[wellylug] DD-WRT wireless power setting

Alick Wilson alick.wilson at braithwaite.co.nz
Thu Mar 5 14:09:19 NZDT 2009


Hi Bret

>> 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?

I did not have any hard information to help determine power level.

I did not want to fry my router, so I decided to increase it a bit at a time
until I got reliable connections throughout my house.

Alick



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