Re: Whether Batman-adv need suitable wifi network card (support interface modes ( mesh point ) ) .

Martin Hundebøll
2016-10-26T14:58:34Z

On October 26, 2016 3:05:47 PM GMT+02:00, Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> wrote:
>On Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2016 20:52:13 CEST johnzeng wrote:
>[...]
>> Thanks , and i will try to purchase suitable wifi hardware ,
>>
>> Because i use raspberry [...]pi , i have to use wifi card based usb
>.
>>
>> whether you can advise a set of usb wifi card based Atheros ( driver
>ath9k) ?
>
>Sorry, I have zero experience with the USB hardware
>(ath9k_htc/carl9170). I
>think Martin was using them some time ago. Or maybe someone else on the
>ml
>has more information about them.

Yeah, I used them for some lab tests a few years back. The ath9k_htc works quite well with the exception that the chip/firmware/driver only supports 7 or 8 nodes within range due to limited resources on the chip.

// Martin

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