[aklug] Re: recommended 802.11ac USB dongle?

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend an 802.11ac USB dongle or RJ45-Ethernet bridge
> with mainline Linux 3.13 kernel support? Looking to move a box to
> wireless but keep some speed.

Never mind ... looks like pretty slim pickings at this stage of the game.

https://wikidevi.com/wiki/List_of_802.11ac_Hardware#Adapters

... which led me to:

$ lynx -dump --nolist --width=400
http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_alles.php? | grep '11ac'
   Asus 802.11ac PCE-AC66 man: 14e4 dev: 43b1 PCI-E Broadcom red
   Asus 802.11ac USB-AC53 man: 0b05 dev: 17c9 USB Broadcom grey
   D-Link 802.11ac DWA-182 rev. A1 man: 2001 dev: 3101 USB Broadcom grey
   Edimax 802.11ac/a/b/g/n EW7811UTC man: 7392 dev: a811 USB RealTek
8812au yellow vendor driver only. Available on:
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/E

I can install the vendor's driver, but it looks like no direct kernel
support yet.

Royce
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Received on Sun Nov 16 13:49:45 2014