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ozaz
Aspirant
Dec 30, 2017

RBK50 packaging says up to 4000 sq ft coverage. Is this normal?

Hi,   I recently purchased an RBK50 system from Amazon. The Netgear and Amazon web-pages for this system advertise it as covering up to 5000 sq ft. However, the box I received (which is definitely ...
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TheEther
Guru
Dec 30, 2017
You should take the advertised coverage with a big grain of salt. Actual coverage is going to highly depend on your environment. This includes the layout of your residence, the construction materials of your walls, the presence and strength of nearby Wi-Fi networks and other sources of radio frequency noise. In other words, YMMV.
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    ozaz
    Aspirant
    Dec 30, 2017

    Thanks. I do understand I should take the actual numbers with a grain of salt. What I'm concerned about is if there have been multiple revisions of this model and if I have received an older revision that has a lower performance than the currently-advertised revision.