Do 2.4gHz routers with 5db antenas increase the reach?

Discussion in 'hardware' started by act8192, Mar 20, 2012.

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    Some routers have fancier antenas for the radio. Many advertise 400% increase in distance. Considering the signal is roughly round horizontally, that implies double the distance.
    True? False?
     
    act8192, Mar 20, 2012
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