Need to find a router to cover the whole house
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802.11ac will have less coverage than 802.11n routers running on 2.4g because 5g is more easily blocked by walls and such. The testing I have seen on beamforming in a house is inconclusive if it makes much difference. The theory I have see discussed is signals that bounce off wall and say go around obstetrical may work better that tryng to force a signal though a wall. If a mirror or some other dense object just happen to be at the point the signal tries to go though.
Almost all routers put out the legal maximum power allowed by law. There are only tiny difference between models. Your end devices make much more difference since they all do not transmit at full power.
All you can do is pick one you like and hope it works. There is no way to predict how well a router will perform in any house. As long as you stay with the better name brands you will not have much issues. Likely a 802.11ac router that claims 1200m is good enough. The ones that claim more use things like 3 or more data paths. This requires your end devices to also have more than the common 2 antenna. Unless you have devices that can take advantage of these features it tends to be a waste of money. Even then the ability to use the most dense encode and run 4 signals does not go real far even in the best environment.
Almost all routers put out the legal maximum power allowed by law. There are only tiny difference between models. Your end devices make much more difference since they all do not transmit at full power.
All you can do is pick one you like and hope it works. There is no way to predict how well a router will perform in any house. As long as you stay with the better name brands you will not have much issues. Likely a 802.11ac router that claims 1200m is good enough. The ones that claim more use things like 3 or more data paths. This requires your end devices to also have more than the common 2 antenna. Unless you have devices that can take advantage of these features it tends to be a waste of money. Even then the ability to use the most dense encode and run 4 signals does not go real far even in the best environment.
Chelseabulldog
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I just installed a few Asus RT88u 's fantastic routers more range and coverage than I have previously seen
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