[gentoo-amd64] Re: Machine recommendations?

[Duncan]

Thanasis posted on Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:04:06 +0200 as excerpted:

> On 03/15/2015 07:43 AM, Duncan wrote:
>
>> If I decide to throw in a wifi card/antenna (USB since the PCIE will be
>> taken by the wired net),
>
> or use the 1 x Mini-PCIe slot.
>
> http://www.msi.com/product/mb/AM1I.html#hero-specification

Indeed.

But in my research I actually saw USB-based wifi on both frys.com and 
pricewatch.com, as well as full PCIE, but mPCIE, not so common, at least 
at the low-end price-points I was looking at (pricewatch normally ranks 
by price, optionally including shipping, and frys can be set to do so, 
and I saw USB-based and PCIE near the low end, mPCIE might have been 
available, but further up the list than I looked, or perhaps I just 
missed it).

So I'm simply going by what I know to be out there, actually available.

...  Now you'll probably link a newegg mPCIE-based wifi antenna.  Not 
that I'll complain! =:^)  Thanks, BTW.  You're being immensely helpful, 
helping me work out all this stuff far faster than I would have been able 
to on my own.

Meanwhile, when I get it all up and running, I expect to return the 
favor, probably putting it up on the gentoo wiki.  When I did my original 
Acer Aspire One netbook setup with gentoo, I was able to follow wikis 
both gentoo and others (arch, some guy had an entire dedicated AA1 site 
with intense Linux coverage...), and it made things *MUCH* easier.  But I 
didn't really see anything like that for amd64-based routers.  So this 
will allow me to return the favor and make it MUCH easier for others. =:^)

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