May I join ath9k_htc update 2009-10-28

Luis R. Rodriguez mcgrof at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 19:34:23 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM, hong zhang <henryzhang62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> TL-WN721N is not 11n complied.

Huh? TL-WN721N should be ar9271 hardware. All ar9271 devices are
single stream devices which means the highest MCS rate is MCS 7. I
forget but I believe 11n wifi cert accepts single stream devices now.

> TL-WN821N complies with 11n.

As per Christian it seems this is an ar9170 device, which is dual
stream and using the older Atheros hardware. It certainly has capacity
to TX/RX more but remember that it is more expensive too. Single
stream devices bring 802.11n hardware price down to a competitive
level and kill 802.11g :)

  Luis



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