Netgear Nighthawk R6900v2 Transmit Power

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I see the setting to change transmit power... but it is given in terms of percentage.&nbsp; Default is 100%.&nbsp; What is the value of 100% in dBm for a Netgear Nighthawk R6900v2?

antinode · Answer

&gt; [...] What is the value of 100% in dBm [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "dBm" as measured by what, where?&nbsp; Normally, a factor of two in powercorresponds to about 3dB.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there some actual problem which you are trying to solve?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel

CallmeBK · Answer

1) 100% transmit power of 2.4 GHz signal2) 100% transmit power of 5 Ghz signal&nbsp;Do you know their values?

antinode · Answer

&gt; Do you know their values?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; No.&nbsp; I'd guess that they're close to the maximum permitted by therelevant regulations.&nbsp; If I really wanted to know, then I might open thebox, identify the radio modules, and try to find their specs.&nbsp; Assumingthat you want the final-stage input power, and not what actually leavesthe antenna.&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there some actual problem which you are trying to solve?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Still wondering.

CallmeBK · Answer

I flashed dd-wrt custom firmware.&nbsp; The default settings in dd-wrt are 20 dBm for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz signals.&nbsp; I'm just trying to change those values so it is equivalent to the netgear "100% transmit power".&nbsp;I'm also debating just going back to stock netgear firmware, but I need to find the initial release of Netgear Nighthawk r6900v2 firmware.&nbsp; On the netgear website, the previous releases section only goes back to 1.1.0.24.&nbsp; Which doesn't seem like the initial release.

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Netgear Nighthawk R6900v2 Transmit Power

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