How to reduce transmit power N66U

[Deleted member 27741]

How to reduce transmit power N66U- via SSH

For me, while logged into ssh, these commands work to reduce transmit power:

This command will change the 2.4 frequency-
wl -a eth1 txpwr 100

This command will change the 5.0 frequency-
wl -a eth2 txpwr 100

100 = 100 milliwatts. Going below 100 milliwatts will result in a change that is visible via inSSIDer, while going above 100 milliwatts does nothing, so this is not an effective way to increase your transmit power, only to decrease it. To make sure it was working, I lowered the power to 5 milliwatts, which gives an obvious decrease in power.

I do not believe these power changes are reflected in the GUI, and if they do not survive reboot they can be put in /jffs/scripts/services-start.

 

[KGB7]

Isn't the default setting 80mw?

In GUI WiFi pro tab at the bottom, you can change the setting manually.


So what are you trying to tell us?

 

[Deleted member 27741]

If I could add -via SSH to the end of the thread title, I would (I actually tried to change it). Nothing mysterious about the post.

I just like it when forums contain "clean" how-to instructions for things so people don't have to page through 5, 10, 20, or 100 page threads to get the information they want.