Hey guys I've read these threads (plus many others):
http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how...0-dbm-0149606/
&
https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...ignal-Strength
But no matter what I can't seem to change the TXPower of either of my Wi-Fi cards...
Some info on my cards:
Internal Wi-Fi: Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Card
USB Wi-Fi: Realtek RTL8191CU Wireless Card
When running iwconfig to check the status of my adapters:
My internal Atheros Wi-Fi adapter displays that it is only running at 16dBm! <-- No idea why it's so low
My external Realtek Wi-Fi adapter displays that it is running at 20dbM.
I have no idea why my internal card is running at such a low TX output. When trying to change the TXPower with:
The internal Atheros card does not report any errors. However it does not change from 16dBm.Code:ifconfig wlan0 down iw reg set BO ifconfig wlan0 up iwconfig wlan0 channel 13 iwconfig wlan0 txpower 30
The external Realtek card does not support channels above (11) therefore, it fails on the second last line. If I omit that line and try again. It doesn't show any errors either. However the txpower doesn't change from 20dBm.
So basically neither cards, despite giving no errors (albeit the Realtek card not supporting channels over 11) will allow me to change their TXPower to anything over their defaults.
Is there any way to force the cards to transmit at a higher dBm? I don't care if I fry either of them. They're cheap cards.
More importantly, I want to change the internal Atheros' card to at least 20dBm (30dBm would be preferred) as this is what I am aware, is the norm. The fact that it is only running at 16dBm is really sad.
Does anyone have any information on how to force either cards to output at a higher TXPower? Or any extra commands or anything else I can do to try and locate the source of the issue?
Thanks!