Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters
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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