Which router has the most output power?

[AcostaJA]

Some times people miss the best and smarter solution : placing the router at the best location.

Most people just install the router at some room, the kitchen or the studio, commonly located at some extreme of the house, thus the signal must go thru 2 or 3 walls ti reach each station.

But if instead you install it at the top of a central corridor wall a signal maybe only need to go thru a single wall or door (easier too), with ppoe capable routers also you don't need to find an ac socket (most to link all ubiquity).

 

[stevech]

But if instead you install it at the top of a central corridor wall a signal maybe only need to go thru a single wall or door (easier too), with ppoe capable routers also you don't need to find an ac socket (most to link all ubiquity).

You mean access point (AP) rather than router, I assume.

 

[MamaBear2017]

What people seem to be missing in this thread is this: You get a 3db gain every time you double power. BUT my RT-N66U, when crippled by the recent firmware update that I just did, went from 200mw to 15 mw, I think, and is barely usable in our house in Denver now.

SO 15mw doubled to 30mw would be 3db, 30 doubled to 60mw another 3db. 60 doubled to 120 is another, and going up to its rated 200mw would be maybe 2.5db more - a total of about 10-12 db, which is about the drop that I saw when I installed the firmware update.

It seems fraudulent to sell a 200mw router that's crippled for fear of lowest common denominator international standards, and will no longer work at its rated power in the U.S.

So I'm looking for one that will now.

 

[sfx2000]

What people seem to be missing in this thread is this: You get a 3db gain every time you double power. BUT my RT-N66U, when crippled by the recent firmware update that I just did, went from 200mw to 15 mw, I think, and is barely usable in our house in Denver now.

SO 15mw doubled to 30mw would be 3db, 30 doubled to 60mw another 3db. 60 doubled to 120 is another, and going up to its rated 200mw would be maybe 2.5db more - a total of about 10-12 db, which is about the drop that I saw when I installed the firmware update.

It seems fraudulent to sell a 200mw router that's crippled for fear of lowest common denominator international standards, and will no longer work at its rated power in the U.S.

So I'm looking for one that will now.

Reset your power back to stock, and leave it alone...