Does anybody know how far this will reach? null

Lots of variables to consider. Placement of the router should be as unobstructed as possible and as high in a room as possible. The more walls and glass through which a signal must travel also causes significant signal degradation. A router, outside in the open, with a "straight shot" to your device could have a fairly good signal up to 200 ft. Of course, nobody does that. Also, indoors, the 5Ghz band tends to weaken more when traveling through walls than the 2Ghz band, BUT, it's *throughput" is almost always faster. Therefore, it's possible to have a "fair" connection speed on 5GHz that still yields higher Mbs than a "good" or even "excellent" connection speed on the 2GHz band - I do it all the time.

I sit in my backyard at least 100 ft from the router and I get full wifi bars.

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Lots of variables to consider. Placement of the router should be as unobstructed as possible and as high in a room as possible. The more walls and glass through which a signal must travel also causes significant signal degradation. A router, outside in the open, with a "straight shot" to your device could have a fairly good signal up to 200 ft. Of course, nobody does that. Also, indoors, the 5Ghz band tends to weaken more when traveling through walls than the 2Ghz band, BUT, it's *throughput" is almost always faster. Therefore, it's possible to have a "fair" connection speed on 5GHz that still yields higher Mbs than a "good" or even "excellent" connection speed on the 2GHz band - I do it all the time.
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I sit in my backyard at least 100 ft from the router and I get full wifi bars.
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