A city CIO asks whether Wi-Fi “range” is a fixed meter count printe…

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A city CIO asks whether Wi-Fi “range” is a fixed meter count printed on an AP datasheet. What is the sound reply?

Accepted Answer

Coverage depends on transmit power, antennas, obstacles, band, and noise—not a single fixed marketing range that holds in every building. — Datasheet “range” is like claiming a flashlight always lights exactly 50 feet—walls, fog, and battery life beg to differ. Real coverage is environment plus radio settings.

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Every AP datasheet range is a hard physics constant identical indoors and outdoors.

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Range is determined only by the SSID string length chosen by marketing.

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Once calibrated, municipal APs always cover exactly one city block regardless of band.

A city CIO asks whether Wi-Fi “range” is a fixed meter count printed on an AP datasheet. What is the sound reply?

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