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Agreed, just get a laptop with any of Intel's wifi chips and you're almost guaranteed Linux won't have a problem with it.
by SkyMarshal 10y ago
Agreed, just get a laptop with any of Intel's wifi chips and you're almost guaranteed Linux won't have a problem with it.
- gleb 10y agoFor Intel cards default setup works, but is not optimal, i.e. it is slow. In particular transmit aggregation is turned off by default. `sudo modprobe iwlwifi 11n_disable=8` http://support.system76.com/articles/wireless/ http://support.system76.com/articles/wireless/
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- peller 10y agoYep. Atheros chipsets also tend to be quite reliable. Broadcom used to be bit of a red flag, dunno if they've gotten better. https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers
- rhodysurf 10y agoBroadcom still sucks. 50% of the time i boot my mbp in Arch the wireless interface just straight doesnt load even though the drivers are loaded and it is recognized with lspci
- nextos 10y agoSome Atheros are not only reliable but ubercool. They support a gazillion options, including promiscuous mode, power saving, higher power transmission, etc. In fact, Alfa Atheros antennas are the preferred option of those doing pentesting. Besides, I have great experiences with some models connecting to super low SNR networks where Broadcom would never ever connect.