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The JRS Eco 100 firmware offers fine tuning of the transmission power with a
step size of 1 milliwatt, which is an improvement on the regular Asus firmware.
The transmission power is best set to the lowest value at which the desired
wifi coverage is achieved reliably, and no higher. This depends on the size of
your office or house, the type of walls and floors (wood, stone, or reinforced
concrete), and the quality of the wifi receivers in the used
laptops/tablets/mobile phones etc.
The wifi signal strength may affect download/upload speeds and stability. Just
give it a try and see what is the lowest setting that still works for you. You may
need to set the router to a different wifi channel in the Wireless -> General tab,
to avoid interference from neighboring wifi routers and be able to have good
range at a low transmit power. Using the Site Survey tab on the Wireless
page, you can find out which channels are occupied.
The lowest possible setting is 4mW. The actual measured transmission power
at that setting (measured by JRS) is a factor of 10-20x below the default
setting. The lower the setting, the lower your exposure to EMFs.
- Enable wireless scheduler:
Here you can set times at which the wifi is
automatically turned off fully, whether wireless devices are connected or not.
To switch on wifi manually during off times, press the wifi on/off button on the
side of the router. The router will resume its on-/off schedule at the next set
time.
- Beacon Interval (20-65535, default: 1000):
This setting is important for
emission reduction. The reduction percentage with regard to ordinary wifi
routers is shown. For a detailed explanation see Appendix 1.
The reduced pulse frequency of the Eco-wifi may not be compatible with your
wireless device. This especially happens with the 5GHz connections. In this
case you can adjust the Beacon Interval setting on the JRS settings tab. This
will increase the pulse frequency. If you are having trouble connecting at 2.4
GHz, you can lower the beacon interval to 800 ms. For the 5GHz channel you
may need to reduce it even further, if the 5GHz network is not showing on
your wireless device. After changing the value, it may take a few minutes for
the 5 GHz network to come back up.
10. Manually turning on and off the wifi signal
Using the wifi on/off button on the side of the Eco-wifi, the wifi signal can be
manually turned off, while the LAN / Ethernet ports keep functioning. The wifi
emissions are completely stopped while you can keep working using the
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