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qasdfdsaq · 19-01-2013, 17:09

The legal transmit power takes into account all the characteristics of the antennae as well, and counts the amount of signal coming out of the unit and over the air - so a better antenna means the radio chip has to actually reduce its output power so the effective total remains the same.

The DIR-615 has two antenna, and each one on its own is capable of hitting the regulatory limit, it has to halve its power when using both simultaneously, same applies to the Superhub. There is no "maximum" number of antenna but the maximum simultaneous streams in 802.11n is 4, but you could theoretically run 32 antennas if you felt like it (actually some people do).

More/better antennas can only increase signal in certain directions while making it worse in others, and while "more antennas is better" that tends to be because of better reliability and speed rather than more signal.

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qasdfdsaq cf.mega poster Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,207	Re: What router do I get for a Superhub in modem mode? The legal transmit power takes into account all the characteristics of the antennae as well, and counts the amount of signal coming out of the unit and over the air - so a better antenna means the radio chip has to actually reduce its output power so the effective total remains the same. The DIR-615 has two antenna, and each one on its own is capable of hitting the regulatory limit, it has to halve its power when using both simultaneously, same applies to the Superhub. There is no "maximum" number of antenna but the maximum simultaneous streams in 802.11n is 4, but you could theoretically run 32 antennas if you felt like it (actually some people do). More/better antennas can only increase signal in certain directions while making it worse in others, and while "more antennas is better" that tends to be because of better reliability and speed rather than more signal.