add notes about dual-band hardware

module-based-network
Daniel Barlow 2023-02-19 16:43:45 +00:00
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# GL.INet GL-AR750 "Creta" travel router
# - QCA9531 @650Mhz SoC
# - dual band wireless: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
# - two 10/100Mbps LAN ports and one WAN
# - 128MB DDR2 RAM / 16MB NOR Flash
# - "ath79" soc family
# https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-ar750/
# I like GL.iNet devices because they're relatively accessible to
# DIY users: the serial port connections have headers preinstalled
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};
};
description = ''
GL.INet GL-AR750 "Creta" travel router
- QCA9531 @650Mhz SoC
- dual band wireless: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
- two 10/100Mbps LAN ports and one WAN
- 128MB DDR2 RAM / 16MB NOR Flash
- "ath79" soc family
https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-ar750/
The GL-AR750 has two distinct sets of wifi hardware. The 2.4GHz
radio is part of the QCA9531 SoC, i.e. it's on the same silicon as
the CPU, the Ethernet, the USB etc. The device is connected to the
host via AHB, the "Advanced High-Performance Bus" and it is
supported in Linux using the ath9k driver. The 5GHz support, on the
other hand, is provided by a QCA9887 PCIe (PCI embedded) WLAN chip:
I haven't looked closely at the router innards to see if this is
actually physically a separate board that could be unplugged, but
as far as the Linux is concerned it behaves as one. This is
supported by the ath10k driver.
'';
module = {pkgs, ... }:
let
openwrt = pkgs.pkgsBuildBuild.fetchFromGitHub {