[Voyage-linux] Using ath5k for long distance links.

[Kevin Wang]

I recommend looking at purchasing Ubiquiti network gear. They have outdoor rated hardware including the radio tweaks to the 802.11 protocols to allow greater distance. Range is not just about power. Also Ubiquiti hardware is surprisingly cheap. - kjw

Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa <ildefonso.camargo at gmail.com> wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I want to setup a long distance link with ath5k driver, have anyone
>here done that?  I have to ask, because I think madwifi is no longer
>available on Voyage 0.8, on the other hand, with the kernel upgrade to
>3.x, the throughput of ath5k greatly increased on my short-distance AP
>(20~30Mbps, from 2~11Mbps I was getting before the update).
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Ildefonso Camargo
>
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