Linksys WRT54G, WRT54GS with increased signal strength (hacked firmware) . [linksys wrt54gs] [linksys wrt54g]
Q: I bought a Linksys WRT54GS Best Buy about a week ago and it is running great since I svesoft firmware installed and increased the signal strength of 84mw. I do not really care if I burn up supposedly because I have not heard anyone actually goes bad after increasing the signal strength.
So . If you walk WRT54G/GS with increased signal strength, please post what model, how long it has been implemented with an increased signal, signal strength, and if it fails or not acting weird.
For me
WRT54GS
1 week
84 mW
running great
Perhaps with adequate responses, we can establish something of a failure rate .
Re:What is the benefit of using a hacked firmware anyway? I am using the default one (and don't need extra signal strength). What's so good about these other ones?
Re:Some questions regarding the WRT54G
1. What is the legal limit (FCC) for the antenna power?
2. Has anyone successfully setup WDS with a bridge and the WRT54G as the *source*? If so…
3. What bridge did you use?
Thanks!
Re:I've got a WRT54G running at 70mW and no worries here
Re:I've got the Linksys WAP54G running at I believe 75mW (it acts as a repeater from my WRT54G) for more than a month, and it's been working fine. No problems.
Re:Try rebooting your router. And is Telnet enabled?
Re:heh eek. yea right now i can't log into the router. i don't feel like rebooting, i guess its a bug. router still working though. i read in another thread that the qos throws away bandwidth?
Re:It's funny – I have one of the newest sveasoft builds – and I tried bumping up the transmitting power – and I saw little to no gain with double the default transmit power – so I just brought it down to normal.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
yes i know, i'm using sveasoft. you get to type in an arbitrary number.
anyways, is qos a working feature now?
Here is what is currently wrong in Alchemy 5.3 Prerelease:
1. 'Block Anonymous Internet Requests' blocks ALL pings, including from LAN.
2. Disabling the firewall REALLY disables it – HTTP/SSH/telnet/SNMP can be connected to from the internet regardless of the remote management setting. Port triggering also breaks and it dosn't create the 'logaccept' or 'logreject' chains.
3. SSH public key auth is broken
4. Lazy WDS interfaces are not added to the 'LAN'
5. Site Survey sometimes works, somtimes not. Works best with IE. (ugh!)
6. HTTPS cannot save settings. Browser-specific, works best with IE.
7. HTTPS cannot download a backup image.
8. The 'Hot Spot' and 'Vlan Help' pages are blank.
9. 'ifconfig' dosn't return the packet count(s).
10. uPnP is broken.
11. On GS units, WDS breaks when Afterburner is set to either 'Auto' or 'On' ('Wireless->Advanced')
12. 'Client Isolation' dosn't work (UI sets the wrong NVRAM var).
13. When using OSPF / RIP2, port forwarding is broken.
14. Remote management is partially broken. (Intermittently uses port 80)
Re:yes i know, i'm using sveasoft. you get to type in an arbitrary number.
anyways, is qos a working feature now?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
What's the stock rating?
28mW
Originally posted by: guy
how are you guys choosing these mw numbers? in the newest firmware u just type in a number.
You need hacked firmware in order to change transmit power settings.
Re:What's the stock rating?
Re:how are you guys choosing these mw numbers? in the newest firmware u just type in a number.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I've got the svesoft firmware installed, but havent actually tweaked the mW yet… A friend told me not to go above 40mW, but from what many people have been saying, I think he's full of crap.
If you look on the Sveasoft support forums many people run between 40-50mW with no problems. Don't blame me if your unit fries though. 
Originally posted by: guy
does it get hotter?
Not that I've noticed. It just increases the transmit power to the antennas.
Re:I've got the svesoft firmware installed, but havent actually tweaked the mW yet… A friend told me not to go above 40mW, but from what many people have been saying, I think he's full of crap.
Re:nope.. I don't care enough.. I figure if it fails, I'm gonna whine and cry at Best Buy..
Re:WRT54g
Alchemy 5.3
42mW
Four months, 24/7, no issues (except for buggy firmware which sent DHCP down the drain)
As for the failure rate it's supposed to be pretty low. Do you have access to the support forums?
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