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Nighthawk AX8 (RAX80) Coverage?
Hi, Yesterday I upgraded my wi-fi router from Netgear AC1600 to Nighthawk AX8. The installation went well with no hickups and latest firmware version was installed. My concern is the coverage a...
Are your interior walls brick? or the wall the router is against?
Brick blocks wifi to an amazing extent. So does plaster lathe (many house with brick have plaster lathe interior walls).
Something else to keep in mind. The new AX spec didn't increace antenna output power (because its set by the FCC) so AX doesn't reach any futher than AC did. What it did do was allow a little more efficiency with a lower signal on AX devices. So AC devices aren't going to much extra distance (if any) and even AX devices will only get a little extra range. And even that isn't much.
Thanks for responce. My interior walls are not brick, only exterior walls. The router is against an interior wall as can see from the house layout. If the routers "wings" are any indication as to how to point the beam (signal), then this means it's trying to penerate through 2 brick walls?
the "wings' are omnidirectional. Meaning they broadcast in a circle. So it really shouldn't matter much how they're pointed.
What are the interior walls made of?