On 30/06/14 20:52, Daniel wrote:
> hi
> 
> On Jun 30, 2014 11:45 PM, cmsv <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Tp-Link TL-WN 722 N works but has nothing to do with batman-adv. The 
>> support comes from openwrt or whatever linux distro one wants to use.
> 
> ...with up to 7 ad-hoc peers or ap clients associated and no more, due to 
> firmware limitations of the ath9k_htc chipset... and yes, this applies to all 
> ath9k_htc-based dongles. sorry to name a chipset and not a product name, but 
> i got no idea what products are available in the markets around you. i'd go 
> with something containing rt2800usb if it really got to be usb wifi (which 
> generally should be avoided imho). performance is not great, but at least it 
> works.
> 

+1, we had mild success with those dongles (tl-wn722n = ath9k_htc),
since the limitations don't become apparent in small meshes (~5 nodes)
but abandoned them in favour of multiband routers (tl-wdr3500) which use
ath9k on both radios, which is a lot more stable and doesn't have such
7-peers limitation.

based on our first-hand experience (we even bought a lot of 20 at some
point), i'd advise against trying to use ath9k_htc USB dongles for
meshing :(

cheers!


>>
>> On 06/30/2014 05:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: 
>>>
>>> HI all, 
>>>
>>> If anyone is using batman with a USB wifi dongle could you post the name 
>>> of the dongle you are using? 
>>> If it required a special driver or firmware please let me know where you 
>>> got it. 
>>> Also please give dongles names not chipsets as it is hard to know what 
>>> chipset is in what dongles. 
>>>
>>> ‹Thank in advance. 
>>>
>>> David. 
>>>
>>>

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