Qdriver wrote:Ok I Got it. Im only seeing half of the picture. Definitely getting educated. Its like you said Im being one of those simple consumers that jump to conclusions just because it says something on one box. We run several devices in our home including multiple ipad and iphones, smart TVs, and a laptop and I never did think its what they're capable of receiving.
Yup, you got it...
Really, getting 150 megabits/sec on a wifi connection in the real world basically requires a perfect multi-stream 5GHz 802.11n connection (and even then, I don't know what you can get, I don't have an Intel 6200 or 6300 or a 2012 Mac to test with right now), or 802.11ac. And 802.11ac clients are rare - a few Android phones, 2013 Macs (but not iThings), a few other random things, that's about it...
So the question, with most of your gear, is how much less you'll be getting. If you give us more details on the gear we can help you figure that out. (For Windows laptops, check in device manager what wifi cards they have and tell us that.)
Also, one other thing, you probably want to run separate SSIDs for your 2.4 and 5GHz networks. Make sure every device that supports 5GHz is set up to connect only to the 5GHz SSID. Unless you live in the country (in theory 2.4GHz has better range, in practice it's so congested in moderately urban areas that that's academic), you'll get better performance that way.
Soon you'll turn into me, and every time you are looking at getting a wifi-enabled device, you will go poring deep into spec sheets to confirm it has dual-band support, 802.11ac, etc... (friendly advice: that means you won't be buying Windows laptops at Best Buy anymore... or you'll learn to upgrade their wifi cards with your trusty Phillips screwdriver)