As usual with Wi-Fi you won&#x27;t get close to theoretical range and distance in practice. 802.11ah includes support for relay access points [1]. Most probably it is a requirement for &quot;nearly doubled range&quot;.<p>&gt; Am I being spoiled thinking either of those options aren&#x27;t super impressive for a whole new standard? Where&#x27;s the 10x (order of magnitude) improvement?<p>802.11ah is not the &quot;mainline&quot; standard. 10x improvement is left for 802.11ax. 802.11ah is for IoT applications: low bandwidth, low power consumption, high distance.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IEEE_802.11ah#Relay_Access_Point_.28AP.29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;IEEE_802.11ah#Relay_Access_Poi...</a>