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You can grab an Intel BE200 module (EDIT: which may be platform dependent, see below) or similar for about 30 bucks. For latest generation client side Wi-Fi car
by zamadatix 3y ago
You can grab an Intel BE200 module (EDIT: which may be platform dependent, see below) or similar for about 30 bucks. For latest generation client side Wi-Fi cards Intel has traditionally had the better quality options on the driver side, not to give an illusion the cards and driver are perfect though. The limitation is you can't have a fully integrated system, like a MacBook. If the storage is upgradeable there is a high chance the Wi-Fi is.
- megous 3y agoIs it a real wifi? Or is it the same old ax200 story with AP only in 2.4GHz mode? https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000030429/wireless.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... I prefer real WiFi.
- zamadatix 3y agoI believe it's another client only card. For the AP side I'd recommend a Qualcomm 4x4 but it's unlikely to fit in laptops.
- megous 3y agoRealtek RTL8922A and RTL8952A based cards will support AP mode, I'm sure. The driver (rtw89) got upstreamed a while ago and support for the new chip got added this Linux kernel release cycle. Hopefully the new generation modules will be available soon, too... I use the previous generation RTL8852A in my homegrown wifi router, and it works nicely as AP with the same driver and hostapd. The modules are small, and fit to laptops. (the ones I buy are actually some stock for laptops, that gets re-sold as spare parts I think) Cheaper than the Qualcomm wifi chips, too.
- zamadatix 3y agoYeah plenty of client cards have AP mode firmware, I don't recommend it though unless you want a particularly low end AP (outside of the use case of a fully open firmware AP, in which case fully open firmware older cards are generally the only way).
- megous 3y agoDo you have any specifics for these particular devices? Have you inspected the driver and firmware and found it lacking? Or did you test them and something came up? Internet is full of bad experiences, but mostly from windows laptop users and from 2-3 years ago, around the time the driver was being upstreamed to Linux. It has been solid and growing in features ever since. Throughtput is pretty nice 500mbit/s for a single 80MHz channel setup I'm using and stable. There's no other choice for actively manufacturer supported wifi device usable for AP for Linux anyway. Broadcom drivers are unsupported for years, and firmware heavy with lack of firmware updates from manufacturer. Bad combo. Intel is not for APs. And that's about it.
- bethekind 3y agoIs it WiFi 7 certified? Or at least can I trust that it will be? I don't have experience with Intel wifi cards
- zamadatix 3y agoThe Wi-Fi 7 certified program only started a few days ago so nothing is through certification yet. That said Intels adapters up til this point have always been and . They already have driver support in Linux as well.
- vardump 3y agoWeirdly and notably BE200 is not compatible at all with AMD platforms. The system might not even POST, so the issue is not about driver support.
- ksjskskskkk 3y agoit's always driver support. just because everyone convinced you too use uefi as your true base OS doesn't mean it's not a driver issue. no matter how much you try to cover your own eyes. same with cpu and microcode.
- cesarb 3y ago> > is not compatible at all with AMD platforms > it's always driver support. Not necessarily, if it's an Intel module it might be a CNVi module instead of normal PCIe module, meaning it can only work on Intel platforms (because half of the WiFi hardware is actually within the CPU/chipset; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNVi for more information).
- ksjskskskkk 3y agonah. it's available in m2 pcie and usb. plain old crappy software (driver) which you are not supposed to have access (despite all the filling being likely based on gpl)
- zamadatix 3y agoThat is quite the note, thanks for the heads up!