XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On 10 Oct 2019 12:10:40 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   >   In my case, normally about 2 metre (80 inches), but sometimes as   
   > little as about 5 cm (2 inches).   
      
   Hi Frank,   
      
   I agree that a normal SOHO router works just fine for many people   
   o I literally have plenty of normal SOHO routers myself   
      
   But I _also_ have far better equipment (in terms of power & distances):   
      
      
   My key point being to educate folks here that huge DISTANCES are possible   
   o At about the same cost that they're paying now   
      
   For example, as you're likely aware, you'd be hard pressed to get even 20   
   "real" decibels out of a typical SOHO router, right?   
      
   Well, this desktop I'm on at this very moment has a router attached to its   
   RJ45 port with 23 decibels of transmit power, which itself is attached to a   
   cheap antenna of, oh, I think this one is about another 18 decibels.   
      
      
   Bearing in mind not only that decibels add up, but every 3 decibels is   
   twice the power, which allows any desktop to connect to a suitable access   
   point which can be miles away (or only hundreds of feet through a building   
   or other penetratable structure).   
      
   All for the same cost as what everyone is paying now.   
      
   All they need is the technical knowhow in this thread (and a bit more room   
   on their shelves) where, armed with this knowledge (which is what I'm all   
   about, Frank ... dissemination of knowledge) ... they too can   
   transmit/receive strong signal for MILES to/from their desktop, instead of   
   mere feet.   
      
   --   
   Using American ingenuity to help people have more power at less cost.   
      
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