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Originally Posted by tw
Which is true with cell phones. But WiFi runs 100%. With any power reduction comes a data bandwidth reduction. Why would a WiFi port ever reduce power from 100% when that automatically means a reduction of signal to noise ratio and therefore a data bandwidth reduction below 54 Mb? I don't recall seeing any mention of transmitter power reduction or power control in 802.11 standards. Either it was on or it was off.
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I don't know jack about 802.11 standards and how they are acheived, but is it possible that the manufacturer designed the hardware to exceeding the 802.11 power standards? And to meet the standard, they could have used firmware to cripple the hardware's power and bring it down to the level of the standard? If so, then a change of the firmware could increase output to the level allowed by the hardware.