[colug-432] DD-WRT

[Michael Yanovich]

I really don't believe that option in the DD-WRT menu for the power of
the antennae actually does anything. I've put it at 250mW for various
wireless routers of mine and they have been working fine for years.

On 10/23/2011 07:31 PM, Larry Howell wrote:
> Thomas W. cranston wrote:
>> I am considering converting a WRT54G to DD-WRT. My initial consideration 
>> was to boost the output signal. I now realize I need to improve the 
>> antenna. Actually, it came w/Linksys 7dBi Hig Gain Antenna.
>>
>> What are the other benefits of converting to DD-WRT?
>>
>> Tom
>>
> 
> DD-WRT is based on the released Linksys code.  Linksys outsourced the 
> development of the code and it was rather poorly done, with serious 
> security deficiencies.  The DD-WRT developers rewrote significant 
> sections of the original code to correct the security issues and add a 
> number of features.  The FCC power limit is 250 mW, but the Linksys 
> default is 28 mW.  With DD-WRT you can increase the power up to the 250 
> mW limit, but that _will_ fry the Broadcom CPU unless you add an 
> appropriate heatsink.  I used DD-WRT on my WRT54GS v2.1 and GL v1.0 to 
> ran at 100 mW for years without adding a heatsink and didn't have any 
> issues.
> 
> FWIW, I switched to using OpenWRT a little over a year ago, which was 
> developed from scratch and IMO is higher quality code.
> 
> Larry
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Michael Yanovich

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