54 vs 54e in airodump?

[soxrok2212]

In airodump, I see

BSSID              PWR RXQ  Beacons    #Data, #/s  CH  MB   ENC  CIPHER AUTH ESSID
                                                                                                
 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -51   90       49        1    0   3  54 . WPA  TKIP   PSK  xxxxxxx

and sometimes I see

BSSID              PWR RXQ  Beacons    #Data, #/s  CH  MB   ENC  CIPHER AUTH ESSID
                                                                                                
 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx  -31   100       29        7    2   11  54e . WPA2  CCMP   PSK  xxxxxxx

What is the difference between 54 and 54e? Is 54 802.11g and 54e 802.11n?

Thanks!

[kcdtv]

54e means that the rate is above 54mbps.
It could be "super-G" from atheros (up to 108 mbps - that existed wikipedia - Super G wireless networking ) or using the A band.
But in 99% it is indeed a N router, usualy 150 or 300 mbps

[soxrok2212]

54e means that the rate is above 54mbps.
It could be "super-G" from atheros (up to 108 mbps - that existed wikipedia - Super G wireless networking ) or using the A band.
But in 99% it is indeed a N router, usualy 150 or 300 mbps

Thats what I thought, thanks for the confirmation!

[mon0]

54e means that the rate is above 54mbps.
It could be "super-G" from atheros (up to 108 mbps - that existed wikipedia - Super G wireless networking ) or using the A band.
But in 99% it is indeed a N router, usualy 150 or 300 mbps

All these years and now I know what the "e" means. Good stuff. Thanks!

[soxrok2212]

Actually, I just found this on the aircrack website... http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airodump-ng. It says the "e" actually means that the network has QOS enabled. However, I'm fairly certain that only 802.11n networks have QOS so it essentially means the same thing.