[ath9k-devel] Available 802.11n Cards in Market

[ABM Musa <amusa2@uic.edu>]

On 06/21/2010 12:50 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 09:49:40AM -0700, ABM Musa wrote:
>    
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am looking for a good 802.11n card to experiment with ath9k. My order
>> of preference is USB, mini PCIE, mini PCI. Please suggest me which cards
>> are available in the market that I can buy.
>>      
> ath9k
> =====
>
> PCI/PCI-E/AHB Driver page:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/
>
> The cards:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/products
>
> ath9k_htc
> =========
>
> Driver page for USB:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc
>
> The cards known so far:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc/devices
>
>    Luis
>
>    
Thanks Luis for giving me the links. However, I saw the links earlier 
and wanted to have more info about best cards available in the market. 
For example, TP-Link devices listed at 
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k_htc/devices seems to 
be only 802.11b/g cards and according to data-sheet it will get 11n 
datarate if it is used with a compatible TP-Link router. Also it seems 
that TP-Link cards may not have MIMO configuration. So it will be really 
nice to know if there is any USB card in the market with 3x3 or even 2x2 
MIMO configuration that supports ath9k.

Another point is that I found Ubiquity AR71-A, which is 3x3 miniPCI with 
AR9160, which should be supported by ath5k. This card seems to be very 
good but it is not listed in the devices at  
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k/products. Hence, I 
thought the device list may not contain all the good cards available at 
the market.

In all, it would be really nice to get some info about good cards that 
are tested by someone.

Musa