[Voyage-linux] Re: Ubiquiti Super Range 9 SR9 900MHz miniPCI on Voyage

[Solomon Asare]

Hi,
thanks. I am looking into SR9 for a few Non-LOS installations. Were you able to set the bandwidth to 5/10MHz with madwifi? If yes how?


Rgds,
solomon.


--- On Tue, 16/6/09, Dean Franks <dean.franks at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dean Franks <dean.franks at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Re: Ubiquiti Super Range 9 SR9 900MHz miniPCI on  Voyage
> To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Date: Tuesday, 16 June, 2009, 5:27 AM
> Solomon,
> 
> I have not used the SR9, but I have had good luck with the
> XR9 cards.  They appear to be very static sensitive so take
> the proper precautions when handling the cards.
> 
> Stock Voyage 5.1 and madwifi worked well.
> 
> 
> Also be aware that the SR9 cards will not communicate with
> the XR9s.
> 
> We have since switched to XR5s.  Our application is clear
> LOS and antenna gain at 5ghz is much easier to achieve than
> at 900mhz (and gain beats power every time).
> 
> 
> Dean
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Message: 1
> 
> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:23:33 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> From: Solomon Asare <solomonasare at yahoo.com>
> 
> Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] Re: Ubiquiti Super Range 9 SR9
> 900MHz
> 
>         miniPCI on      Voyage
> 
> To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> 
> Message-ID: <513956.49385.qm at web31606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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> 
> 
> 
> Hi Rodney,
> 
> thanks for sharing your experience. The cards are quite
> expensive so I want to know what the experiences of others
> are before I get a few to test.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> solomon.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 14/6/09, rodney at optimail.com.au
> <rodney at optimail.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > From: rodney at optimail.com.au
> <rodney at optimail.com.au>
> 
> > Subject: [Voyage-linux] Re: Ubiquiti Super Range 9 SR9
> 900MHz miniPCI on Voyage
> 
> > To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> 
> > Date: Sunday, 14 June, 2009, 12:49 PM
> 
> > Hi Solomon,
> 
> >
> 
> >  I had no stability problem with the madwifi+SR9 or
> SR2.
> 
> >
> 
> >  Didn't measure power output directly, but
> received signal
> 
> > strength over
> 
> > distances of 200-500 metres. The SR9 performed well,
> using
> 
> > 802.11b, 5MHz
> 
> > bandwidth. Don't know how to select 10Mhz
> bandwidth.
> 
> >
> 
> > Data rate was set to 1MHz, to maximise operating
> distance
> 
> > rather than data
> 
> > throughput.
> 
> >
> 
> > PS: At the time of using SR9 & SR2, I was using a
> 
> > hand-made debian,
> 
> > similar to voyage, with madwifi. Now using voyage 0.6
> with
> 
> > ath5k driver,
> 
> > and CM9 (64mW) instead of SR2/SR9 (400mW). Hardware is
> VIA
> 
> > mini-ITX.
> 
> >
> 
> > Rodney
> 
> >
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Hi,
> 
> > > thanks for your response. What I want to know
> is:
> 
> > > Did it perform as advertised?
> 
> > > Did you get the advertised power output / data
> rate?
> 
> > > Were you able to set the narrower bandwidths of
> 5MHz /
> 
> > 10MHz?
> 
> > > Was the driver stable?
> 
> >
> 
> > Rgds,
> 
> > solomon.
> 
> > >>
> 
> >
> 
> >
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