WRT54GS and HyperWRT firmware/signal transmission question

[Lord Athlon]

Ok so i have a WRT54GS V 2.0 and today i decided to try the HyperWRT firmware since i heard good things about it.First you need to know that my access point is located upstairs in my house and my other PC downstairs and i always had some weak signal issues since it has to go through a bunch of walls and other stuff (and no i cannot really place it elsewhere for now).The principal reason i wanted to use the HyperWRT firmware is because of the signal boost option which leads me to my question :

I cranked it up all to 100 % and the reception on my other PC is now MUCH better than it was at the default 50%.It connect almost instantly and everything is faster.Now , it's all fine and dandy but what i want to know is if it's safe to keep the transmission setting at 100 % ? I have heard that the router may overheat and be damaged because of it , is this true ? I have been running like this for 4 hours now and there are no signed of overheating or anything of the sort.And , would getting this be a better solution (kind of expensive though , actually more than the router itself lol) :

»www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellit···19675B04

Thanks in advance for any help or clarification

 

[nweaver]

anytime you add more power to something, you also add heat. Can the default heatsink/case handle the heat? I don't know, there are other variables, such as amount of additional heat, ambient temps, airflow, etc.

 

[JackMDS]

Please note that Boosting the Signal in the way it is done by firmware, Boosts the signal and the noise together and thus at a certain Amplification point it actually make the connection worse rather then better. http://www.ezlan.net/wbars.html

The typical sweet point of the Linksys is about 60-70mW.

I think that in HyperWRT it means changing the setting from 50% to 67%. (HyperWRT indicates the mW as well).