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Gargoyle Router Management Utility
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Control for antenna chaining is needed for better WiFi perfomance (i.e. 1043nd V1) #751

Open zkabelac opened 6 years ago

zkabelac commented 6 years ago

Some older routers may need different antenna chaining - i.e. Atheros chipset are known to use 3 receive paths but just 2 transmission path (3x2 mimo router).

For current Gargoyle 1.10 this can be easily fixed by adding new 2 lines into config file:

/etc/config/wireless 

  option txantenna '5'
  option rxantenna '7'

(both rx and tx must be specified)

proper setting can be later checked with output of: iw phy phy0 info

Such setup may double WiFi performance for routers like TP Link 1043nd V1.

Discussed here: https://www.gargoyle-router.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11572

lantis1008 commented 6 years ago

IMO: exposing this setting to UI is out of place If needed, fix should be hidden.

Ideally fixed upstream instead.

Waiting further user reports before I personally do anything. Happy for anyone else to take this on.