I believe the intent of having two (2) bands of 5GHz is not that. The faster speed device should go on the faster lane and the slower device on the slower lane. If you manually set them and just let them share both the lanes without knowing whether they have been correctly utilized then it defeats the purpose of having Smart Connect.
This is one point that I cannot understand and I think it is a "marketing" gimmick.
"two (2) bands of 5GHz is not that. The faster speed device should go on the faster lane and the slower device on the slower lane. "
Si mi is faster lane and slower lane ?.... I compare both 5Ghz setting .... both same setting .... what is "faster" than the other leh ??? What make a 5Ghz faster than the other ?
On theory it sell well ... but technically I am not sure.
More of my personal view when playing with this Smart Connect
1) 2.4Ghz to mix with 5Ghz auto switch (this will also impact the phone to switch together ) ... will it be so transparent? This is a switch in Frequency leh.
2) Why Linksys ended up only do "SC" on 5Ghz could be because they understand that (1) is a difficult issue to resolve... and let it auto like what I am doing ...? (this is why I wanted to buy a Linksys to try ) ....
3) Looking at the SC which Asus provide to configure ... I really think that 2.4Ghz should be avoided (in fact many sample including my trial ) are to push all 5ghz away from 2.4Ghz in the first place.
4) And to start measuring the DB between device to determine the " faster lane" is a challenging task . Why ?... different house different landscape and different blockage ... device move have a lag time before the router find it again and it start to measure. Imaging 3 phone move together... it can catch up fast enough without dropping 2 while working on 1 ?
Anyway just my comment only....
Nevertheless..... I am very happy that Beamforminng work in AC3200... this is something certainly a good feature that AC87U have to disable .... WHAT A SHAME on a $399 AC87U !