From: Tony Espy <espy@canonical.com>
To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org
Subject: [ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:22:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48F650EE.2010001@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48F647F2.6040307@scherping.de>
Richard Scherping wrote:
> B Gates schrieb:
>> Does anyone make a desktop wireless card, either PCI
>> or PCI express, using the atheros 802.11n chipset and
>> the 5Ghz frequency band?
>
> There seems to be no PCI / PCI Express card available (yet?), but you might be able to use something like http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9307 ("Mini PCI to PCI Adapter") and a Mini PCI card with Atheros abgn chipset like http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71a.php
> Unfortunately these cards are very expensive (cf. e.g. http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=587 ) and you have to find a way to get a second and third antenna attached.
The wi-fi card in the Macbook Pro/Santa Rosa is Atheros-based (AR5418)
and supports 802.11n.
That said, I'm not sure of the form factor.
Ciao,
/tony
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-15 20:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-14 16:52 [ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency??? B Gates
2008-10-15 0:17 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-15 19:43 ` Richard Scherping
2008-10-15 20:22 ` Tony Espy [this message]
2008-10-15 13:39 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-10-15 22:00 ` John Dong
2008-10-15 22:57 ` Tony Espy
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