Enabling 802.11n on Asus RT-N16 running OpenWrt Chaos Calmer

The setup has been made primarily using the information here.

I. Remove your existing driver

If you have the default driver, then the instructions are:

• opkg update
• opkg remove kmod-b43

II. Install broadcom-wl driver mentionned here and some utilities

• opkg install kmod-brcm-wl
• opkg install wl
• opkg install wlc
• rm /etc/config/wireless
• opkg install nas
• reboot

III. Edit /etc/config/wireless

config wifi-device  wl0
option type     broadcom
option channel  1
option txantenna 3
option rxantenna 3
option txpower ’20’
option plcphdr ‘auto’
option frameburst 1
option disabled 0

config wifi-iface
option device   wl0
option network  lan
option mode     ap
option ssid     ‘YOUR_SSID’
option key      ‘YOUR_KEY’
option wmm      1
option encryption ‘psk2’
option disabled ‘0’

IV. Reboot