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From: Alec Ten Harmsel <alec@××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] AC WiFi Card
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:08:33
Message-Id: 5643D87F.3090102@alectenharmsel.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] AC WiFi Card by Ralf
1 On 2015-11-11 11:53, Ralf wrote:
2 > So I was looking for some PCI-E Wifi Card, that supports AC standard. I
3 > was thinking about sth. like this [1]. A friend of mine told me, that I
4 > should take care when buying AC hardware, as there is rare kernel support.
5
6 Intel, in general, has great Linux support.
7
8 > Does anyone of you successfully use AC hardware in AP mode, Dual stack
9 > (5GhZ / 2.4GhZ)?
10 > What kind of hardware would you recommend (and is known to work without
11 > any painful hacks)?
12 >
13
14 I do not run any APs, but I manage plenty of laptops with 5GHz Intel
15 chipsets, and never had a problem. Is there any reason you are not using
16 a dedicated AP instead of a wireless card in AP mode?
17
18 Alec

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Re: [gentoo-user] AC WiFi Card Ralf <ralf+gentoo@×××××××××××××××××××.de>