On 11/12/2015 01:08 AM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> On 2015-11-11 11:53, Ralf wrote:
>> So I was looking for some PCI-E Wifi Card, that supports AC standard. I
>> was thinking about sth. like this [1]. A friend of mine told me, that I
>> should take care when buying AC hardware, as there is rare kernel
>> support.
>
> Intel, in general, has great Linux support.
>
>> Does anyone of you successfully use AC hardware in AP mode, Dual stack
>> (5GhZ / 2.4GhZ)?
>> What kind of hardware would you recommend (and is known to work without
>> any painful hacks)?
>>
>
> I do not run any APs, but I manage plenty of laptops with 5GHz Intel
> chipsets, and never had a problem. Is there any reason you are not
> using a dedicated AP instead of a wireless card in AP mode?
I also thought so, but according to a friend of mine, running a card in
AP or monitor mode is quite different as running a card as client.
Especially if you want to have a dual stack ability.

Ralf
>
> Alec
>


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