XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:47:16 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
      
   > The transmit power is not   
   >>turned down exactly at the same rate as the antenna   
   >>gain goes up, so slapping a dish on it is still a "win"   
   >>of some sort.   
   >>   
   >>   Paul   
   >   
   > Well, it improves the receiving gain, too.   
      
   Since, in this Usenet potluck, we bring our suggestions to share so that   
   a. Those whose desktops do NOT have WiFi (they only need an RJ45 port)   
   b. Anyone who needs far greater WiFi range than what they already have   
      
   I agree with both Paul & J.P. Gilliver (John) that:   
   o It's likely more bang for the buck to put a dollar into the antenna dB   
   o Than to put that same dollar into the radio transmit dB   
   Although complexities arise when you get to sensitivity & noise immunity.   
      
   What would be nice, by way of shared comparisons, if people would note what   
   the power output is of the current Wi-Fi enabled SOHO router they're using.   
      
   As far as I can tell, so far anyway, typical consumer router EIRPs are   
   orders of magnitude lower than the PowerBeam we've latched onto as our   
   suggested unit to increase WiFi range for Ethernet-enabled computers.   
      
   Can others share what EIRP we can typically attain with $100 home routers?   
      
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