driver

[GLC]

hi

where can i download driver of SR71-5 for linux or openwrt ???

is there final release of driver and datasheet for this products???

which series of platformand boards can support a minipci as SR71-5 minipci MIMO ???

thanks Mike :d :lol:

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello GLC,

We have not released drivers for the SR71 series at this time. Upon release, only LSX will support the SR71 until other manufactures add in support for the Atheros 802.11 Mimo products.

Thank you,

Mike

[GLC]

it 's meaning that this series of minipci now just working with litestation boards???

and Air Os that included into LSX have SR71-5 minipci drivers ??

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello GLC,

Yes, these cards only work on LSX for the time being as other software vendors have not put Atheros 802.11 N support in yet.

Thank you,

Mike

[signuke]

Hello GLC,

Yes, these cards only work on LSX for the time being as other software vendors have not put Atheros 802.11 N support in yet.

Thank you,

Mike

Wait...
SR71-A Product Page (http://www.ubnt.com/products/sr71a.php) says (in the upper left corner) that it will be "powered" by Ubiquiti's "Radio Driver".
And the current "Radio Driver" includes a wide range of HALs for different platforms (e.g i386 et al)...

So how come that all upcoming atheros 802.11n cards only are for LSX?

Or is it more like: that I could use the AR9001/AR9160 anywhere (even on ia32), but only in 802.11gb(a) mode until madwifi/ath5k catches up?

Regards,
SIGNUKE

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello Signuke,

The HAL is still in beta and not "technically" released yet, so I was saying for the time being LSX will be the only "plug and play" board for SR71. Once the HAL is fleshed out it will work fine with SR71 allowing you to use these cards on any Linux based hot platform.

Thank you,

Mike

[signuke]

Hello Signuke,

The HAL is still in beta and not "technically" released yet, so I was saying for the time being LSX will be the only "plug and play" board for SR71. Once the HAL is fleshed out it will work fine with SR71 allowing you to use these cards on any Linux based hot platform.

Thank you,

Mike

Thanks... :)

So, there won't be only one single (completely binary) driver like the one Sparklan provides for their cards... right?

[hiwu.tw]

There is a AR9160 Driver available. It is for IXP425 big-endian.
The following is its download link.
http://www.sparklan.com/download.php?support_id=185

[GLC]

There is a AR9160 Driver available. It is for IXP425 big-endian.
The following is its download link.
http://www.sparklan.com/download.php?support_id=185

goodjob

thanks

[Erastus]

Mike,

Did you find any?

I am also extremely interested if you find please let me know.

Many thanks

[Erastus]

Hello GLC,

We have not released drivers for the SR71 series at this time. Upon release, only LSX will support the SR71 until other manufactures add in support for the Atheros 802.11 Mimo products.

Thank you,

Mike

Mike,

Thanks for the info when do you expect this to be released. We are truly struggling with Mikrotik and we would like to use another product as the service from Mikrotik sucks big time.

We also need huge trough put

What is the expected time of delivery ?

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hey Guys,

We don't have a definitive date, but were hoping for soon, in the next couple of weeks. We are close.

Thank you,

Mike

[hiwu.tw]

Hi Mike:

When will the SR7-A for Linux be available? It is a month ago since your previous post.

Thank you

-Jack

[key4078]

I could compile OpenWrt with 2.6.21.6 kernel and run the SparkLAN driver on it with SR71-A. (It seems it is based on the Madwifi driver. "iwpriv" provides the similar options.) However, in iperf tests (w/ UDP option), the max rate was around 17Mbps all the times. Do I need to make some more settings to get more than 100Mbps? How can I enable 802.11n?

[marstop]

Hi, Is there an update regarding the HAL ? Is there a stable or even a beta test release to test for Linux ?

Would be extremely interested to see the cards capabilities on an alix embedded board

[Scootr.Henson]

Looks like it's time for the monthly post inquiring about linux drivers for 9160 chipset.
Any update about availability?
I have 2-SR71A's sitting on a shelf just waiting to be abused.

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hey Scooter,

Still no Linux driver.

Sorry

Mike

[iddione]

Hi everybody,

it looks like ath9k linux driver is now working also in AP mode. The chipset mounted on your AR-71x minipci cards is listed as supported. Moreover, in the openwrt forum many succesfull installation reports are starting to appear w.r.t. 802.11n wifi routers.
Any positive experience with the ubiquiti cards?

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

I have not had a chance to test this, but if it is true this is excellent news. Any standard Ath 9k driver can run our cards without issue as our LiteStation SR71 firmware is based off that.

Thanks,
Mike

[xxiao]

is it possible to run madwifi with SR71A card? I'm going to test ath9k driver and was told it's not very robust yet. 802.11n that is.

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

No MadWiFi doe not support this driver set.

Thanks,

Mike

[xxiao]

ok looks like my only option is ath9k then, hope ubnt can get the driver ready asap.

will madwifi supports ar916x's a/b/g mode? other than n?
also, where can I buy the antenna for SR71A, i have cards but no antennas yet :(

[UBNT-Mike.Ford]

Hello,

We are not working on, nor will support a Linux driver directly. The Ath9k team is working on the open source community driver at this time and all support will be handled through them.

Thanks

Mike

[RoundSparrow]

OpenWrt project has many users with ath9k driver now. We have found consumer routers with this line of chips from various companies. In January 2009 ath9k was ported to the AHB bus by OpenWrt. This enables the routers based on ar9130/ar9132 chipsets (ar9102/ar9103/ar910x RF).

As of now, it still isn't working that well and lacks features such as WDS.The more people involved reporting bugs and problems to ath9k-devel mailing list the better (Atheros employees and other open source participants).

Lots of ath9k threads here: http://forum.openwrt.org/viewforum.php?id=10