No, adding routing to AP functionality doesn't affect signal strength at
all. If your results are correct, then the router probably has a newer
chipset, and maybe a better antenna configuration.
But measuring range is not as easy as you might think. You have to compare
apples to apples exactly - make measurements at exactly the same locations
and in exactly the same environment - for both routers. Something as trivial
as where you are standing when you make the measurement, or a slight
difference in angle of the laptop, can change things entirely. Also, your
notebook's wifi adapter may just play nicer with the router than with the
AP. In short, your results may not be valid.
Walking around with a laptop or a PDA only gives you a general idea.
"Yertman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> This may have been covered, but I didnt' find a discussion on this
> particular topic. An associate of mine and I have been discussing
> Wireless Routers and Access Points. The two subjects in contention
> are Linksys 802.11b products (the wireless 4 port router and the Wap11
> access point).
>
> We are wondering if the stand alone access point has more range than
> the wireless router. It seems to us that the access point has a lot
> more range, but we can't decide if we're simply imagining this. We
> don't have any real tools for testing other than walking away from the
> things with our laptops. Are we correct in thinking the access point
> has more juice? If so why? Does the combination of the router and
> the access point together cause a degradation of signal?
>
> TIA for any information regarding this subject!
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