Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 20:12 Post subject: DD-WRT micro features vs regular
I own a WRT54G ver 3, which I use with DD-WRT std version. Even though I don't use much of its features, the one I really love id the one that lets me control the signal strength (Xmit Power=70).
A friend of mine, got a new 54G, but version 6 for his cabin somewhere far away. His cabin is a bit big, so he doesn't get great signal strength through the whole house.
He asked me about a solution, without buying a repeater, and I told him about DD-WRT.
My main concern, is that even though I know the diff between micro, mini and std versions (http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_DD-WRT%3F#File_Versions), I just don't know if the micro has the signal strength feature.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 20:43 Post subject: Re: DD-WRT micro features vs regular
Neuralgia wrote:
I own a WRT54G ver 3, which I use with DD-WRT std version. Even though I don't use much of its features, the one I really love id the one that lets me control the signal strength (Xmit Power=70).
The signal strength isn't a "feature" per se, it's just a setting you enter in the router and that's not normally exposed to end users. You can enter a value for the signal strength in all dd-wrt versions.
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 21:41 Post subject:
A V5 with Linksys firmware has a power level set to 84mW. So if dd-wrt is installed (and yes...all versions have power settings) then he can only go up to 100mW without the use of additional cooling on the Broadcom device.
A better solution is to get a Buffalo WHR-G54s or G125 use it as the main AP then take the Linksys V5 installed with V24 and set it up as a repeater to broaden his coverage at the cabin.
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