From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mihai Moldovan Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:25:58 +0100 Subject: [ath9k-devel] Don't wireless LAN card manufacturers think about desktop users? In-Reply-To: <4D450A63.8080708@candelatech.com> References: <4D450A63.8080708@candelatech.com> Message-ID: <4D459116.6090404@ionic.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org Hi crocket, hi Ben, * On 30.01.2011 07:51 AM, Ben Greear wrote: > On 01/29/2011 10:49 PM, crocket wrote: >> I've searched the internet for PCI/PCIe wireless LAN cards since I >> want to build a 300Mbps 802.11n desktop wireless AP with WPA2PSK. >> Since mini PCI/mini PCIe wireless LAN cards don't provide a bracket to >> fix antennae to my middle tower desktop case, I can't buy mini >> PCI/mini PCIe wireless LAN cards. >> I can't find any chipset supported by ath9k that comes in PCI/PCIe form factors. Note that I asked exactly the same question a few days ago and did wonder, too. :( >> Does anybody know any PCI/PCIe product with reliable ath9k chipsets >> that are shipped internationally and satisfy my needs? (I live in far >> east asia.) I haven't found any. Literally no retailer sells 300Mbps 802.11n PCI/PCIe cards. There is one manufacturer of a miniPCIe card integrating the AR9380 chipset, but that's all. > Get a mini-pcie -> pcie adapter card, and use a standard mini-pcie > NIC. The adapter cards usually come with antenna mounts. Whilst I don't want to make any advertisement, I sure want to help. So far, the only two adapters I have found which are 802.11n compatible are either: http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/111272062/MP2W_Mini_PCIe_PCI_e_adapter.html or http://www.hwtools.net/Adapter/MP2H_632458.html Unforunately, the second shop does only sell the adapter + 3 antennas in a set with this Centrino miniPCIe card, which raises the price by quite bit. Either way, I've ordered this and will simply replace the Centrino card with a new AR9380 card. Let's see how this will turn out. :) Best regards, Mihai -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 6111 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/attachments/20110130/13b054ec/attachment.bin