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Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

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Huh? Intel cards are numerous and cheap - they come in PCIe / NGFF form
factors (like the easily available ath) - get a PCIe/USB to MiniPCIe
converter card for a few pennies off Aliexpress and you are in business.

On 14 August 2018 at 08:33, Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 08:12:37AM -0700, tony mollica wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Intel, but as far as I know you can only buy one with a new laptop.
> Your other options are the rtl* stuff which tends to be flaky, or the ath*
> stuff which is impossible to find. It's not a good time for open source
> wifi.
>
> Mike Stone
>
>

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Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-13 22:40 +0200
  Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2018-08-13 22:50 +0200
    Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-08-13 23:10 +0200

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