Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:50463 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753436Ab1EZCcU (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 May 2011 22:32:20 -0400 Subject: Re: iwlagn: is tx_power_device_lmt a regulatory limit or a hardware limit? From: wwguy To: Stevie Trujillo Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <201105252154.06204.stevie.trujillo@gmail.com> References: <201105251813.36804.stevie.trujillo@gmail.com> <1306352560.20732.0.camel@wwguy-ubuntu> <201105252154.06204.stevie.trujillo@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 19:28:58 -0700 Message-ID: <1306376938.20732.2.camel@wwguy-ubuntu> (sfid-20110526_043224_544481_ABA27B66) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 12:54 -0700, Stevie Trujillo wrote: > On Wednesday 25 May 2011 21:42:40 wwguy wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 09:13 -0700, Stevie Trujillo wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a "Intel(R) Centrino(R) 1030 BGN" card. tx_power_device_lmt is 15 > > > and I was wondering if the card could do more than that. > > > > the card should not and will not do more than what required by > > regulatory > > I'm allowed to do 20dBm here and was wondering if I could make the card do > that. > the tx power in Intel WiFi device is regulated by uCode to make sure we are within regulatory limits. What country you are in? Thanks Wey