Like every other website on the planet, SmallNetBuilder uses cookies. Our cookies track login status, but we only allow admins to log in anyway, so those don't apply to you. Any other cookies you pick up during your visit come from advertisers, which we don't control.
If you continue to use the site, you agree to tolerate our use of cookies. Thank you!
Privacy Policy

Router Charts

Click for Router Charts

Mesh Charts

Click for Mesh Charts

Wireless News

Tags:

FCC logo The FCC has raised transmit power limits and eased other restrictions for some channels in the 5 GHz band.

{multithumb}

Among changes in the Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) Devices in the 5 GHz Band Report and Order are changes to FCC Part 15.407(a) that increase the maximum conducted output power for access points operating in the 5.15 - 5.25 GHz band (aka Channels 36 - 48) from 50 mW to 1 W.

APs using these frequencies are also now allowed to operate outdoors at these power levels.

The Report and Order (R&O) Summary published in the Federal Register states a June 2 effective date for the changes. The R&O itself was adopted on March 31, 2014 and released on April 1.

RevolutionWifi has an excellent analysis of the impact of all the 5 GHz band changes just made.

This change means that the ASUS routers we recently found exceeding conducted power limits in the lower 5 GHz channels no longer violate FCC conducted power rules for those channels.

Support Us!

If you like what we do and want to thank us, just buy something on Amazon. We'll get a small commission on anything you buy. Thanks!

Most Read This Week

Over In The Forums

Router not getting internet back after WAN drop
DNS filter
AX 88 mit 3000 AVM Repeater Problem
Speed dropping 100M a day. Reboot works.
Best and most optimal settings (Voxel & Kamoj)

Don't Miss These

  • 1
  • 2
› ‹