With over 100 Wi-Fi Alliance certified 802.11ac Wave 1 products shipping today, incorporating the Wi-Fi Alliance certified Wave 1 AP’s into the network architecture enables organizations to deliver high performance for these 11ac clients while maintaining backwards compatibility with the existing 802.11n devices. In fact Samsung alone has shipped over 40 million 802.11ac clients with their Galaxy S4 smartphone and all new Mac computers now come equipped with 802.11ac, with many PC manufacturers following closely.

It even speeds up 802.11n clients

Leveraging the enhanced RF designs and faster CPUs in today’s 802.11ac products, even legacy 802.11n devices will see better range and performance from an 802.11ac access point.

802.11ac does not require upgrades to the wired network