OK sure, but putting my access point six feet from my laptop (as it is right now) gives about -40dBm from what I think is 100mW of power and that's regarded as

OK sure, but putting my access point six feet from my laptop (as it is right now) gives about -40dBm from what I think is 100mW of power and that's regarded as a pretty excellent signal strength. So if we're starting from a place where -60dB is "excellent" then we probably don't care about 6dB of losses so much.