Re: From AR9160 to AR9340/AR9582

2013-10-06 Thread Adrian Chadd
hi, a lot of it has to do with what the manufacturer attaches to the chip. The chip itself may only be able to put out 18dBm at the lowest transmit rate and significantly less (12-14dBm) at the highest transmit rate. The manufacturer may then opt to add extra output amplifiers :) (Also, I'm doin

From AR9160 to AR9340/AR9582

2013-10-06 Thread Sven Hazejager
Does anyone know enough about the various Atheros devices to tell me the differences between various radios, output power, sensitivity and expected range? For various reasons, I am thinking of replacing my present FreeBSD ALIX router by a COTS OpenWRT router such as the TP-Link WDR3600. Current h