Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Whether Batman-adv need suitable wifi network card (support interface modes ( mesh point ) ) .

Sven Eckelmann
2016-10-26T13:05:47Z

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On Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2016 20:52:13 CEST johnzeng wrote:
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> 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.

But these devices use a firmware running on the device. I know that there
were weird problems hunting the carl9170 hardware/firmware [1]. Th
ath9k_htc looks a little better but the TODO list for the firmware is also
quite large and there also some odd limitations mentioned on the driver
page [2].

Kind regards,
Sven

[1] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/carl9170
[2] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k_htc