Comment on Anon is looking for a router
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours agoAll you really need is any old router you can flash custom firmware on. Wifi signal strength radio waves are fcc regulated to be no more than 1w (30 dBm) but routers are physically capable of much more, so with a custom firmware, you can crank that sucker up higher than anything new and high end off the store shelves.
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
Why did they limit to that level? I would like to try this, but I assume the FCC had a good reason to limit it
carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Not why the FCC cares but WiFi systems stop broadcasting if they can even slightly hear another broadcaster on the channel. If everyone broacasts as loud as possible WiFi speeds would be absolutely awful. So to get good speeds everyone should ideally broadcast as quietly as possible. This is one of the reasons for 5ghz WiFi: the propagation distance is terrible.