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cpcnw

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From: Southport, UK

Registered: 2016-02-28

Posts: 212

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WiFi Card Recommendation

Hi,

I am currently looking at adding a PCIe Half height card to my mobo.

Out of these two which would be better supported on Q4OS?

ATHEROS AR9287
INTEL 6205

Thanks!

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Dai_trying

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From: UK

Registered: 2015-12-14

Posts: 2,992

Re: WiFi Card Recommendation

I currently use the Atheros AR9565 and it works fine, I also have other Atheros cards which also work well, I just scanned through my kit-list and cannot see any Intel Wifi devices so cannot offer comparison though.

cpcnw

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From: Southport, UK

Registered: 2016-02-28

Posts: 212

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Re: WiFi Card Recommendation

Thanks - Atheros cards appear to be somewhat more penguin friendly

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tlmiller76

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From: AZ, USA

Registered: 2016-11-29

Posts: 455

Re: WiFi Card Recommendation

Intel's are all supported perfectly in linux, but most do require non-free firmware.  They do tend to be the best performance in readily available wireless cards, though.  I try to make sure that anything I buy has Intel wifi (oddly, even my AMD powered laptop I use with q4os is Intel wifi) because I know it simply WORKS (although in this case, requries a 4.0+ kernel so I have to run backports kernel).

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Q4OS Trinity machine - Crelander E160.  Intel Celeron N5105, 16GB LPDDR4, 512GB m.2 SATA SSD, Intel UHD graphics, Intel 7265 Wifi 5 + BT 4.x, 16" 3072x1920 LCD.