GL-MT6000 - Wi-Fi power too high (?)

Technical Support for Routers
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While I’m more than happy that my new GL-MT6000 has considerable wireless range, I noticed that it transmits at 36dBm (4 watts) on both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz.

In the European Union, more than 1 watt (30 dBm) seems to be not allowed.

2.4 GHz band: In the 2.4 GHz band, which covers the frequencies 2.400 to 2.4835 GHz, the maximum transmission power is generally limited to 20 dBm (100 mW).

5 GHz band: In the 5 GHz band, the regulations are more complex as this band is divided into several sub-bands, each of which has different regulations. In many cases, the maximum transmission power is between 200 mW and 1 W (23 to 30 dBm), depending on the specific frequency ranges and whether indoor or outdoor use is involved.

Interestingly, my WLAN is already set to “Germany” in Luci.
Since this may be a bug that might need to be corrected, I wanted to let you know.

I don’t know anything about Wi-Fi power, but it seemed very strange to me that the values here were so high, while the Flint1 was locked at 20dBm.

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Thanks for your kindly feedback, we will check it to find out the issue.

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Curious what total power usage your Flint 2 uses… Have you measured from the power point? Thx

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Seems to be fixed in 4.5.3 - unfortunately :sweat_smile:

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unfortunately indeed

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This is an impressive power. How did you measure it?

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That was the value luci showed my for the interface.
I can confirm that the output is way lower now - so it seems to be correct.

You cant even select those dBm now.

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ow damn now my wifi coverage is lower, I was so happy :frowning:

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Can gl-inet give the option to adjust the WiFi power in the GUI as an advanced feature? As I will sit close to mine, i am glad my head won’t be melted by the latest firmware :melting_face:

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Nope, because it’s the law. :frowning:

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You can already select it by the GUI or luci.

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Can i use the same settings or do i need a reset after the update?

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Updates don’t change the config as long as you preserve them while updating.

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Since I don’t know what exactly you are trying to achieve: Spoken for this update, it will reset the Wi-Fi power. So as soon as you update, you won’t be able to use more power than allowed anymore.

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Yeah no problem with that don’t want any trouble with Bundesnetzagentur or something :grinning:

Just want that vpn works bug free like now if I don’t reset after the firmware update

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Doh!

Mine looked like it was shipping out of China and then this morning it says it’s been delayed to 11th Dec due to operational reasons! Jeez, so much for FedEx.

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The hardware cannot transimit that high power actually. Luci sometimes is not so compatible so will not display the real value.

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But it was definitely higher than now - so maybe not 4 watts but still higher than allowed :slight_smile:

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Same here. Before an upgrade, clients showed much stronger signal. Definitely it wasn’t below to EU limits. :slight_smile: Seems good now.

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Just curious, what package changed? Is the the code on github?