[ath9k-devel] 802.11n PCI-E 300Mbps with AP mode?

[Alex Hacker <hacker@epn.ru>]

In addition to Adrian's words. If you occasionaly found a PCI-E card it is
very possible what it will be a miniPCI-E module already installed into
adapter. :)
Best regards,
Alex.

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 08:00:45AM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 14 July 2011 07:42, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Again, anything with an AR9280 on board will be fine. Some of the
> >> antenna arrangements though are a bit .. special.
> >
> > I'm told this one fits the bill:
> >
> > http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?pmodel=TL-WN951N
> >
> > It is said to have a AR5008 chip. ?Can anyone confirm that this card
> > works in AP mode?
> 
> The AR5008 series stuff will "work", but not well. Ath9k doesn't focus
> on AR5008 support.
> 
> An adapter card isn't a big deal; the underlying interface for
> PCIe/mini-PCIe is the same (ie, "PCIe".)
> The adapter cards are just a PCIe socket<->mini-PCIe socket converter.
> 
> The nice thing about going the adapter route is you get access to a
> much larger set of wireless NICs out there. :)
> 
> 
> Adrian