[wellylug] DD-WRT wireless power setting

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

wellylug-request at lists.wellylug.org.nz wrote:
>
> Subject:
> Re: [wellylug] flashing a WRT54g
> From:
> Alick Wilson <alick.wilson at braithwaite.co.nz>
> Date:
> Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:57:06 +1300
> To:
> 'Wellington Linux Users Group' <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>
> To:
> 'Wellington Linux Users Group' <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>
>
> I have used DD-WRT wireless power setting to increase power from default 70
> to 140 to improve reception by iPhone. Maximum power is 251. I would have
> liked to increase to maximum power but I have read that there can be a
> danger of overheating the wireless chip.
Can you say how you arrived at the power level you chose?  Is there a
formula, or perhaps an article you read?

Thanks,
Bret