NEGATIVE TX POWER VALUE IN TP-LINK EAP110 OUTDOOR

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NEGATIVE TX POWER VALUE IN TP-LINK EAP110 OUTDOOR
NEGATIVE TX POWER VALUE IN TP-LINK EAP110 OUTDOOR
2025-03-30 06:08:09 - last edited 2025-03-30 12:48:01
Model: EAP110-Outdoor  
Hardware Version: V3
Firmware Version: 5.09

I set TX power to 20 in setting but using OMADA networking tool and other network analyzer, it is showing negative twenty (-20dbm) with the access point very close and not more than 30cm distance. This make my signal very weak.

1. Is this normal?

2. Does 20 Tx power in setting means negative? 

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2025-03-30 10:58:04 - last edited 2025-03-30 12:48:22

  @Lordson 

 

-20dbm is very strong, if you had +20dbm you would have been burned. the settings in the access point are transmitter power in combination with antenna, not sure how it works. there are rules on how strong an access point can send. then it is the power and dbm in the antenna that determine.

so -20dbm is probably as strong as it is theoretically possible to get from an access point when you are right next to it.

 

Here is an overview of recommended signal strengths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2025-03-30 12:03:22 - last edited 2025-03-30 12:48:01

  @Lordson 

 

TP-Link doesn't have any such antennas, so you'll probably have to google a bit, I've used UMA-D from Unifi myself, they reach quite far, they work with the EAP225-Outdoor which has 2.4 and 5GHz, they should probably work with your access point too.

 

 

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2025-03-30 10:58:04 - last edited 2025-03-30 12:48:22

  @Lordson 

 

-20dbm is very strong, if you had +20dbm you would have been burned. the settings in the access point are transmitter power in combination with antenna, not sure how it works. there are rules on how strong an access point can send. then it is the power and dbm in the antenna that determine.

so -20dbm is probably as strong as it is theoretically possible to get from an access point when you are right next to it.

 

Here is an overview of recommended signal strengths.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2025-03-30 11:51:10

  @MR.S 

Thank you for your reply. Please I will like a recommendation of which antenna to use to focus the signal so that it will be able to penetrate wall with some good signal since I suspect 3dbi antenna wastes the signal in the air and what I want is concentrated signal at distance such as 100meters.

 

I don't actually need the signal at where the access point was installed, just installed there for protection reason since the installed location is fenced but I want strong signal at distance.

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2025-03-30 12:03:22 - last edited 2025-03-30 12:48:01

  @Lordson 

 

TP-Link doesn't have any such antennas, so you'll probably have to google a bit, I've used UMA-D from Unifi myself, they reach quite far, they work with the EAP225-Outdoor which has 2.4 and 5GHz, they should probably work with your access point too.

 

 

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