What is the coverage range of AirPort Extreme?

aryayusharyayush
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Hello!



Can someone please tell me how much area the AirPort Extreme base station covers? Will it work within a radius of up to 200 feet.



Thank you!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,185member
    200 feet?... sure ... with no obstructions (walls and stuff).

    The frequency used is attenuated by anything in it's line-of-sight to your computer. The more "stuff" it has to pass through, the weaker the signal gets.



    If you can use 802.11n you will get much better range than with 802.11g (and b sucks bad)
  • Reply 2 of 3
    vineavinea Posts: 5,585member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot View Post


    200 feet?... sure ... with no obstructions (walls and stuff).

    The frequency used is attenuated by anything in it's line-of-sight to your computer. The more "stuff" it has to pass through, the weaker the signal gets.



    If you can use 802.11n you will get much better range than with 802.11g (and b sucks bad)



    And G with the Airport is much better than G with my DLink FWIW. My MBP only does G.
  • Reply 3 of 3
    nofeernofeer Posts: 2,427member
    how do you set up your airport on your laptop to show all available networks??

    i would think just click on the airport logo to show networks. but i don't "see" available networks

    this helps when i'm traveling

    thanks
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