Thread: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900
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2013-09-03 , 04:41
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Originally Posted by taixzo View Post
I'm not sure whether this has been addressed yet; but, will the Neo900 have the same wireless chipset as the N900, or will it have one that supports 802.11 n?
Not yet decided. Thanks for bringing it up, it seems I forgot to address this topic. What I think I've mentioned though: WLAN chips/modules are particularly hard to source when you want something "free" and semi-decent. Many chipsets nowadays require closed blob drivers in kernel space. Search the internet for softmac. For embedded we want a hardmac (chip with on board cpu and own firmware), if only for powersaving reasons.

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