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On Jan 23, 2008, at 8:22 PM, Alex M wrote: > I've been doing research on N cards for last 2 years :) Here is the > link to > the chipset summary that we were able toput together about a year > ago (I'f > some one wanna add more cards, let me know and ill give you password > to > input page) > > Point is the earlier pre-N draft N cars where build with "internal" > driver > so even if you have regular say atheros driver (supported in mono I > believe) > the card would operate as MIMO. no. > However, the standard itself (current version of .11n revision) says > that device has to combine reflected radio > signals... which means we can use either card CPU to do algorithms you're going to *HAVE* to do this in the baseband. Period. > ==> more expansive cartds or we can use PC to do calculation No, you can't. > ==> new drivers for new chipset are needed. Yes, they are, but these are mostly due to the MAC-layer enhancements in 802.11n. > > SUMMARY: Old versions of atheros mimo cards should work on mono w/ old > driver (they are a bit big, didn't fit WRAP. Don't know about ALIX) they're unlikely to even survive the hw check in the HAL. Next question. > Also SENAO released theur "smaal" mimo card recently, I dint try it > yet but > I bvelive its only comercialy useful solution out there, since it has > acceptable dimensions (unfortunatlyy it supots only 2 antennas > comparing to > native atheros cards that have 4 antennas) No current atheros chipset supports > 3 antennas. http://www.atheros.com/pt/AR5008E-3NG.htm > > PS: Sorry for typos... its kinda dark in here > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Gustafson [mailto:bobgus at rcn dot com] > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 10:33 AM > To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] 802.11 draft N miniPCI cards for ALIX > > Yes, I'm waiting too. It would be good to have some idea about how > much > 'draft' and how much 'N' it supports.. > > Bob G > > On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:13 +0100, Sebastian Davie wrote: >> Hi All >> >> Is there a 802.11 draft N card around with would work with m0n0wall >> and an >> ALIX board? Has anyone played around with one yet? >> >> Thanks >> >> Sebastian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: m0n0wall dash unsubscribe at lists dot m0n0 dot ch > For additional commands, e-mail: m0n0wall dash help at lists dot m0n0 dot ch |