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Originally Posted by dremd
My WiFi Gear (WRT54GL's) don't seem to care what the Temperature is. Rain hurts my link a good bit . . . Now overclockers
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Stock network hardware should perform properly throughout their temperature specifications. The WRT54G V3 in question was overclocked. (And it has heatsinks installed on the CPU and RF circuits.) I had it set to 120mW, which is about where it starts becoming a little unstable in Texas weather.
Earlier today, Allie got to Chicago and set up the router in an unheated shed. It is about 10-20F there and the router has ran flawlessly for 4 hours so far, with a streaming IP camera to provide a load. If it is still running the next day, she'll use the debugging console to turn it up in 10mW increments until it becomes unstable or has reached the high limit. (The OpenWRT group does not recommend overclocking due to possibility of hardware damage. I told her to not worry if she breaks it, since it is for research.)