[Voyage-linux] Setting TXPower for mini-PCI wireless card

[John Jelercic]

Greetings everyone,

 

I've been hanging out reading these support threads, it really sounds like
everyone is extremely knowledgeable with Voyage linux and several different
hardware platforms. I can only hope that I can contribute to make my stay
worth while to everyone else!

 

To begin, I've got an access point setup using an Alix 3C2 board. I've got
the below wireless card installed, and a CF card running Voyage .4.1.

 

http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34
<http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_34&products_id=474>
&products_id=474

 

Everything is truly working great! I'm having problems getting the most out
of the txpower on my wireless card though. I've done some research, and I'm
unclear on whether it is a limitation of the madwifi drivers or if it has
something to do with the country code settings on the card, but the max
txpower I can set the card to is 18dBm (63mW). 

 

Has anyone had any luck with getting it higher than that? I'm confident I
probably won't be able to use the advertised 600mW on the card, but more
than what I'm currently capable of would be most desirable.

 

A few weeks back when researching the country code for the card, I ran some
commands and determined the country code was set to 0. I could not find a
way to set it to anything else.

 

Thanks for any help that you can provide.

 

John

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