How to calculate increase of home wireless router range?
On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:28:16 -0000, Dave Platt wrote:
Approximately how many decibels of (omnidirectional or directional)
power do I really need to boost my WiFi range from about 150 feet
to the 300 feet I need?
The _minimum_ you appear to need is 6 dB of additional gain. I'd
recommend trying for 10 dB or more in order to ensure a reliable
connection.
May I ask WHERE that 6 dBd of gain is coming from?
Is it ONLY from the "better" antenna?
If that additional 6 dBd is coming from a "better" antenna, then why didn't
they put that better antenna on my router in the first place?
Since the antenna isn't "powerered", there is no external amplifier .... so
I am a bit confused as to WHERE that power is coming from?
Can you unconfusify me here?
Beverly
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