04-29-2014 07:36 AM - edited 07-05-2021 12:45 AM
Hello
I live in Switzerland and thus use -E access points.
This is the output of the 5 GHz interface of a 3502i model:
Tx Power
Num Of Supported Power Levels ............. 7
Tx Power Level 1 .......................... 17 dBm
Tx Power Level 2 .......................... 14 dBm
Tx Power Level 3 .......................... 11 dBm
Tx Power Level 4 .......................... 8 dBm
Tx Power Level 5 .......................... 5 dBm
Tx Power Level 6 .......................... 2 dBm
Tx Power Level 7 .......................... -1 dBm
Tx Power Configuration .................... AUTOMATIC
Current Tx Power Level .................... 1
As you can see, it allows up to 17 dBm, which is 50 mW.
Details here: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-1250-series/data_sheet_c78-594630.html
Now Switzerland seems to allow up to 200 mW, if TCP and DFS is active, which both would be the case.
See for details here: http://www.bakom.admin.ch/themen/geraete/00568/01232/index.html?lang=en and more details: http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=1010;nb=04
Is there now some possibility on how I could enable the highest output?
Thanks
Patrick
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05-07-2014 09:14 AM
As per your link
04-29-2014 03:17 PM
Not going to happen.
Let's say you can "up" the power of the AP. What about your wireless clients? You can't "up" the power of the wireless clients. So what's going to happen is your clients can hear the signal from the AP but when the wireless clients talk the AP can't hear the wireless clients.
If you want to increase wireless coverage in an area where there's little or no wireless coverage, you may have to consider putting more APs in.
04-29-2014 10:51 PM
That's what I feared. I admit I have no idea what the maximum power of the clients currently is, but where might I input this information for future "correction" of the output power depending on the selected country?
Sadly I don't know the maximum power of the other European countries, so it might be because of that, that it's restricted.
04-30-2014 05:46 AM
There is also a difference from indoor and outdoor max TX power typically for bridging and mesh. Outdoor allows higher TX power.
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Scotty
05-07-2014 09:14 AM
As per your link
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