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After a few hours of testing in my Asus Bq16 i discovered that the only rule that this router follows is nvram set location_code|
i tried US AU EU and #a.
The router doesnt interested about envram territory neither does about nvram territory_code. Ingores also all
nvram set ${i}:ccode nvram set ${i}:regrev nvram set wl${i}_country_code nvram set wl${i}_country_rev nvram set wl${i}_reg_mode nvram set wl${i}_txpwr_allow_pwr_idx
So the US and AU have some low limits in some bands and channels but #a doesnt
So
nvram set territory_code=US/01
nvram set location_code=#a
nvram set wl_country_code=#a
give to bq the max power and no other power limits such as maxp5gb, wl_txpwr_allow_pwr_idx and many others have any affect to the Tx power.
But surprising the bands 2.4ghz, 5ghz-1 and 6ghz are superb and the 5ghz-2 (high channels) is not going well despite the full power. As result when i am close to the router i have excellent speeds but after a wall only the 5ghz-1 is the most powerfull. I think the main network is intended to be based on 5ghz-1 and 6ghz and leave 5ghz-2 as Backhaul. The 2.4ghz is only for old wifi devices.
then #a gives to asus bq16 these limits
5GHz-1: Maximum Tx Power Target (chanspec:0xef32): 24.00
5GHz-2: Maximum Tx Power Target (chanspec:0xe8a3): 25.00
6GHz: Maximum Tx Power Target (chanspec:0x7341): 24.00
2.4GHz: Maximum Tx Power Target (chanspec:0x1004): 25.00
My asus bq16 is unlocked after setting us in nvram. but my internet speed is worst than ever. Full signal but bad speeds . from 3000/2800 download/upload went to 700/100. My asus is in EU and DE original territory and country. Anybody of you has observe this thing. I restore it to my original settings with hard reset