On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 06:04:55PM +0200, physkets wrote: > Hello! > > I'd asked a related question on the OpenBSD subreddit, and someone > pointed me here. Hope this is appropriate. > https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd/comments/56lzhu/which_wifi_card_to_make_an_access_point > > Does anyone know how good a WiFi Access Point I could make of the > Atheros AR9280 card (Compex-wle200nx) offered by the guys at PC Engines: > http://www.pcengines.ch/wle200nx.htm > > Thanks a lot! Works for me but data rates are usually capped at about 18Mbit/s.
Throughput depends on your environment, e.g. other APs on neighbouring channels. Neighboring 11n APs tend to compete strongly and steal a lot of bandwidth. 11a mode tends to perform better than 11g because there is usually less competition for air time.
