On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Dennis Borgmann <dennis.borgmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi linux-wireless list, > hi hostap list! > > I am trying to get a 802.11n-network as test running. I want to test the > highest throughput, that I can do with this setup to see, what could be > possible for me. > > My setup is a Senao EMP-7605 card and ath9k with a 2.6.32.8-kernel. > Thanks to Jouni Malinen, I am now using the latest snapshot of > hostapd-0.6.10. If I start hostapd, my Lenovo Thinkpad(I think, there is > an Intel card running inside there) can find the network, that I > established with ath9k, but another Senao EMP-7905 with the same setup > as mentioned above won't find the wireless network at all, even during a > scan. If I do an iperf between the Lenovo and the board, that runs the > AP with hostapd, I get throughput rates of about 6 Mbit/s. iwconfig on > the Lenovo shows the bitrate set to "0" - meaning auto. > > I cannot find valuable documentation about setting up a wireless-link > with ath9k using 802.11n-capabilities. Is there any hint, that someone > could give me or a webpage that I could be pointed to? I just want to do > some speed-tests, but even the "ht_kapab"-field of hostapd leaves me > without any knowledge, what to put in there... > > Any help would be appreciated! Documentation is not supposed to be device specific, so for hostapd with 802.11n we currently have: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
