FreshJR
Very Senior Member
I have a Tmobile TM-AC1900 which is a rebranded RT-AC68.
I changed the TMo firmware to asus (actually Merlin's fork) because I really wanted adaptive QOS and because we haven't gotten any security update for a long time.
The problem is that while I have gained many features, I also lost some 5ghz range.
The 5ghz fades out completely at some portions of my house instead of being low. I know this difference may be caused by something else that happened to occur at the same time of the firmware change, but does anyone know the T-mobile firmware's default antenna settings for 5ghz?
Currently on Merlins I get the following:
wl_txpower = 100 <- is this mW? Isn't new FCC max 80mW, which might explain lost range.
wl0_txpower = 100
wl1_txpower = 100
wl txpwer_target max 23.50 23.50 23.50 <-is this dbM (23.5dbm = 223mW = why so high?)
I do not want to reflash my original CFE and the tmobile firmware just find out. Even with this new occurance, I do not think I will sacrifice adaptive QOS and security for range. I just want to compare the values. Does anyone know them by chance?
I changed the TMo firmware to asus (actually Merlin's fork) because I really wanted adaptive QOS and because we haven't gotten any security update for a long time.
The problem is that while I have gained many features, I also lost some 5ghz range.
The 5ghz fades out completely at some portions of my house instead of being low. I know this difference may be caused by something else that happened to occur at the same time of the firmware change, but does anyone know the T-mobile firmware's default antenna settings for 5ghz?
Currently on Merlins I get the following:
wl_txpower = 100 <- is this mW? Isn't new FCC max 80mW, which might explain lost range.
wl0_txpower = 100
wl1_txpower = 100
wl txpwer_target max 23.50 23.50 23.50 <-is this dbM (23.5dbm = 223mW = why so high?)
I do not want to reflash my original CFE and the tmobile firmware just find out. Even with this new occurance, I do not think I will sacrifice adaptive QOS and security for range. I just want to compare the values. Does anyone know them by chance?
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