Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-15 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 16/08/18 05:52, Miguel A. Vallejo wrote: So, I'm also looking for a Linux friendly 802.11ac USB dongle. And I should have mentioned that the TL-WN722N is a single band (2.4 GHz) b/g/n dongle, *not* dual band. -- Ben Caradoc-Davies Director Transient Software Limited

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-15 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
My experience is similar. Currently I'm using Linksys WUSB600N v2 USB dongles based on Ralink RT3572 and they work just fine. They can handle my 100 MBit conection using 2x2 N mode in 5 GHz band without too much problems. But I have also a Linksys WUSB6300 802.11ac dongle, based on RTL8812AU.

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 14/08/18 12:14, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 12/08/18 15:12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work. Since my broadband upgrade from ADSL to gigabit fibre three days ago, I

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/08/18 15:12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work. Since my broadband upgrade from ADSL to gigabit fibre three days ago, I can put greater load on my WiFi, and my

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 08:46:36AM +1200, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: Huh? Intel cards are numerous and cheap - they come in PCIe / NGFF form factors (like the easily available ath) - get a PCIe/USB to MiniPCIe converter card for a few pennies off Aliexpress and you are in business. Everyone

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Huh? Intel cards are numerous and cheap - they come in PCIe / NGFF form factors (like the easily available ath) - get a PCIe/USB to MiniPCIe converter card for a few pennies off Aliexpress and you are in business. On 14 August 2018 at 08:33, Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 08:12:37AM -0700, tony mollica wrote: I need to find a good, reliable WiFi adapter.  I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH using a RTL8812au chip and there is support but it's unreliable.  Connects sometimes, mostly not.  My older adapters work but they're slow but maybe that's the

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-13 Thread Curt
On 2018-08-12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > > You must check the full version as the v2 has a different chipset (see > complaints in the Amazon comments). The original is Atheros, the v2 is > Realtek: But you cannot check the full version because the full version is not specified, thus the

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-12 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/08/18 20:55, Curt wrote: I looked at the TP-LINK TL-WN722N on Amazon.fr suggested by another poster (whom I think was Ben if memory serves, which is increasingly not exactly the case), but had trouble understanding which of the multiple versions of the device contained the desired chipset

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-12 Thread Curt
On 2018-08-12, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > > Basically find one that uses the ath9k Chipset. They are easily the best > supported Wifi Interface. > > If you need Wireless AC then ath10k based products are useable too. > > The Intel ranges are OK as clients, but are not really very Opensource. >

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-11 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 12/08/18 13:51, Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: On 9 August 2018 at 03:12, tony mollica wrote: Hello. I need to find a good, reliable WiFi adapter. I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH using a RTL8812au chip and there is support but it's unreliable. Connects sometimes, mostly not. My older adapters work

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-11 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Basically find one that uses the ath9k Chipset. They are easily the best supported Wifi Interface. If you need Wireless AC then ath10k based products are useable too. The Intel ranges are OK as clients, but are not really very Opensource. Ath9k has the best Fully Opensource impementation out of

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-11 Thread Dale Forsyth
https://www.mycause.com.au/page/183259/a-smile-will-change-a-day-love-that-changed-my-world From: tony mollica Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 1:12 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters Hello. I need to find a good

USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-08 Thread tony mollica
Hello. I need to find a good, reliable WiFi adapter.  I have an Alfa AWUS036ACH using a RTL8812au chip and there is support but it's unreliable.  Connects sometimes, mostly not.  My older adapters work