Hi all, I am looking for info on usb3 to mini-pcie wifi modules - some kind of adaptor? There are a lot of mini-pcie to M.2 on ebay but reading up on mini-pcie it seems they may not be compatible. Does anybody have an idea of one that would work - they are cheap enough to buy and test/throw back on shelf if they dont work but the current two month delivery times are a killer :)
My existing wifi AP is getting too old to properly upgrade (Its an old Buffalo G300N running openwrt) so I am building my own - I currently have a gentoo based userland on a raspberry-pi3B using the inbuilt wifi and a realtek usb WiFi 1200ac dongle which is the proof of concept but before I go and purchase more powerful hardware for the controller (looking at an odroid C4 at the moment) I want to ascertain if I can use some of the mini-pcie wifi cards I have via USB3 (one is a 3x3 mimo atheros ac module, others atheros or intel N.) At the end of the day, I am looking for WiFi6 compatibility and a performance boost over the old buffalo (multiple family members are working from home, mostly via wifi which is holding up pretty well so far but I want better :) Yes I could by a bespoke unit but whats the fun in that :) BillK
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