I have a couple NetGear WNDR3700, which I would like to bump to 20 dBm on 2.4GHz to increase quality of my bridged link.
Is it possible to increase power ? Seems like some regional versions will do the 20dBm.
I have looked at the wireless stuff, made my own firmware with ATH9K_USER_REGD=y. Does not seem to work. I can change country as I want, and iw reg will show me whatever I changed it to. But iw list still shows only 17 dBm. I want to get the German 20 dBm.
I have looked at the crda, and have the feeling it is not needed for the latest trunk ? I installed it with a hacked database, and it did not help.
Where is the limit imposed ? Guess it is not crda, since it is not installed per default - in the new 80211 layer ?
Or do I need to find and flash another EEPROM ?
If I can get a hint, I can dig a bit deeper into the driver source and see if I can hack something that way around.
I am in Europe where modifying things are not illegal.
If the WNDR3700 can't go above 17dBm in Europe, what other APs can be recommended with more power ? (I know they will be locked down with stock kernel)