I presume that they would, but I can't find the info to confirm that. Would anyone here happen to know?
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Do the newer, faster routers with increased range emit more radiation than the ones of yesterday?
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I don't have "the definitive answer", but I would guess that if they have "more range", that equates to "more transmitting power", and so... yes, more "radiation"...
In the US, the FCC limits how much power these routers can put out, and that has not changed in years. I think the improvements you are reading about are more from better antenna design and better and multiple radios inside.
All wireless signals, audio signals and light waves vary with the square of the distance from a point source. Most WiFi signals drop off after 10', so move your router a little. Using hi-gain, highly directional antennas we were able to link two 802 radios 20 miles apart, 150' above the ground 12 years ago!
As others wrote, they don't.
However if you worry about these things, here's a tip. You can reduce radiation as follows. Get a router, any router except Apple's stuff. Go to the advanced wireless settings, and increase Beacon Interval from 100 to 1000.
Beacon Interval is how many milliseconds the router waits before broadcasting a packet with its SSID and other stuff. 100 means every 100 milliseconds (i.e. 10 times per second). Putting it on 1000 means: send once per second.
The second thing you can do, is set the Transmit Power to something lower. Usually it's on 100 mW. You can probably set it to 50 or so. If it's a small apartment or room, even lower. There's a router on our attic, it transmits at 10 mW.
With these two simple settings, you reduce radiation ten to fifty times.
However if you worry about these things, here's a tip. You can reduce radiation as follows. Get a router, any router except Apple's stuff. Go to the advanced wireless settings, and increase Beacon Interval from 100 to 1000.
Beacon Interval is how many milliseconds the router waits before broadcasting a packet with its SSID and other stuff. 100 means every 100 milliseconds (i.e. 10 times per second). Putting it on 1000 means: send once per second.
The second thing you can do, is set the Transmit Power to something lower. Usually it's on 100 mW. You can probably set it to 50 or so. If it's a small apartment or room, even lower. There's a router on our attic, it transmits at 10 mW.
With these two simple settings, you reduce radiation ten to fifty times.