[TriLUG] OpenWRT and the WRT54G - adj. power?

[Shane O'Donnell]

I think the default changed along with one of the hardware
revisions--maybe that the GS model boosted it.  Don't remember exactly
if/when it changed, but I believe it went from 22mw to 28mw.

I've got mine set on a cron job so that from 8am to 11am, the radio
runs at 200mw and otherwise, drops down to 40mw.  This gives me a nice
place to keep my coffee warm.

Shane O.

BTW - Just kidding about the cron job coffee heater.  I'm not
interested in a lecture on coffee-heater feasibility from someone that
know a lot more about thermodynamics than I do--and that's probably
most of you.

On 5/18/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I found that command shortly after sending my e-mail out (as is
> usually the case :) ).  One further question: what is the default
> power level of the wl card?  I've read it is between 5 and 30.  I've
> also read that you can crank the power up to 250 mw (!!) on this
> thing, though in doing so you can expect to toast the card in a matter
> of a couple months, even in the collest enviornment.
> 
> Now I have to figure out how to run OpenWRT on a WAP54G (also linux based).
> 
> Greg
> 
> On 5/18/05, Shane O'Donnell <shaneodonnell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Check out the "wl" command, especially with the "txpwr" parm.
> >
> > Be careful though, if you ramp the radio power too high, heat becomes
> > an issue.  I hear that 40-50 is a good safe range that gives you
> > better power than stock, the added noise is not significant, and the
> > heat will still dissipate without fans.
> >
> > YMMV -
> >
> > Shane O.
> >
> > On 5/18/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Is it possible to adjust the power output of a WRT54G 802.11g signal
> > > running openWRT?  I see that it is possible using some other types of
> > > firmware, but I was wondering if anyone had accomplished with using
> > > openWRT.  So far google, and openwrt.org, searches have not yielded
> > > fruit.
> > >
> > > Greg
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