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Netgear router range
Looking at getting a new router and am leaning towards a current Netgear model. I see you go up in the model series (in price and speed) and the range supposedly increases from ~2000 sq ft to ~3500s...
Who knows? It could be that the more expensive router has a more expensive antenna.
What constitutes a "more expensive" antenna - is there such a thing in a router?
What constitutes a "more expensive" antenna - is there such a thing in a router?
Good question. WAY beyond my competence level. Notice this comment in the RS500 Product technical specifications:
RS700:
Yeah, beyond my expertise, too. The FCC limits all wifi routers to a maximum power level so they are all the same in that regard (you can reduce the power on some but you can't increase it). That leaves the antenna system but for an omnidirectional signal distribution (as opposed to "beamforming") I don't know there's much you can do inside those boxes(?)