[MLB-WIRELESS] Swapping the broadcom radio for an atheros card inan R100

[samiam at air-stream.org]

http://www.hodge.net.au/openwrt-brcm-2.6-jffs2-64k.trx

I dont offer any support, or take any responsibility for the effects of
this software. and I would reccomend building your own firmware, it
literally takes disk space, bandwidth and 30 mins of your time (and a fair
bit of assumed linux knowledge and a functioning linux OS)

https://dev.openwrt.org

Sam

> U mind putting up your compiled version of kamikaze somewhere ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: samiam at air-stream.org [mailto:samiam at air-stream.org]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 December 2006 10:26 PM
> To: Peter Buncle
> Cc: lukebaldan; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Swapping the broadcom radio for an atheros
> card inan R100
>
> I just went down this route recently
>
> I used a cm9 card and it worked with kmod-madwifi in rc6 under kernel
> 2.4.30
>
> BUT
>
> that isnt the next gen or madwifi-ng driver
>
> I also downloaded the source code for kamikaze, the development version
> of mad wifi from https://dev.openwrt.org
>
> and I compiled my own firmware, which was a breeze thanks to the
> menuconfig and downloading the toolchain on the fly but takes abotu
> 1.5Gb of disk, and I was able to compile a next gen kernel module for
> 2.6.17 kernel in fact the madwifi was compiled into the kernel.
>
> I imagine the Sr2 or sr5 would work equally well, as they are the same
> vintage as the cm9 card, for me it was abotu sensitivity rather than
> output.
>
> Under the 2.6.17 next gen version of madwifi the sensitivity was
> outstanding for iwlist ath0 scan, but it didnt associate to a signal of
> -83dBm, but that may have been pilot error, due to wep, mac filter etc
> etc. Whereas the 2.4.30 rc6 driver just associated straight off the bat,
> albiet at a reported signal of -95dBm.
>
> Getting the old card or work via levering it up rather than sliding it
> out as it is glued to the board, do the reverse when putting your new
> card in.
>
> depending on which route you take the rc6 is simple you just see the new
> interface
>
> with the next gen kernel module you need to follow the madwifi guide
> about wlanconfig commands to create the ath0 interface form the wifi0
> then then bring up the ath0.
>
>> The senao 400mw wont work with the openwrt drivers YET as it's the new
>
>> generation card.
>>
>> But the ubiquti 400mw card does work from a driver perspective, but
>> I'm not sure about the power Requirements side....
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lukebaldan [mailto:ljb2005 at iprimus.com-dot-au.no-spam.invalid]
>> Sent: Thursday, 21 December 2006 4:01 PM
>> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Swapping the broadcom radio for an atheros
>> card inan R100
>>
>> Hi guys, i've got two AP's running on the melbournewireless network.
>> One of them is connected to a 9db omni for public access
>> (http://10.10.130.50 if you're on the network,
>> http://baldan.dyndns.org if you are not). I am wanting to swap out the
>
>> broadcom radio for an atheros card which are known to perform far
>> better tha the broadcom, there's a 400mw card available which would be
>
>> perfect for my needs. I'm runnin a mitsubishi R100 with a mini pci
>> slot so the physical change isn't much of a hassle, however in terms
>> of software, what am i going to need? I'm currently running openwrt
>> rc6, i know i'll need madwifi drivers, but what sort of configuration
>> is involved? Thanks for any help, Luke
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