You can read the Broadcom specifications for the 2050 radio chips in the Linksys WRT54G here -
http://www.sveasoft.com/postt48.html
84 mw is well within their design limits.
But that doesn't mean they designed the PA to generate that. They might not have a high enough voltage on the collector of the PA to avoid compression at the +19 dBm output power.
Now, if you want to test at +19 dBm and verify that the spectral output doesn't change then I think you can make the statement that +19 dBm is OK. Until then, I would certainly be wary of making that change.
BTW, the improvement from 34 mW to 84 mW is only 3.9 dB. If you do it on both ends you might realize a 30% increase in range. OTOH if you really need that, you have no extra link margin to deal with variations in propagation. Better to put up more antenna.
-- Brian Lloyd 6501 Red Hook Plaza [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 201 http://www.lloyd.com St. Thomas, VI 00802 +1.340.998.9447 (voice) +1.360.838.9669 (fax)
-- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
