<div>Regarding NL2511MP Prism based radios on Voyage and my two cents.</div>
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<div>iwpriv wlan0 alc 0<br>iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 128</div>
<p><br>iwpriv wlan0 readmif 62 (CR31)<br>iwpriv wlan0 readmif 116 (CR58)</p>
<p># Setpower script for HostAP devices<br>iwpriv wlan0 alc 0 > /dev/null 2>&1<br>iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 %VALUE% > /dev/null 2>&1<br>======================================================<br>/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 txpower xxxx
<br>Does NOT work for setting values for txpower. You can only issue off or auto.</p>
<p>Seems you can lowlevel poke and peek values into the card for txpower on<br>Prism still. The main problem is, they say the settings don't stay forever.<br>Everyone suggests putting in a cron every 5 minutes to reissue the
<br>commands.</p>
<p>If you want to see what is in the register 62 spot then you do:<br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 readmif 62</p>
<p>If you want to change that value you have to do:<br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 alc 0<br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 128</p>
<p># Setpower script for HostAP devices, save as /root/Setpower<br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 alc 0 > /dev/null 2>&1<br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 128 > /dev/null 2>&1</p>
<p>Create a file called /root/crontab and put this in there:<br>*/5 * * * * /root/Setpower</p>
<p>Then do:<br>crontab /root/crontab</p>
<p>Now you may want to put that into some autostart file as well.</p>
<p>The value of 128 put into register 62 is on some weird scale where 128 is<br>the highest number and 127 is the lowest and the numbers 0 or 255 means 50%.<br>Nobody can tell you what value to put into register 62 for a specific card
<br>to get a specific txpower out of it. The reason for this is a 200mW card<br>will output something different than a 50mW card does when at 100% or even<br>50%.</p>
<p>You might try <br>/sbin/iwpriv wlan0 writemif 62 190<br>instead of 128 as 190 is evidently lowering the output a bit.</p>
<p>They do usually suggest output to be slightly less than max though for the<br>card so that it is not over doing it. They liken it to a stereo that is<br>turned up to it's max and how it has distortion. </p>
<p>Steve...<br><br></p>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/2/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jerry</b> <<a href="mailto:mrcool@terraworld.net">mrcool@terraworld.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hello!<br><br>That is very interesting, as I have noticed myself that the 2511mp s that I<br>have seem to be weak when you compare them to the CB3 or the 2511 pcmcia
<br>card that is in the CB3...<br><br>Thanks for the info. Probably what I have with my luck, (100mw) but I dont<br>have a way to test them. :( oh well<br><br>Thanks all<br><br>Jerryf<br><br><br>> Also, there are versions of the MP2511MP that are 100mw. We ended up
<br>> with a few in a batch of 50 that we purchased. no outside difference,<br>> so they were only discovered after testing.<br>><br>> KH<br>> NomadISP<br>><br>> On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 08:00, Andrew Niemantsverdriet wrote:
<br>> > Hi,<br>> ><br>> > It seems that my 200mw Senao NL-2511MP Plus (mini-pci) card is not<br>putting<br>> > out near the power it should. Since I am in the US I would expect the<br>full<br>> > 200mw but this is my first Access Point with Voyage, I have been using
<br>is<br>> > as a CPE and / or repeater before so I did not pay much attention to<br>> > output strength. Anyway is there a setting some where that needs to be<br>> > changed to get the full output or is something else wrong?
<br>> ><br>> > One more thing what is up with the 2 antenna connectors, are they<br>identical?<br>> ><br>> > Thanks for any guidance.<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________
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