted this which implies that either you didn't read my earlier replies at all or simply chose to ignore them:
I was not aiming at you.(reply:sure doesn't look that way when you comes in the middle of a thread when everything is settled & op has already placed the order & op & me are the only persons in this thread) Just making a statement. I hope you too agree that there is only a handful of devices that support ac at the moment.(reply:completely ignoring my earlier reply about how it is not just AC devices but 5GHz N devices too that can benefit from AC routers not to mention a 35k acer laptop purchased a year ago comes with AC wifi) What is the need to invest more than double the amount(reply:again completely ignoring this thread's title as well as my earlier logic that when it is op's money what right you have of deciding how much he should spend if he has the budget) of a b/g/n router, when only a handful of premium devices support ac mode.
The facepalms were for exactly these reasons.
And here is your last post:
Can you share some specs of mid range phones saying it supports 5 GHz band ?(
reply:sure after ignoring my reply about Redmi Note 4 & Moto G 4/5 having 5GHz N you ask again but still I will give you links) iBall routers stand as low as ₹900. I was merely suggesting that in normal conditions, you can do well with a ₹900 router than a cheap ac router at almost double the amount.(
reply:
now how many times have I said this that it is op's money so his decision & yet here again you are recommending a Rs.900 iBall router nonetheless,seriously?) Also, would be great if you can use normal text. Provokes me to use the same as well
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reply:
well I have no issues with you "feeling" provoked,you are welcome to provoke me.I am also curious to see if I can be provoked by someone without clearly violating forum guidelines here as it would be a first for me)
Does Redmi Note 4 supports 5ghz WiFi band? - Redmi Note 4 - Xiaomi MIUI Official Forum
Moto G
Wi-Fi
802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)
*www.amazon.in/Lenovo-Ideapad-110-i...32?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1505489967&sr=1-32
Integrated Wi-Fi : 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
*www.amazon.in/Acer-E5-573-Windows-...29?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1505489967&sr=1-29
~Rs.800 AC wifi usb adapter:
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Do go through what I posted above & if you still feel like posting then go ahead but if you don't feel like continuing or simply don't like my posts then feel free to ignore my posts.