On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, John Yates wrote: > >> Ha! I have purchased mini WiFi cards in the past and stuck them in >> laptops but those have always been the card sanctioned by the laptop's >> manufacturer. I guess it had not occurred to me that WiFi cards must >> conform to some standardized interface and hence be at least moderately >> interchangeable. > > > Most of the cards is actually mini pci-express, so it's definitely a > standard. On for instance Lenovo laptops, then what PCI-E cards can be put > into them is checked by the BIOS, and there are people that modify their > BIOS to remove this bootup check to be able to put non-sanctioned cards into > the laptop. > > Vendors tend to blame for instance FCC for the "sanctioned card"-lock, > but...
Yes, that is an annoying "feature" However, I note that the heavier duty 802.11ac pcie cards are generally drawing a bit more power than what the pcie spec allows for, so either you need to have an auxiliary connector for power, or have a beefier bus. > > -- > Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se > _______________________________________________ > Cerowrt-devel mailing list > Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel _______________________________________________ Cerowrt-devel mailing list Cerowrt-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cerowrt-devel