If you’re running plain vanilla OpenWrt, you can just switch the country code to Panama and crank your 5GHz WiFi all the way up to 30 dBm.
Do it at your own risk though. I’m not responsible if you get busted by the authorities, fry your router, or if your neighbor starts knocking on your door xD
We can't trust the firmware from glinet any more. The lack of clarification from their side shows that.
@colin.p No need to save it.. if GL’s ever posted it for download (since 2023), it’ll live here (even when they silently swap out the beta versions under the same version number - bad GL). It’s my belief that any image that was ever posted for download should always be available for re-download.
Leaving someone not able to recover to the exact version of any prior released firmware is not acceptable.
The mobile device wouldn't need to transmit at the same power as the router as long as the router signal is able to reach the mobile device.
Yikes. This is not what we want.
I had this problem and received an email from gl inet support and they advised me to go back from version 4.8.4 to version 4.8.3 and everything will work with 2.4/5G wifi coverage.
If you read through this thread, you’ll find it has been answered - the Wi-Fi transmission power is set to the correct limits at the firmware level. This won’t be ‘fixed’ as there’s nothing to fix - they have to ensure the routers work within the regulations for each country. V4.8.4 and later have corrected this, so unless you want to remain on V4.8.3 forever, you’ll have just have to accept it.
I already use higher DFS channels and have for years with this router and prior routers and the wifi results are worse and inconsistent now with devices in the same room.
I just downgraded to 4.8.3 and have correct speeds again (1.5gbps wifi for devices in the same room) as opposed to 500mbps and erratic latency for devices on the 4.8.4 firmware.
Prior to downgrading the firmware I changed the region to GB/US and this had no effect on the poor speeds.
Don’t forget that the antenna gain works for sending AND receiving. So an AP with high antenna gain has besides strong TX with lower radio power (strong from TX power + antenna gain, limited by EIRP regulation) , also has the possibility of improved received signal. (received RX signal + antenna gain). Actually the antenna gain gives more benefits for reception than for transmission, due to the EIRP limitation for transmission. For longer distances both devices should have large antenna gain, to amplify the received signal at both ends.
