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>> I'll need an 802.11n PCI-E card that does 300Mbps and works in AP mode |
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>> for the router. Does anyone know of such a card? I've read that |
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>> these 300 Mbps cards use Realtek chips and don't work in AP mode |
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>> although that info could be outdated: |
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> Check out the table here: |
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> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers |
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> It will let you see which drivers have AP support as well as 802.11n |
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> support. There are a couple others with some AP support, but basically |
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> an ath9k-supported chipset is your only choice at the moment for a |
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> mature AP mode, as far as I know. |
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>> This one is said to be an Atheros chip so it should have better |
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>> support but it only goes to 150Mbps: |
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> Without the 5 GHz band I doubt you'd ever see above 150Mbps anyway. |
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> It's more of a theoretical max for 2.4 GHz but I wouldn't expect to |
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> see it actually happen, unless you live in a land without wireless |
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> interference. :) My AP and all clients claim to support 300Mbps but |
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> I've never seen it with my own eyes. |
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> I don't notice much of a speed difference at all between the 802.11g |
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> turbo modes (108 Mbps+) and 802.11n in my house. Both are noticeably |
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> faster than plain old 54Mbit 802.11g, though. |
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Thanks Paul. I'm working on it and I'll post here if I find one. |
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Should I need only one wireless card in my router to connect to both |
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the clients and a wireless bridge which is connected to the WAN? |
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- Grant |
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