Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 19 September 2014, jd1008 sent: > I was indeed eyed suspiciously by other cafe' clientele. They might > have thought I was trying to hack into their computers. They must not > be aware that the router isolates the lan clients from each other. One might presume that a router

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-20 Thread Doug
On 09/20/2014 03:28 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > On 20.09.2014, Doug wrote: > >> First: Higher power does NOT increase noise in the signal. It just increases >> the amount of >> radio frequency energy in the general area, which may be "noise" to some >> _other_ piece of equipment. > > Yes, you are

Re: WiFi Tx power question--more

2014-09-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 20.09.2014, Doug wrote: > A better location will probably be somewhere up above all the clutter around > your work-station. > Try it up about head-height or higher, on a little bracket or shelf on the > wall. This is what I did some time ago and what worked for me. Btw: I'm using an exter

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-20 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 20.09.2014, Doug wrote: > First: Higher power does NOT increase noise in the signal. It just increases > the amount of > radio frequency energy in the general area, which may be "noise" to some > _other_ piece of equipment. Yes, you are right. I was imprecise. What I meant is that barely i

Re: WiFi Tx power question--more

2014-09-19 Thread Doug
On 09/19/2014 07:24 PM, Doug wrote: /snip/ *** I'm replying to myself! One other thing has occurred to me: With _any_ external wi-fi plug-in, you can remote the plug-in to a better location (which you find by trial)

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread jd1008
On 09/19/2014 05:24 PM, Doug wrote: On 09/19/2014 07:00 PM, jd1008 wrote: On 09/19/2014 04:50 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/19/2014 02:53 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm S

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread Doug
On 09/19/2014 07:00 PM, jd1008 wrote: > > On 09/19/2014 04:50 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: >> On 09/19/2014 02:53 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: >>> >>> On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: >Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm > So, reaso

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread jd1008
On 09/19/2014 04:50 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/19/2014 02:53 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to 30dBm due

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/19/2014 02:53 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to 30dBm due to poor connectivity with the hotspot route

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/19/2014 02:53 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to 30dBm due to poor connectivity with the hotspot route

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread jd1008
On 09/19/2014 01:14 PM, Heinz Diehl wrote: On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to 30dBm due to poor connectivity with the hotspot router. There are two barriers: 1. the capability of you

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 19.09.2014, jd1008 wrote: > Bit Rate=72.2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm > So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to 30dBm > due to poor connectivity with the hotspot router. There are two barriers: 1. the capability of your adapter 2. CRDA For most countries,

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-19 Thread jd1008
On 09/18/2014 09:40 PM, Tim wrote: On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 19:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: I do not have a physical access to the access point. It is a public hotspot (at a restaurant). My laptop has no antennas :) . that might allow you to dangle a better antenna lead through the chassis. Messy

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-18 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 19:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > I do not have a physical access to the access point. > It is a public hotspot (at a restaurant). My laptop > has no antennas :) Probably, their system is crap, with nothing you can do about it. It seems to be par for the course with those things.

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-18 Thread Tim
On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 18:23 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > So, reason I am asking is that I would like to increase Tx power to > 30dBm due to poor connectivity with the hotspot router. Something tells me that wouldn't help. WiFi seems to work well with quite weak signals, so boosting them when your neari

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-18 Thread jd1008
On 09/18/2014 07:28 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 09/18/2014 05:23 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: # lspci | grep -i wifi 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi [ 10.019366] iwlwifi :0c:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 dmesg

Re: WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-18 Thread Rick Stevens
On 09/18/2014 05:23 PM, jd1008 issued this missive: # lspci | grep -i wifi 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi [ 10.019366] iwlwifi :0c:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 dmesg also shows [ 266.827254] wlan0: Limiting TX

WiFi Tx power question

2014-09-18 Thread jd1008
# lspci | grep -i wifi 0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 dmesg | grep -i iwlwifi [ 10.019366] iwlwifi :0c:00.0: Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 dmesg also shows [ 266.827254] wlan0: Limiting TX power to 36 (36 - 0) dBm as advertised by 00:0d:67