Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:15 Post subject:
Jack82 wrote:
tatsuya46 wrote:
Jack82 wrote:
Regarding tatsuya's recommendation in the dd-wrt wiki, for TX Power: "Recommended Setting: Highest dBm your radios/regulatory domain support"... well that's some really bad advice.... fry your brains people and don't worry...
The DD-WRT wiki can be edited by anyone and there's a lot of anecdotal evidence/recommendations there, e.g. the recommended TX Power. I wouldn't follow it. Some time ago it wasn't like that, but tatsuya changed the info, maybe because he believes it to be true ? I can't find any proof for this kind of info being correct. On the contrary...
cause it doesnt break ur router, or give u cancer, or whatever other myths there is around it.
Do you have any real proof for this affirmation ? Or should I take your word for it ? Because I won't.
tatsuya46 wrote:
30dbm if u have a router that can get that high is 1, one, watt that bleeds off extremely fast with every milimeter of distance, let alone being multiple feet from it, in a chassis & wifi doesnt even transmit constantly. ur fine. meanwhile microwaves are hundreds/thousands of watts & people are frequently closer to those mostly metallic enclosed devices
In your line of thought which doesn't seem to be more than imagination, if the router transmits from a chassis, that's supposed to help with lowering the microwave radiation?? am I missing something?
The microwave ovens are ENCLOSED devices (a sort of Faraday cage), that's what you completely disregard in your thinking. Their external leakage is extremely reduced. On the other hand, a router emits all that power in the form of radiation energy into the surroundings because that's what it's supposed to do. 1 W of micro waves being continuously emitted close to your body is a lot - that's not a myth.
Until you bring some serious proof showing that high TX Power is not detrimental to human health in any way, until then I won't believe your anecdotes. 'til then you should not "recommend" people to set TX Power at the maximum value. That's just crazy. The default 20 dBm (= 0.1 W) is there for a reason (and it's not 30 dBm or 36 dBm either). It was set to that specific, normal value by the devs, not by you. Until I see proof stating otherwise, I'd rather keep my settings closer to their default values and not yours.
Not to sound preachy... I know everybody is free to set their own TX Power as they wish. However, a warning doesn't do any wrong.
i dont care what u use, so use default then, or 10dbm, or 4. the same can be said to u for "proof" ONE, watt of tx power, assuming u have a router that can even use that, is "killing our brains"/our health in general. u believe & recommend what u want, & ill do the same.
guess the government is wrong & theyre killing us by saying its legal, so are cellular companies with their towers, society with our nuclear power plants, & the universe constantly bathing the planet in radiation (our sun too).
so i guess agree to disagree. kind of similar like those who try to be "health nuts" that point at u if u eat a cheeseburger, saying how healthy they eat, yet smoke cigarettes. _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:52 Post subject:
no blabla in ur response whatsoever right. so u are one of those health nuts that sees everything as "unhealthy", acknowledged, each to their own beliefs _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:21 Post subject:
yes i do, u linked a forum, a wiki & articles none are the best forms of creditable info similar to what u said for my wiki entry about wikis being editable. a little surprised u even use wifi if u think its killing u.
each to their own beliefs, which is like religion, having none of it, ill just nod _________________ LATEST FIRMWARE(S)
BrainSlayer wrote:
we just do it since we do not like any restrictions enforced by stupid cocaine snorting managers
It has been approved for 25+ dBm TX Power. Note that there is no way to make it transmit much more than that - whatever you set beyond the hardware capability will be ignored.
Now, if FCC approves something for use, I am going to presume it is reasonably safe for use. They may be proved wrong and may change the specifications tomorrow - but for today, we gotta go by them. Or, you know, unplug completely - no phones, no computers, no TV, no DTH, nothing electronic or artificial, and go back to the cave.
I am not too worried about dying coz of all these electronics a few years earlier. Not really interested in living a 100, or even beyond 65
If anyone's too worried about your health vs. what mods you do by reading up this forum and the internet, keep stock. Or unplug.
Router: TP Link TL-WR842ND v2
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r27506 (07/09/15) std
Kernel: Linux 3.10.83 #5716 Thu Jul 9
Status: Working
Reset: No
Errors: None so far. Audio streaming dropouts that occurred with 4/1/15 build seem fixed!
Router: TP Link TL-WR841N v9.1
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r27506 (07/09/15) std
Kernel: Linux 3.18.17 #3481 Thu Jul 9
Status: Working
Reset: No
Errors: None so far.
Router: TP Link TL-WR841N v9.1
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r27506 (07/09/15) std
Kernel: Linux 3.18.17 #3481 Thu Jul 9
Status: Working
Reset: No
Errors: None so far.
Used as a switch only, WiFi disabled.
But it'd probably work as a switch without any firmware at all.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 19:06 Post subject: Re: Why can I see no new updates past '07/09/2015 02:54PM'
Zerion wrote:
SaintMaybe wrote:
Hello,
I'm not using a Proxy, and this is on every computer in my household. Is there a new web-site now instead of 'ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2015' to download newer firmwares?
Regards.
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 7568 Location: YWG, Canada
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 19:12 Post subject: Re: Why can I see no new updates past '07/09/2015 02:54PM'
SaintMaybe wrote:
Zerion wrote:
SaintMaybe wrote:
Hello,
I'm not using a Proxy, and this is on every computer in my household. Is there a new web-site now instead of 'ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/betas/2015' to download newer firmwares?
Regards.
Does QoS work on this build? I updated a Broadcom router with this build, and QoS doesn't appear to have any impact on bandwidth at all, as if it's not running (though it is).
Before I flash my Atheros box, I'd just like to know if there's some known QoS issue in recent builds, this one in particular.
