Re: MiniPCI WLAN power levels

"M. Warner Losh" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
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In message: <1034041301.26507.11.camel@frankenmobl>
            Tony Saign <[email protected]> writes:
: Rumor has it that power levels of prism2.5 miniPCI cards can be set
: higher to extend there range??

That's right.  But there's a catch.  If you raise the power, you may
violate the FCC regs on the frequency envelope your card needs to
radiate within.  It all depends on how good a job your manufacturer
did when they built the card, the antenna they used, etc.

: I'd be very interested in this ability, anyone have any ideas on how it
: would be accomplished?

Hack the driver to deal...  I have it on my list of things to do...

Warner

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