alpha rt-n firmware releases

To come back on the WiFi problem I had...
it seems that with a few new versions flashed the wifi didn't go down.
Perhaps it was just a bad flash:confused:
Moreover, I don't want to go back to the old wifi settings since some (embedded) devices won't work with that:p

but maybe a bit vivid imaginative explanation: after flashing new firmware the router stops responding a lot of the times and the wifi led starts blinking. this puts the wifi card in a sort of state causing it to crash after a specific time:p
I just find it weird that it happens now and then after a flash.

Anyway, does someone know how to make the harddrives to spin down? hdparm doesn't seem to work and my old scsi script doesn't work for the RT-N (hence it doesn't have any) :(

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Originally Posted by RdBw

Can anyone confirmed, that WPA2 does not working yet. Because I think it is working for me correctly or it is some mistake.

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Are you sure?
with inssider you can find out if it really broadcasts at WPA2
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

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Originally Posted by wpte

To come back on the WiFi problem I had...

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WiFi driver wasn't changed at all, only parameters in r1480...

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Anyway, does someone know how to make the harddrives to spin down? hdparm doesn't seem to work and my old scsi script doesn't work for the RT-N (hence it doesn't have any) :(

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Have you try scsi start/stop utilities from project downloads page?

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Originally Posted by lly

WiFi driver wasn't changed at all, only parameters in r1480...

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I know, I'm not saying the driver changed;)

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Originally Posted by lly

Have you try scsi start/stop utilities from project downloads page?

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I used those utilities on my WL-500W yes, but on my RT-N16 my drives don't show up as scsi drives.

normally I'd use the utilities in that famous spindown bash script that can be found on the forums, by using this entry /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
but I don't even have the directory /dev/scsi

or should I just use /dev/discs/disca/disc or something?:confused:

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Originally Posted by wpte

entry /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
but I don't even have the directory /dev/scsi

or should I just use /dev/discs/disca/disc or something?:confused:

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2.6 kernel uses /dev/sd[a-z] entry for drives and /dev/sd[a-z][0-9][0-9] dor patritions, and /dev/discs/disca/disc is just a symlink to /dev/sda for now

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Originally Posted by wpte

Anyway, does someone know how to make the harddrives to spin down? hdparm doesn't seem to work and my old scsi script doesn't work for the RT-N (hence it doesn't have any) :(

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I would like to know too :)

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Originally Posted by lly

Have you try scsi start/stop utilities from project downloads page?

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How do I install the scsi start/stop utilities when

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Originally Posted by wpte

on my RT-N16 my drives don't show up as scsi drives.

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and

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Originally Posted by theMIROn

2.6 kernel uses /dev/sd[a-z] entry for drives and /dev/sd[a-z][0-9][0-9] dor patritions, and /dev/discs/disca/disc is just a symlink to /dev/sda for now

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Thanking you in advance.

By the way I am a Linux noob

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Originally Posted by theMIROn

2.6 kernel uses /dev/sd[a-z] entry for drives and /dev/sd[a-z][0-9][0-9] dor patritions, and /dev/discs/disca/disc is just a symlink to /dev/sda for now

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suspected something like that.
and the scsi tools work fine on /dev/sda:)

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Originally Posted by wpte

suspected something like that.
and the scsi tools work fine on /dev/sda:)

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Sounds great! Can you provide me with instructions on how to use/install the tools. Thx :)

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Originally Posted by Bohlendach

Sounds great! Can you provide me with instructions on how to use/install the tools. Thx :)

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I'm just using the script from: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=47135&postcount=10

I modified it a bit tho, since the start stop utilities are pre-installed with the new firmware:)
look at: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=203696&postcount=173

Hello everyone,

Will there be a support for unicode characters in file names? Here: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...e=en-us&page=2 is written that the Chinease characters in file names are NOT supported.

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Originally Posted by wpte

I'm just using the script from: http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=47135&postcount=10

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I found out that the script doesnt do that much...
because in /proc/stat there is no value called "disc_io"

I was looking for a replacement... but haven't found any yet:(

is there a way to add that value?

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Originally Posted by necrolatry

Will there be a support for unicode characters in file names? Here: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...e=en-us&page=2 is written that the Chinease characters in file names are NOT supported.

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Unfortunately, nobody of us know Chinese. Which NLS codepage you are using? Probably, appropriated charset simply turned off in kernel.

updated: We have cp950 turned on, should we change it to cp936? or?

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Originally Posted by wpte

I found out that the script doesnt do that much...
because in /proc/stat there is no value called "disc_io"

I was looking for a replacement... but haven't found any yet:(

is there a way to add that value?

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You have to use /proc/diskstats in 2.6 kernel.

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Originally Posted by lly

You have to use /proc/diskstats in 2.6 kernel.

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even easier:)

new script:

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#!/bin/sh
if /usr/bin/[ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        /bin/echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 <device>"
        /bin/echo 1>&2 "example: $0 sda"
        exit 1
fi

#Check every 30 seconds for disk io changes
PERIOD=30
#if no changes are found during 5 minutes -> disk spindown
BOUNDARY=300
SCSISTOP=/usr/sbin/scsi-stop
LOGFILE=/tmp/scsi-$1.log

str=`/bin/grep $1 /proc/diskstats`
cooltime=0
stopped=0

while /bin/true; do
        /bin/sleep $PERIOD
        newstr=`/bin/grep $1 /proc/diskstats`
        if /usr/bin/[ "$newstr" = "$str" ]; then
                cooltime=$(($cooltime + $PERIOD))
                if /usr/bin/[ $cooltime -ge $BOUNDARY -a $stopped -eq 0 ]; then
                        $SCSISTOP /dev/$1
                        time=`/bin/date '+%b %e %H:%M:%S'`
                        /bin/echo "$time: Cooled down..." >> $LOGFILE
                        stopped=1
                fi
        else
                if /usr/bin/[ $cooltime -ne 0 ]; then
                        time=`/bin/date '+%b %e %H:%M:%S'`
                        /bin/echo "$time: Disk first used after $cooltime seconds" >> $LOGFILE
                fi
                cooltime=0
                str=$newstr
                stopped=0
        fi
done 


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it should be used like

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/usr/local/sbin/scsi-stop.sh sda &
/usr/local/sbin/scsi-stop.sh sdb &

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for each device a new log file will be created.

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Originally Posted by wpte

Are you sure?
with inssider you can find out if it really broadcasts at WPA2
http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider

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Inssider shows under Security RSNA-CCMP for my connection. I also tried Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and it shows WPA2/PSK under Default Auth. So it looks like WPA2 is really working with latest builds.
Just for info ...

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Originally Posted by RdBw

Inssider shows under Security RSNA-CCMP for my connection. I also tried Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector and it shows WPA2/PSK under Default Auth. So it looks like WPA2 is really working with latest builds.
Just for info ...

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Yes RSNA-CCMP is WPA2-AES.
I've tried to turn it on today, but it didn't work out that well.
I put my router back to defaults, and after that I got WPA2 working, but as soon as you changed to a different encryption method WPA is used, even when you put it back on WPA2:confused:

I tried to reset my router again, but I haven't managed to put WPA2 on again, maybe some sort of bug:confused:

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Originally Posted by wpte

I put my router back to defaults, and after that I got WPA2 working, but as soon as you changed to a different encryption method WPA is used, even when you put it back on WPA2:confused:

I tried to reset my router again, but I haven't managed to put WPA2 on again, maybe some sort of bug:confused:

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If you can localize the problem, please save nvram variables before and after, for analysis.

WPA is working fine for me for all of the latest builds, but I've another question: When used Bandwidth 20Mhz, then 802.11n SubChannel should be marked as None. But even when saved as None, it shows like Upper or Lower and Upper or Lower should be used only for 40 Mhz. Is that correct?

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Originally Posted by RdBw

WPA is working fine for me for all of the latest builds, but I've another question: When used Bandwidth 20Mhz, then 802.11n SubChannel should be marked as None. But even when saved as None, it shows like Upper or Lower and Upper or Lower should be used only for 40 Mhz. Is that correct?

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that's correct

see chapter bandwidth and subchannel: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/wiki...elessInterface

Hi,

Following this posts http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=193019&postcount=86

today I've re-formated everything (pen with /opt and the 1 Tb hard disk), installed from scratch with r1807 (no usb hubs, no raid partitions) and still no harddisk stability. It stops after couple of reads and writes.

I'm really at a dead end (no backups, no streaming). I'm open for suggestions...

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Hi,

Following this posts http://wl500g.info/showpost.php?p=193019&postcount=86

today I've re-formated everything (pen with /opt and the 1 Tb hard disk), installed from scratch with r1807 (no usb hubs, no raid partitions) and still no harddisk stability. It stops after couple of reads and writes.

I'm really at a dead end (no backups, no streaming). I'm open for suggestions...

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and does it work with the harddisk only?
you know... swap, optware and general space on the hdd...

Sda = 1Gb Flash Pen (Swap at sda1 and /opt at sda2)
Sdb = Sdb1 ext3 formated Iomega 1Tb disk

The sdb stops working after some reads and writes (see syslog.log file attached on previous post)

And as you can read on previous posts from March I've tried everything except install other firmwares.

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Originally Posted by s1za

today I've re-formated everything (pen with /opt and the 1 Tb hard disk), installed from scratch with r1807 (no usb hubs, no raid partitions) and still no harddisk stability. It stops after couple of reads and writes.

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Such errors (-71), if not observed before, usually means bad usb cable or insufficient power for HDD.

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Originally Posted by lly

Such errors (-71), if not observed before, usually means bad usb cable or insufficient power for HDD.

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1. The Iomega 1Tb are external 3.5 disks and have a external power suply;
2. Everything worked for 2 years on a asus 500gp without any problems;
3. The drives work perfectly (same power suply and same usb cables) attached to laptop (either windows or ubuntu)
4. the problems started when I switch the 500gp for the RT-N16 with this firmwares (I didn't tried with the original asus firmware)

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Originally Posted by s1za

1. The Iomega 1Tb are external 3.5 disks and have a external power suply;
2. Everything worked for 2 years on a asus 500gp without any problems;

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I don't want to say that your HDD is bad, it has some kind of "specific"...

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3. The drives work perfectly (same power suply and same usb cables) attached to laptop (either windows or ubuntu)

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Does your ubuntu use obsolete 2.6.22 (or older) kernel? ;)

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4. the problems started when I switch the 500gp for the RT-N16 with this firmwares (I didn't tried with the original asus firmware)

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Well, but we neither can't switch to newer kernel, nor completed usb backport yet :(

P.S. Mine hitachi usb hdd works well with RT-N16...

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Originally Posted by lly

I don't want to say that your HDD is bad, it has some kind of "specific"...

Does your ubuntu use obsolete 2.6.22 (or older) kernel? ;)

Well, but we neither can't switch to newer kernel, nor completed usb backport yet :(

P.S. Mine hitachi usb hdd works well with RT-N16...

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I'm trying to find a solution by excluding all the variables and it's not from disks itself but maybe from the combination of this disks with this firmware (even though I had similar results with 2.5 hdd).

Kernel is used on ubuntu 10.04 is 2.6.32

Thank's for your reply's

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I'm trying to find a solution by excluding all the variables and it's not from disks itself but maybe from the combination of this disks with this firmware (even though I had similar results with 2.5 hdd).

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You can try teddy_bear Tomato K26 mod, he done some more usb backports. If it is helps, I can do fast migration of his backports.

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You can try teddy_bear Tomato K26 mod, he done some more usb backports. If it is helps, I can do fast migration of his backports.

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tried tomato with same result :(
nevertheless found this page in Portuguese/Brazilian :D
http://www.anselmolsm.org/blog/coole...x-craft-linux/

translated by google to english
http://translate.google.com/translat...x/&sl=pt&tl=en

(you can ask me if have any doubt with the translation ;) ) that as a link to a patch to a very similar problem. Do you think it my help?
http://www.anselmolsm.org/blog/files...6.27-rc8.patch

explained here
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kerne...86143fb2026949

I managed to turn on WPA2.
it took me some time since it only worked after I pressed the reset button on the back of the router:p
I've completely worked my way trough the web-admin again to reconfigure everything, and now it's working stable.

furthermore, I can switch between encryption modes now:)

Also the ethernet bridge between my wl-500w and my rt-n16 is better now with wpa2, I can get a troughput of ~6MB/s sometimes:)
but usually around 2MB/s

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Originally Posted by wpte

I managed to turn on WPA2.
it took me some time since it only worked after I pressed the reset button on the back of the router:p
I've completely worked my way trough the web-admin again to reconfigure everything, and now it's working stable.

furthermore, I can switch between encryption modes now:)

Also the ethernet bridge between my wl-500w and my rt-n16 is better now with wpa2, I can get a troughput of ~6MB/s sometimes:)
but usually around 2MB/s

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Nice to find out a way for WPA2. So the first post sholud be correted, when say: WPA 2 does not work yet.

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nevertheless found this page in Portuguese/Brazilian :D
http://www.anselmolsm.org/blog/coole...x-craft-linux/

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As I can see, problem in this article slightly differ than yours.
It describes problem with initial hdd recognition and you observe problem after successful hdd initialization, right?

Anyway, I can include patch above for tests. Can you compile FW yourself?

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As I can see, problem in this article slightly differ than yours.
It describes problem with initial hdd recognition and you observe problem after successful hdd initialization, right?

Anyway, I can include patch above for tests. Can you compile FW yourself?

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You are right. I can compile the FW for testing.

Also find this:
http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/for...1-a-20161.html

with this bug
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7932

cannot find the patch link. Continue to search as everything points to a Kernel bug.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2/#post3269374

On this one I could not find the /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend parameter...

Thank's

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On this one I could not find the /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/autosuspend parameter...

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Power management (CONFIG_PM & CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND) disabled in both original ASUS & our FW.

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Power management (CONFIG_PM & CONFIG_USB_SUSPEND) disabled in both original ASUS & our FW.

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hi lly.
No more FW night builds of RT-N16 ftp://core.dumped.ru/rt-n/ ?
Thanks.

C.

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Originally Posted by crbrss

hi lly.
No more FW night builds of RT-N16 ftp://core.dumped.ru/rt-n/ ?
Thanks.C.

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Yes, they are. Link works again ...

Does this firmware supports USB Webcam? I tried it with my Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 on my RT-N16, does not work. The same camera works with WL-500G.

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Does this firmware supports USB Webcam?

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At this moment, you have to compile webcam driver yourself.

P.S. If someone help us with this task (tests and maybe additional patches), it will be much faster...

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Originally Posted by lly

At this moment, you have to compile webcam driver yourself.

P.S. If someone help us with this task (tests and maybe additional patches), it will be much faster...

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I'm always up for beta testing:)

btw, what drivers would you propose?
still stick to the good old pwc and OV511 drivers?
http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/
http://ovcam.org/ov511/

I mean there are some other drivers out that support more and are designed for kernel 2.6

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btw, what drivers would you propose?
still stick to the good old pwc and OV511 drivers?
http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/
http://ovcam.org/ov511/

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I'm not use usb webcam, so I don't know ;)

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I mean there are some other drivers out that support more and are designed for kernel 2.6

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Of course, we should use recent drivers for 2.6 & V4L2 (video for linux v2).

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Of course, we should use recent drivers for 2.6 & V4L2 (video for linux v2).

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V4L2 kernel module is included in the extra modules already (v4l2-common.ko) as far as I can see, so that's the first step:p

Now the webcam drivers are all a bit old, latest updates from 2006 or so...
but our kernel is a bit old as well :p

Modern distro's usually use the UVC driver (http://www.ideasonboard.org/uvc/)
but it seems that it's unusable because it doesn't support still imaging on which the current webcam setup is based if I'm correct:p
yet, it supports an impressive list of devices

so... I'm unsure: change the webcam page with the UVC driver or use the good ol' drivers :p

ov511 drivers need some extra twi/i2c kernel modules for 2.6 apparently

I have noticed a problem with the strength/range of the wireless signal.
As soon as I install Oleg Firmware the wireless range become very limited!!!

With Oleg Firmware (RT-N16-1.9.2.7-rtn-r1639) the wireless signal is only good in the same room - but with Asus Firmware (1.0.1.2) I have strong signal everywhere in my house.
Just to confirm the settings:

This is with Asus firmware 1.0.1.2:
# nvram show | grep power
size: 18028 bytes (14740 left)
wl0_radio_power_x=17
wl_radio_power_x=17

And this Oleg:
nvram show | grep power
size: 14159 bytes (18609 left)
wl0_radio_power_x=19
wl_radio_power_x=19

Everything is default values (factory default after installed).
I have tried other values (30, 50 and even 84) but no big difference!

Is there something wrong with how Oleg handles the three antennas on the N16 - since stock Asus 1.0.1.2 has strong signal and Oleg VERY weak?
I´ve also tried Asus 1.0.1.6 (found on their FTP) and this was ALSO weak signal!
Can somebody check and confirm this?