Re: Debian USB Wifi
On Tue, 6 Jun 2023 12:14:50 +0100
debian-user@howorth.org.uk wrote:
> Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:51:21 -0400
> > Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> >
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > The best option is to buy one that says clearly that it works with
> > > the vanilla kernel and without requiring proprietary firmware blobs.
> > > These are hard to come by and will usually be sold by companies
> > > specializing in this market like tehnoetic.com,
> > > thinkpenguin.com, ...
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > Be aware that there is simply no wifi card (USB or otherwise) that
> > > satisfies this requirement beyond the 11n spec: beyond 11n you
> > > currently have to accept the use of a proprietary binary blob :-(
> >
> > I believe that there are at least some 11ac cards supported by the
> > vanilla kernel and open source firmware:
> >
> > https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k
> > https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath10k/firmware
>
> I know nothing about the topic but I note that the subject says USB and
> that the first link says "Any SDIO or USB devices are not supported,
> but work is ongoing to add that."
I know that the subject mentions USB, but I was responding to Stefan's
statement regarding "USB or otherwise." He's basically correct, of
course, that there are *virtually* no modern WiFi cards of any sort
that are supported by totally free drivers / firmware, but there are
apparently at least a few that do support 11ac (I'm not sure if there
are any at all that support 11ax).
--
Celejar
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