[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[B Gates]

Does anyone make a desktop wireless card, either PCI
or PCI express, using the atheros 802.11n chipset and
the 5Ghz frequency band?

I would like to use the 5 GHz band because I live in
an apartment complex.  I used netstumbler and found 17
APs within range.  Channels 1, 6, and 11 were heavily
used.

thanks



      

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:52 AM, B Gates <bud6998@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Does anyone make a desktop wireless card, either PCI
> or PCI express, using the atheros 802.11n chipset and
> the 5Ghz frequency band?

Don't believe there are some 5 GHz 11n capable cards being sold yet in
the retail market that you can purchase independently. If anyone knows
better please correct me if I'm wrong.

  Luis

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 01:22:06PM -0700, Tony Espy wrote:
> 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.

Is this the shiny new MacBook Pro?

  Luis

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[Richard Scherping]

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.

Richard

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[Tony Espy]

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

[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[John Dong]

The older macbook 3,1 also uses this Atheros card that is 802.11n. It is
confirmed mini-PCIe. I'm not sure if it's sold separately.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@atheros.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 01:22:06PM -0700, Tony Espy wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Is this the shiny new MacBook Pro?
>
>  Luis
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[ath9k-devel] Desktop wireless card with atheros 802.11n at 5GHz frequency???

[Tony Espy]

Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 01:22:06PM -0700, Tony Espy wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Is this the shiny new MacBook Pro?

I wish!  The Santa Rosa is the 3rd gen Intel-based Macbook Pro.

Ciao,
/tony