michael_kent123 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I have a question about the txpower of wireless cards. In this case, I am using the Alfa Awus 036H on wlan1.I use the iw reg set BO command to tell my system that I'm in Bolivia. This allows me to use iwconfig wlan1 txpower 30. Previously I could use a maximum txpower of 20.My question is: how is this useful? From what I've read, if I create a soft AP with airbase-ng, then a higher txpower makes my transmissions more likely to override those of the genuine AP. When else is a higher txpower helpful? Does it work with ARPspoofing. If I am sending out packets saying "192.168.1.1 (the router) is located at MAC 11:22:33:44:55:66", is it beneficial to have a higher txpower? Are there any other situations when a higher txpower is beneficial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry99705 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 From my experience it induces more noise into the signal and is basically useless. The only time I ever use it is to drop the power when looking for a rogue access point and I don't have my normal gear with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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