alpha rt-n firmware releases

[Magna-Flash]

I have this same problem

Ahhh! Nice to hear that I´m not alone
Hopefully someone will fix this... cause it´s definitively somthing wrong - as soon as I install Oleg my wifi signal drops - when I go back to Asus it´s "strong and long"...

[RdBw]

Ahhh! Nice to hear that I´m not alone
Hopefully someone will fix this... cause it´s definitively somthing wrong - as soon as I install Oleg my wifi signal drops - when I go back to Asus it´s "strong and long"...

From your inSSider screenshot I can see that you use different security settings for Asus and for Oleg FW. Try to set up Oleg FW with WPA-TKIP, like it is set in Asus FW.
Just suggestion ...

[Magna-Flash]

From your inSSider screenshot I can see that you use different security settings for Asus and for Oleg FW. Try to set up Oleg FW with WPA-TKIP, like it is set in Asus FW.
Just suggestion ...

Been there, done that! I have tested all settings - Asus outnumbers Oleg in signal strength...

[RdBw]

Is there any possibility to ad IPTV settings in Oleg's Firmware for Asus RT-N16. Because original Asus FW already has that support, but original Asus FW sucks.

[theMIROn]

Below are the screenshots. Notice that Asus signal strength is better (-70dBm). Oleg is almost unusable (-85dBm) - even though "radio power" is 19 in oleg but only 17 in asus! Why

Here´s asus 1.0.1.2 (I´m "WATERGATE"):
Signal strength ~ -70dBm

And here´s RT-N16-1.9.2.7-rtn-r1867:
Signal strength ~-85dBm!!!

The legacy firmware code sets tx power in mw units, but asus doesn't set tx power at all.
moreower, radio power in ranged in 1 - 1496 mw, not in 1 - 84.
so, check tx power on asus firmware with

wl txpwr1

and set the value on 1.9.2.7-rtn with

wl txpwr1 -q qdbm_value -o

keep in mind, qdbm_value is ranged from 1 to 127.

my current values:

[admin@rt-n16 root]$ wl txpwr1
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off

[wpte]

moreower, radio power in ranged in 1 - 1496 mw, not in 1 - 84.

I think they're thinking about the web-admin page wireless-advanced

The Radio Power should be between 1 to 84. But default value is recommended.

so when I do

wl txpwr1 -q 127 -o

it should apply directly?
I haven't seen any difference

[Magna-Flash]

Ok - made some tests...

Asus 1.0.1.2:
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off

Oleg:
TxPower is 51 qdbm, 12.75 dbm, 19 mW Override is Off

The GUI setting of Radio Power only allows a value of 1-84. 84 entered in GUI gives:
TxPower is 77 qdbm, 19.25 dbm, 84 mW Override is Off

So - the GUI value configs the mW´s... But if Asus 1.0.1.2 defaults to 1496 mW - why can´t you go more than 84mW with Oleg.

PS. Tried the wl txpwr1 -q qdbm_value -o but nothing ever happened. After reboot it was back to 19mW

[wpte]

Oleg:
TxPower is 51 qdbm, 12.75 dbm, 19 mW Override is Off

The GUI setting of Radio Power only allows a value of 1-84. 84 entered in GUI gives:
TxPower is 77 qdbm, 19.25 dbm, 84 mW Override is Off

So - the GUI value configs the mW´s... But if Asus 1.0.1.2 defaults to 1496 mW - why can´t you go more than 84mW with Oleg.

time for some more #ifdef then I guess
this is a minor bug because of the new wl and how it works, should be an easy fix
Probably the best way is to set the bdm value in the web-config instead of the milliwatts, to make it look more obvious compared to the WL models.

[Arcao]

Hi,

what is maximum LAN to WAN and WAN to LAN throughput on latest Oleg's firmware for N16?

I'm thinking about replacing my WL-500G Deluxe because of low WAN-LAN throughput (25Mbit/s only - 100% CPU usage). My candidates are N16 or Netgear WNDR3700. N16 has about 140 Mbit/s throughput in both directions with stock firware, but WNDR3700 has about 400Mbit/s!!!

[theMIROn]

time for some more #ifdef then I guess
this is a minor bug because of the new wl and how it works, should be an easy fix
Probably the best way is to set the bdm value in the web-config instead of the milliwatts, to make it look more obvious compared to the WL models, moreover: the qbdm value is not linear.

qdbm = dbm*4, not more not less, used for fine tuning without fractional part.
according wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm, we have

26 dBm	400 mW
	Access point for Wireless networking
20 dBm	100 mW
	Bluetooth Class 1 radio, 100 m range
	Typical wireless router transmission power.
	Maximum output power from unlicensed AM transmitter per U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules 15.219.

wl driver has limitations 0-1496 mW, or 0-31.75 dBm, so switching to dbm would be wrong, 29 dBm is 794 mW, but 31 is already 1259 mW.
so, i would allow mW range up to 400 mW (26 bBm) with 50 by default (17 dBm).
current hardware wl adapter defaults will be used, if power value is 0.

any suggestions?

[wpte]

qdbm = dbm*4, not more not less, used for fine tuning without fractional part.
according wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBm, we have

26 dBm	400 mW
	Access point for Wireless networking
20 dBm	100 mW
	Bluetooth Class 1 radio, 100 m range
	Typical wireless router transmission power.
	Maximum output power from unlicensed AM transmitter per U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules 15.219.

wl driver has limitations 0-1496 mW, or 0-31.75 dBm, so switching to dbm would be wrong, 29 dBm is 794 mW, but 31 is already 1259 mW.
so, i would allow mW range up to 400 mW (26 bBm) with 50 by default (17 dBm).
current hardware wl adapter defaults will be used, if power value is 0.

any suggestions?

Yes, dBm and qdBm might be confusing both hence they are both based on a logarithmic scale, I was caught up with something when writing that
So it might be a good idea to stick with milliwatts, if it's mentioned on the web-config
If I recall correctly FCC allows a maximum of 1000mW when using 6dB antennas, so I guess it's a good idea to stay under that value by default

And the hardware default is the maximum possible value?

[theMIROn]

Yes, dBm and qdBm might be confusing both hence they are both based on a logarithmic scale, I was caught up with something when writing that
So it might be a good idea to stick with milliwatts, if it's mentioned on the web-config.
If I recall correctly FCC allows a maximum of 1000mW when using 6dB antennas, so I guess it's a good idea to stay under that value by default

I'v changed my mind, dBm is here, and restricted with 1-31 range, 17 dBm (50 mW) as default with proper dBm units hint.

And the hardware default is the maximum possible value?

Looks like, last wl driver for 2.4 kernel does the same, and asus fw doesn't change it ever.

[Magna-Flash]

wl driver has limitations 0-1496 mW, or 0-31.75 dBm, so switching to dbm would be wrong, 29 dBm is 794 mW, but 31 is already 1259 mW.
so, i would allow mW range up to 400 mW (26 bBm) with 50 by default (17 dBm).
current hardware wl adapter defaults will be used, if power value is 0.

any suggestions?

Great!
So - to get 1496mW (like Asus stock FW) I just enter 0 as value (in GUI)?

EDIT: Saw your post about going for dBm instead! Even better!!
Cause I want to transmit strong

[theMIROn]

Great!
So - to get 1496mW (like Asus stock FW) I just enter 0 as value (in GUI)?

yep, but don't forget that with the higher tx power you'll get the higher level of noise, and your real connection speed could degradate

[Magna-Flash]

Entered 0 in GUI (Radio Power) and got:

[admin@WL-******** root]$ wl txpwr1
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off

However - still pretty weak signal compared to Asus 1.0.1.2
Maybe this has something to do with it:

[admin@WL-******** root]$ nvram show | grep power
size: 14992 bytes (17776 left)
wl0_radio_power_x=17
wl_radio_power_x=0

Shouldn´t they be the same? In Asus 1.0.1.2 they both are 17 (wl and wl0):

# nvram show | grep power
size: 17662 bytes (15106 left)
wl0_radio_power_x=17
wl_radio_power_x=17
# wl txpwr1
TxPower is 127 qdbm, 31.75 dbm, 1496 mW Override is Off