Question about wifi

[Zolfe]

Coming from someone in a group chat I know nothing about specs so asking for him can someone answer this please, would the 940n have twice or more the range of my current 740n?

[harry4742]

i dont know which devices you are talking about but probably NO

[Zolfe]

1 minute ago, harry4742 said:

i dont know which devices you are talking about but probably NO

Tp link routers 

[SeanAngelo]

3 minutes ago, Zolfe said:

Tp link routers 

look at the specs?

[harry4742]

unlikely

[Lurick]

Generally no. You'd get faster speeds and maybe some additional range depending on the power/signal strength but you probably won't see near double the range.

[Remix]

Yeah, I'm in agreement. There are limits (at least here in the United States) which the FCC has in play for how much power a router can consume for wireless. This is why we don't see ultimate range home wireless routers, where one router can serve an entire mansion. Sure, we have P2P links... but they're broadcasting at a more narrow 30* angle. 

[harry4742]

1 minute ago, Remix said:

Yeah, I'm in agreement. There are limits (at least here in the United States) which the FCC has in play for how much power a router can consume for wireless. This is why we don't see ultimate range home wireless routers, where one router can serve an entire mansion. Sure, we have P2P links... but they're broadcasting at a more narrow 30* angle. 

But its better this way, imagine an appartemnt house with 200 flats, each having their own super range router

 

[hammad1029]

1 minute ago, Remix said:

Yeah, I'm in agreement. There are limits (at least here in the United States) which the FCC has in play for how much power a router can consume for wireless. This is why we don't see ultimate range home wireless routers, where one router can serve an entire mansion. Sure, we have P2P links... but they're broadcasting at a more narrow 30* angle. 

then how much of an increase will it be? 50% more?

[harry4742]

1 minute ago, hammad1029 said:

then how much of an increase will it be? 50% more?

10% maybe

[Mira Yurizaki]

If you can find the antennas, you can do a hack job to make them into directional antennas by making aluminum foil based "dishes". It'll get you more range, but then you severely limit your coverage.

[Remix]

1 minute ago, harry4742 said:

But its better this way, imagine an appartemnt house with 200 flats, each having their own super range router

 

 

Oh absolutely. The RF environment would be terrible. 

1 minute ago, hammad1029 said:

then how much of an increase will it be? 50% more?

There isn't a science to it. There is no doubt that tells me the 940n will provide you with slightly more coverage... not very much, but it will provide you with faster speeds overall with the limitations of 2.4GHz. The 940n to me looks like a slightly upgraded version of the 740n. Reception Sensitivity just looks like you'll achieve faster speeds in the areas where you may have not before. They still have the same Transmit Power, so something tells me you won't see a huge range improvement. Probably not even 10%.