2008-07-31 19:00:54

by Jack Howarth

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Subject: ath9k and N wireless on B frequencies

Does anyone know if the new ath9k wireless driver supports the N wireless
connections on the B wireless frequencies? The Apple Airport Extreme supports
the N protocols on both the G and B frequencies. Since Linksys is providing
little support for my WRT150N (which shows uneven performance under N wireless
to a MacBook Pro under Leopard compared to rock solid G performance), I
am considering upgrading to an Airport Extreme base station and would like to
make use of the N protocols under B wireless frequencies option in Linux.
Thanks in advance for any information.
Jack


2008-07-31 20:08:01

by Jack Howarth

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Subject: Re: ath9k and N wireless on B frequencies

Stefanik,
Yes, my mistake. I meant to say does ath9k
support the use of N protocols under the 802.11a
wireless frequencies. Does anyone know if ath9k
supports this?
Jack

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 09:29:49PM +0200, Stefanik G?bor wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Jack Howarth <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if the new ath9k wireless driver supports the N wireless
> > connections on the B wireless frequencies? The Apple Airport Extreme supports
> > the N protocols on both the G and B frequencies. Since Linksys is providing
> > little support for my WRT150N (which shows uneven performance under N wireless
> > to a MacBook Pro under Leopard compared to rock solid G performance), I
> > am considering upgrading to an Airport Extreme base station and would like to
> > make use of the N protocols under B wireless frequencies option in Linux.
> > Thanks in advance for any information.
> > Jack
>
> 802.11b and 802.11g both use 14 channels in the 2.4GHz band, of which
> 11 is available in the US (13 in the EU) - it's 802.11a which uses
> 5GHz channels. Did you mean "N protocols under A frequencies"?
>
> --
> Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)

2008-07-31 19:29:50

by Gábor Stefanik

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Subject: Re: ath9k and N wireless on B frequencies

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Jack Howarth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Does anyone know if the new ath9k wireless driver supports the N wireless
> connections on the B wireless frequencies? The Apple Airport Extreme supports
> the N protocols on both the G and B frequencies. Since Linksys is providing
> little support for my WRT150N (which shows uneven performance under N wireless
> to a MacBook Pro under Leopard compared to rock solid G performance), I
> am considering upgrading to an Airport Extreme base station and would like to
> make use of the N protocols under B wireless frequencies option in Linux.
> Thanks in advance for any information.
> Jack

802.11b and 802.11g both use 14 channels in the 2.4GHz band, of which
11 is available in the US (13 in the EU) - it's 802.11a which uses
5GHz channels. Did you mean "N protocols under A frequencies"?

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Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)

2008-08-01 01:31:17

by Sujith

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Subject: Re: ath9k and N wireless on B frequencies

Jack Howarth wrote:
> Stefanik,
> Yes, my mistake. I meant to say does ath9k
> support the use of N protocols under the 802.11a
> wireless frequencies. Does anyone know if ath9k
> supports this?

Yes, it is supported.

Sujith