Wifi Network (Actual) Size

Orange 1 set to 12dBm transmit power (24 max).

Mevo has no control of power level.

Both are basically the same signal strength.

Why is this important? 99% of mobile devices have a max transmit power of 15dBm.

What people miss as live streamers is that google WiFi many other routers don’t give you control of the transmit power. So your router (default is usually 24dBm) screams at 24 but the iPhone or Mevo can only yell back at 15dBm.

The difference:

15dBm = 15mW

24dBm = 251mW

The extra power of 24 is worthless. It creates a bigger WiFi network, but basically, the cameras can’t yell back to the router loud enough. Meaning they don’t roam as well on mesh networks. The actual range of the device is far less than what we perceive.

Manually setting the router to 12dBm transmit power gives us real data of how big the network can actually be.

The one counterargument is the router has bigger wifi antennas that can hear better for the lower-powered return signal from the camera— and this is true. But there’s only a hope that it is receiving a better signal. More often than not in the field, we don’t have time to test the difference.

The Punchline: Set your routers transmit power to 12dBm.

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