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devsk
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 Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 4:43 pm Post subject: Looking for Linux friendly USB 3 based wifi card |
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Does anybody know of a USB 3 based wifi card that can do 1 gbps level speeds. 5.8Ghz preferably.
My old laptop's ethernet port broke and the internal wifi card is weak. It does like 40Mbps sitting next to the router. |
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Logicien
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| Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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I have this one
| Code: | | Bus 008 Device 004: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8811AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter |
It work really well, the needed module is not in the vanilla Linux source code but can be get by
| Code: | git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
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git clone https://github.com/zebulon2/rtl8812au.git |
It can be drive by different modules and it is a dual band wireless usb adaptor
| Code: | iwlist wlan0 freq
wlan0 32 channels in total; available frequencies :
Channel 01 : 2.412 GHz
Channel 02 : 2.417 GHz
Channel 03 : 2.422 GHz
Channel 04 : 2.427 GHz
Channel 05 : 2.432 GHz
Channel 06 : 2.437 GHz
Channel 07 : 2.442 GHz
Channel 08 : 2.447 GHz
Channel 09 : 2.452 GHz
Channel 10 : 2.457 GHz
Channel 11 : 2.462 GHz
Channel 12 : 2.467 GHz
Channel 13 : 2.472 GHz
Channel 14 : 2.484 GHz
Channel 34 : 5.17 GHz
Channel 36 : 5.18 GHz
Channel 38 : 5.19 GHz
Channel 40 : 5.2 GHz
Channel 42 : 5.21 GHz
Channel 44 : 5.22 GHz
Channel 46 : 5.23 GHz
Channel 48 : 5.24 GHz
Channel 52 : 5.26 GHz
Channel 56 : 5.28 GHz
Channel 58 : 5.29 GHz
Channel 60 : 5.3 GHz
Channel 62 : 5.31 GHz
Channel 64 : 5.32 GHz
Channel 100 : 5.5 GHz
Channel 104 : 5.52 GHz
Channel 108 : 5.54 GHz
Channel 112 : 5.56 GHz |
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devsk
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| Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Logicien wrote: | I have this one
| Code: | | Bus 008 Device 004: ID 0bda:a811 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8811AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter |
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Where did you get this from? Got an amazon link or at least manufacturer? |
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Here.
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