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Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

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On 12/08/18 13:51, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote:
> On 9 August 2018 at 03:12, tony mollica <tmollica@silcom.com> wrote:
>> Hello.
>> I need to find a good, reliable WiFi adapter.  I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH
>> using a RTL8812au chip
>> and there is support but it's unreliable.  Connects sometimes, mostly
>> not.  My older adapters work
>> but they're slow but maybe that's the compromise I need to resolve.
>> What's being used reliably?
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
[reordered by the posting order secret police]
 > Basically find one that uses the ath9k Chipset. They are easily the best
 > supported Wifi Interface.
 > If you need Wireless AC then ath10k based products are useable too.
 > The Intel ranges are OK as clients, but are not really very Opensource.
 > Ath9k has the best Fully Opensource impementation out of any of the
 > Wireless cards.
 > https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Ath9k

+1 for ath9k. I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. 
Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work.

Inadvertent enabling of QoS while idle breaks connectivity in a small 
range of kernel versions:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=891060
Found in versions linux/4.15.4-1, linux/4.15.11-1, linux/4.14.17-1
Fixed in versions linux/4.16.5-1, linux/4.15.17-1

Kind regards,

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand

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Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2018-08-12 04:00 +0200
  Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-12 05:20 +0200
    Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-14 02:20 +0200
      Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-15 04:40 +0200
        Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters "Miguel A. Vallejo" <ea4eoz@gmail.com> - 2018-08-15 20:00 +0200
          Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-16 03:40 +0200
  Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-12 11:00 +0200
    Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-08-13 02:00 +0200
      Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-08-13 10:40 +0200

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