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From: Benoit Papillault <benoit.papillault@free.fr>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:36:36 +0200
Subject: [ath9k-devel] Question about ath9k signal strength (AP mode)
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Le 10/07/2010 18:12, Lars Hardy a ?crit :
> It seems that there is a difference in signal strength between the ath9k
> (latest openwrt-trunk with compat-wireless 08.07.2010) driver and the
> latest dd-wrt (madwifi N?) driver.
> The dd-wrt driver has better signal strength and performance when a STA
> is some distance from the AP. (like 1 floor/2 rooms between)
> I have tried with 2 different Atheros chipset in AP mode, the AR5416 and
> AR9280. dd-wrt gives a stronger signal with both chipsets compared with
> openwrt.
>
> I know the ath9k is under development, so my question is if this is
> known by the development team and therefor will be worked on?
>
> Lars

[ignoring other not very informative post...]

Did you measure the signal strength on the STA side? What tool did you 
use? iw / iwconfig ?

Is there a way you can bisect between OpenWrt and dd-wrt? I have AR5416, 
AR9160 and AR9280 myself, so I can test if you tell me what version you 
used.

Regards,
Benoit