Netgear A6200 Dual-Band USB Wireless AC Adaptor Review

Performance

LAN / WiFi Bandwidth

LAN Speed Test was designed from the ground up to be a simple but powerful tool for measuring file transfer, hard drive, USB Drive, and Local Area Network (LAN) speeds (wired & wireless). It does this by building a file in memory, then transfers it both ways (without effects of windows file caching) while keeping track of the time, and then does the calculations for you. A simple concept and it’s easy to use.

As seen when I took a look at the R6250, the bandwidth on offer from the new 802.11ac standard is considerably more than that of 802.11n. In both test environments and even at a fair distance, the A6200 is able to obtain a solid amount of bandwidth, with nearly 200Mbps+ seen across the board. Wireless n performance is also strong with no less that 72.6Mbps seen at over 40ft.

Internet Bandwidth

Speedtest.net is a free broadband connection analysis website founded by Ookla Net Metrics in 2006. Users can test their internet speed against hundreds of geographically dispersed servers around the world. At the end of each test, users are presented with their download (the speed of data from the server to your computer) and upload (the speed of sending data from your computer to the server) bandwidth speeds. The tests are performed completely within your web browser over HTTP (just like normal web browsing).

We know that plasterboard walls are going to be preferred when it comes to maintaining a strong connection speed. In a house with full on brick walls, it’s only when you end up at a fair distance from the router or access point that you start to notice a significant drop in internet performance. Considering the average distance that you are likely to be from your router is going to be in the region of 20-30ft at any given time, you are going to be more than satisfied with the speeds that you will experience.