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Old 12-17-2004   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by grcore
The actual limit is 251mw. Most of the 3rd party firmwares have a limit of 84mw on the web interface, but if you use the CLI and wl utility you can bring it up to 251.

See this: http://explorer.cyberstreet.com/wrt5...raloutput.html

I stand corrected. I was using the SeattleWireless archive as reference and it lists up to 84, but your quite right, the WL driver allows up to 251.

I do remember reading hower that things got particularly noisy on WAP11's when you tinkered with the power output.(http://www.maokhian.com/wireless/wap11.html) Lots of noise bleeding into other channels and other badness.

People alot smarter than I design these things and I've learned that there's usually a reason for things being as they are. One would assume that the WRT54G was not designed to run at 250mw otherwise they would have made it so.

I guess it's one of those 'use at your own discression' type things.

Personally I prefer an elegant antenna based solution rather than the brute force of just adding more power
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