Increase Tx Power in Latest Firmwares?

[amorak]

Hi all,

I need about 100mw to get decent speeds in the far corner of my house on the 5Ghz band. With the new firmware, Asus has changed the power to a sliding scale of 1-100%. I have found 100% to be about 80mW here in Canada... How can I get back the 100mW I need and could set before?

 

[jegesq]

Either go back to firmware at or before 374.42 (Merlin or John's Fork, found at the sticky in the Merlin ASUSWRT sub-forum), which will allow you to go up to 100mW, or use an Access Point or Repeater to reach those areas of your home that require a better signal.

 

[watusi]

As a practical matter, this won't do much. Increasing power from 80mw to 100mw will give you only a 1db boost. It's something - but... it's practically nothing.

It's that inconvenient inverse square law...