On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Raja Subramanian > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Can you configure the transmit power in the unit? IIRC, the max. >>> transmit power for WiFi is about 200mW (this is the number I got for a >>> WiFi card I bought). >> >> Increasing transmit power has following disadvantages: > > ...... snip ..... > >> It's best to run the device with it's defaults. > > I did not mean to advocate maxing output power - overheating would be > the definitive killer of the device. With adequate heat dissipation, > I believe the output power can be cranked up to 50-80 mW range. I > have an ALIX unit which I plan to experiment with, I will report my > results when I put it in production in my office. > >> 1. cantenna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna >> 2. EZ12 http://www.freeantennas.com/projects/template2/index.html
Oops... In my last post, I forgot to include the following which provides interesting tools for WiFi setups. <http://www.zytrax.com/tech/wireless/calc.htm> -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
