Originally Posted By: JHZR2
Originally Posted By: Nick R
You want to DECREASE the power output? Can't be done with the Fios firmware, same as it can't be done with ours, with Time Warner firmware. They are locked down to around 80mW output. I cranked mine up on my own router to 200mW per radio (total 400mW) output, to get best range and throughput at range.
3rd party firmware doesn't exist for these modems, because they have to be able to work with the DOCSIS/MoCA specifications. No 3rd party firmware supports those specs. (Cable Generally uses DOCSIS for their modems, FiOS uses MoCA generally)
Absoulutely. Why would I want to radiate more energy in my home than I need to, both in terms of electricity use and the fact that the radiation is absorbed by the bodies of the people present in the home. We try to minimize that by distance and deration when possible.
I can kind of understand that. I mean the cost in terms of electricity use is pretty much infintessimal, we are talking cents per year. But as far as the radiation thing goes, my dad has worked less than 30 feet from a Naval Grade Nuclear Reactor for the past 19 years, and he's fine. And the amount and type of radiation from that is more and far more dangeorous than the wireless router in your house. The amount of radiation you receive from your router is a tiny fraction of what you'd receive on a sunny day outside, or on a cross country airplane trip. Or what you probably get from Radon in your house from your basement.