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Default OTish: do larger aerials extend the range of wifi routers/repeaters?

In article , The Natural Philosopher
scribeth thus
Jim K wrote:
trying to tweak my wifi signal to reliably get to the garage - will
adding a longer aerial (ebay £10) increase the range noticeably? or is
it snake oil?


No, you can get up to 300 meters or more with a good aerial and line of
sight..


You might guv .. you won't all be able to do that like here, as theres
too much 2.4 GHz being used. A local, and were not in that densely
populated area, netstumbler scan shows up most every other house has a
wi-fi point now;!..

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