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> looking into getting wireless working directly on it. reply This is, unfortunately, pretty hard to do well. 5 GHz AP support is particularly complicated, as
by duskwuff 6y ago
> looking into getting wireless working directly on it.
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This is, unfortunately, pretty hard to do well. 5 GHz AP support is particularly complicated, as the AP is required to take some special steps to avoid interfering with other services using the band, including weather radar. Most consumer cards don't implement these steps, limiting them to operating as a client on those frequencies.
- tenebrisalietum 6y agoI got a QCA986x/988x (forget exact model but that's what lspci says) and I'm reading it works with ath10k driver. Wish me luck. Really hope multiple BSSID works but that's why I bought 2. I'm not throwing out my Asus access point yet.
- Decade 6y agoThe limitation is only on the DFS channels. Channels 36–48 and 149–165 are free of radar. And also crowded in a modern urban environment. I’m not sure what the device manufacturers are doing to prevent unauthorized use of DFS channels, but I have a cheap router with a QCA9887 (GL.iNet GL-AR750) and it doesn’t use DFS channels no matter what firmware you put on it.
- quetzthecoatl 6y agoDynamic frequency selection isn't hard if you decide not to use that spectrum. Even without the radar spectrum, 5GHz spectrum is fairly unused.