From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:35:13 -0700 Subject: [ath9k-devel] Proposed 3x3 Dual band chipsets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4FC66861.9030506@candelatech.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org On 05/30/2012 10:57 AM, Stratos Keranidis wrote: > Hello, > > I am about to order some new cards for testing capabilities of ath9k. > > Currently I have cards with the AR5008, AR5418 chipset, which does not > support 3x3 MIMO. > > I looked in the list of ath9k-supported chipsets to find cards that > support 3x3 MIMO and I have concluded in the following options: > > AR5008: > AR5418+AR5133 (>= 2.6.27) AR5418 = DB 11n PCIe, AR5133 = 3x3 DB 11n > AR5416+AR2133 (>= 2.6.27) AR2133 = 3x3 SB 11n > > AR9001: > AR9103 (>= 2.6.30, AHB) 3x3 SB 11n > > AR9003: > AR9380 (>= 2.6.36) 3x3 DB 11n PCIe > > My AR5418 card supports Dual Band operation, but I am not able to set > 5GHz channels in my regulatory domain (GR). > As I am interested in buying Dual-band compatible chipsets only, > my options are limited between the AR5008:AR5133 and the AR9003:AR9380 chipsets. I've had good luck with the AR9380. Specifically, I'm using WPEA-127N NICs currently. I just ordered some AR9390 NICs for testing, but no idea how they will turn out. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com