Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:58 Post subject: what router to buy for maximal TX power ?
I have read that (the affordable) TP-Link Arch 7 is (hardware) limited to 20dBm(100mW). That's the same like any other commercial access point that you can buy.
What (affordable) hardware should I buy for DD-WRT to really be able to increase the TX power ?
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6743 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 11:37 Post subject:
My best range, so far is with R7800 and R9000 at 29dBm...although R9000 goes up to 35 i don't like it that high...
settings: country domain CANADA, PANAMA or ITALY, ACK time 900 ... and than channel 11 + lower channel overlap enabled...and ect.
5Ghz radio, range is different and generally not that good as 2.4Ghz is.. _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 58184 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 59045 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 59093 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 59171 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 59171 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Dynalink DL-WRX36-DDWRT 59171
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 58976 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoT,AD-Block,IPsetFirewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 7412 Location: Little Rock
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 1:35 Post subject:
I'm not sure what's affordable for you, I will say however that both my Linksys MX4200 and MR7350 go to 30-28dBm depending on what channels you use. Neither of them are broadcom based units. _________________ Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds
I'm not sure what's affordable for you, I will say however that both my Linksys MX4200 and MR7350 go to 30-28dBm depending on what channels you use. Neither of them are broadcom based units.
Have you actually been getting full power out of these two routers? I have four MX4300s (basically the same as the mx4200s w/more RAM and flash) and one MR7350 and the best I can do is about 25dBm at 5ghz on both models. I can get 28dBm for about a week @5ghz and 25dBm @2.4 on ONE MX4300 for about 6-7 days until it drops again.
If you are able to maintain full power levels on these two routers, please share your settings as this has been driving many of us crazy for quite some time. _________________ - Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: WDS-AP, VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r59171
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk - r59171
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r59171
- Linksys MX4300 (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r59171
- Linksys MR7350: WDS Station for extended VLANs over Ethernet r59171
- Linksys Velop WHW03v1 x2: OpenWRT w/GRETAP tunnel for VLANs on VAPs
- OSes: Fedora 40, 10 RPis (2,3,4,5), 23 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.
Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 7412 Location: Little Rock
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 13:58 Post subject:
Sometimes yes, and sometimes no, them holding max power is inconsistent, they tend to dip in and out, also I'm not entirely sure if what I see is accurate. Other than your own, Do you happen to be in an access point congested area? _________________ Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds
Sometimes yes, and sometimes no, them holding max power is inconsistent, they tend to dip in and out, also I'm not entirely sure if what I see is accurate. Other than your own, Do you happen to be in an access point congested area?
I agree with what we are seeing may not be accurate, as I have reported on a few occasions.
I am not in a congested area. _________________ - Linksys EA8500: I-Gateway, WAP/VAP 5ghz only. Features: WDS-AP, VLANs, Samba, WG, Entware - r59171
- Linksys EA8500: 802.11s Secondary w/VLAN Trunk - r59171
- Linksys MX4300: 802.11s Primary w/VLAN Trunk over 5ghz. 2.4ghz WAP/VAP only - r59171
- Linksys MX4300 (WAP/VAP (7)) Multiple VLANs over single trunk port. Entware/Samba r59171
- Linksys MR7350: WDS Station for extended VLANs over Ethernet r59171
- Linksys Velop WHW03v1 x2: OpenWRT w/GRETAP tunnel for VLANs on VAPs
- OSes: Fedora 40, 10 RPis (2,3,4,5), 23 ESP8266s: Straight from Amiga to Linux in '95, never having owned a Windows PC.
Joined: 06 Feb 2010 Posts: 7412 Location: Little Rock
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 20:31 Post subject:
lexridge wrote:
I am not in a congested area.
I'm in a very congested area, there are about 19-20 access points close around me (mixed 2.4 and 5GHz networks), I was curious if you happen to have many around you as it may have affected the reporting.
I haven't taken them out to my other home in the country yet to test. I'm not counting on the results to change, but should they do so, I will certainly share the settings and results. _________________ Linking Routers | DD-WRT Wiki | DD-WRT Builds
