From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f181.google.com ([209.85.223.181]:58341 "EHLO mail-ie0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751541AbaFFNxh (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:53:37 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f181.google.com with SMTP id rp18so2528922iec.12 for ; Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:53:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [191.9.206.254] ([70.62.41.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ng14sm26671424igb.19.2014.06.06.06.53.35 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 06 Jun 2014 06:53:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5391C7B2.8030304@gmail.com> (sfid-20140606_155341_068701_868141D0) Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:52:50 -0400 From: Austin S Hemmelgarn MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Seeking advice on wifi chipset for use with linux Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms060501060406020509020104" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms060501060406020509020104 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm looking to replace a dying ath9k card in my desktop system, and was hoping to get some advice as to what to replace it with. The replacement card would need to PCI-Express based (either standard or mini cards will work), and ideally should be able to offload as much as possible, and needs to support 802.11n at 2.4GHz (as that's the only frequency band my AP uses). I care more about reliability and performance than energy-efficiency, and while stuff like WoWLAN and bluetooth support would be nice, they aren't essential. Also, I'm fine with using proprietary firmware. Currently, I'd been looking at an Intel AC7260, as I've been very happy with the one in my laptop, but I thought I might check here to see if anyone had any better suggestions. --------------ms060501060406020509020104 Content-Type: application/pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIGuDCC BrQwggScoAMCAQICAw8BRDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FADB5MRAwDgYDVQQKEwdSb290IENBMR4w HAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5vcmcxIjAgBgNVBAMTGUNBIENlcnQgU2lnbmlu ZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEnN1cHBvcnRAY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZzAeFw0xNDA1 MTIxNDEwMzJaFw0xNDExMDgxNDEwMzJaMGMxGDAWBgNVBAMTD0NBY2VydCBXb1QgVXNlcjEj MCEGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYUYWhmZXJyb2luN0BnbWFpbC5jb20xIjAgBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWE2Fo ZW1tZWxnQG9oaW9ndC5jb20wggIiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4ICDwAwggIKAoICAQDbLUaL Gs4JTdU7sgr0MzD57CMUAv307ddC9pxooDMN3PiUvzEd5kLtBCh8KDB1wbMdfm4hte2rDd+j hM1tIq67BvNbdDPztOcBZwT2/3OVyyG4B1ddCqUyt03zGKw6Y34eHNfapsZiiItX0GBNfjHU Wv+WDo+XNha/WmGSSMv21HkftF9XA1KC9Bpr9JJI23MKK7T2g/7b3KoGZlx3ekLIJsF5B7+B DMPPDqOHQbRnccyOHEMyhM13g6WoAbU+3aKYc+C/9UsYtDV+xlvBLWagky1acstD5wOA35V6 uDRbUhD+vOjuMRMCj9jJOIYqa6AeSagBjxRnisJr0RFzQ4f+NjGCHPaFTvRvbkiXh4q22doT 0SxbNBUm7B9ANugIOtS9/VQhTWKDi//WTqZQ7Ecl4yVJbMCUg/iaRHMCGS41vqMICPszRidW rL04NwS9D2cREEY1y/xrNo0ZvKPZu6tLhxhPf7w+5rsN3+wWxGaR1hNpnVUT9AeacLKZO6W9 FsRT3Unkr91IhQATHTKYr4EAkjN/5lgvA+sxp5TxxsUnoJYrD8IHf8aYfJsAHMleBwx4xSeZ tw/n5iIjJjFZq9IRZ1zQhK62p+a5vJ2vlJHjTgavhQrfb1pUOjbqsnI4ndQ5hNosL9el4Kxq Yko+HsxVEmSwSsjq6cV2L3oz0z8NUwIDAQABo4IBWTCCAVUwDAYDVR0TAQH/BAIwADBWBglg hkgBhvhCAQ0ESRZHVG8gZ2V0IHlvdXIgb3duIGNlcnRpZmljYXRlIGZvciBGUkVFIGhlYWQg b3ZlciB0byBodHRwOi8vd3d3LkNBY2VydC5vcmcwDgYDVR0PAQH/BAQDAgOoMEAGA1UdJQQ5 MDcGCCsGAQUFBwMEBggrBgEFBQcDAgYKKwYBBAGCNwoDBAYKKwYBBAGCNwoDAwYJYIZIAYb4 QgQBMDIGCCsGAQUFBwEBBCYwJDAiBggrBgEFBQcwAYYWaHR0cDovL29jc3AuY2FjZXJ0Lm9y ZzAxBgNVHR8EKjAoMCagJKAihiBodHRwOi8vY3JsLmNhY2VydC5vcmcvcmV2b2tlLmNybDA0 BgNVHREELTArgRRhaGZlcnJvaW43QGdtYWlsLmNvbYETYWhlbW1lbGdAb2hpb2d0LmNvbTAN BgkqhkiG9w0BAQ0FAAOCAgEAIokFPcW8+cO2Clu0Ei+ehAmQRBHfV5RWJ8aMVLXOCfiJX0ch IjVSIt6I3uQaR4J1ZIAjCSPkbpfZQDaLoGFI5j8aYEQhOeKxrvOMzY9/aSUYabCJIhE/sX64 klFV0bzm+PR9cDMWeQ9BoZf0m8UROPSfDnrjEk+p04hGg3pAZMcSwCzxdb604NHjgHJmf2xG UQVzQgC6Ek/BKat0xuPTuPmtPv9OicK75CPmLZKYW3rFpCD6bhb1mm+ROcCNhniRY2LYm9YN QdlHQUzTFqj0tvuYrzNI3LNV4PjEfN8z6omPCT2Rq8/uKLseN+m8F0ioqm+cphqpmzKoDUpN nePLkqDFUFWCeWRxSjBTy4IMVUfdNXriVGihH8hyIICQiOfmmBOzhzUifdomJuTGtoXRuHVT R2f/YdrJrLnKI4f+Othdp7F3KhB4c6JiOnTEH5J8n9q3rFjt4MPRwcjIHMhmF5nZVQlgxEMo 1cPCmvG1D9tcgXbH79jjqydo9SDXhzLQob7axkzGRY96IstNcvoQ/UNsdPPfFMYlHtGz4TxT DhBjv4ERskGmKBZrfmxkXkcuTV/gcykct6Xvw9YXb8WTL4qSYHSYk9fReVLgE/L4RBUpX2JJ QvIR0AJLER165/aZlQXZtuJjnfxJtJTJZZ+Gor9h0G2kuR5Dy0JuYdBO4t4xggShMIIEnQIB ATCBgDB5MRAwDgYDVQQKEwdSb290IENBMR4wHAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5v cmcxIjAgBgNVBAMTGUNBIENlcnQgU2lnbmluZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEW EnN1cHBvcnRAY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZwIDDwFEMAkGBSsOAwIaBQCgggH1MBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzEL BgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZIhvcNAQkFMQ8XDTE0MDYwNjEzNTI1MFowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkE MRYEFNg3O/CkFnHqqM9UmAYYVNv1WZAJMGwGCSqGSIb3DQEJDzFfMF0wCwYJYIZIAWUDBAEq MAsGCWCGSAFlAwQBAjAKBggqhkiG9w0DBzAOBggqhkiG9w0DAgICAIAwDQYIKoZIhvcNAwIC AUAwBwYFKw4DAgcwDQYIKoZIhvcNAwICASgwgZEGCSsGAQQBgjcQBDGBgzCBgDB5MRAwDgYD VQQKEwdSb290IENBMR4wHAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5vcmcxIjAgBgNVBAMT GUNBIENlcnQgU2lnbmluZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEnN1cHBvcnRAY2Fj ZXJ0Lm9yZwIDDwFEMIGTBgsqhkiG9w0BCRACCzGBg6CBgDB5MRAwDgYDVQQKEwdSb290IENB MR4wHAYDVQQLExVodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNhY2VydC5vcmcxIjAgBgNVBAMTGUNBIENlcnQgU2ln bmluZyBBdXRob3JpdHkxITAfBgkqhkiG9w0BCQEWEnN1cHBvcnRAY2FjZXJ0Lm9yZwIDDwFE MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIICAFzj+PnIBLgw7oMfzNcKWxvhhh7hu4L+qowrgQc13M/85xKZ GJudiBMZgxkNDWuZAy52w7O3TQDQYsAUMb47RVxaT8AJnw52A1Gv+MMkx+c2wWKc2qTooCJ/ Q8O13DiFtJHy/GfiLXe25KkyoLx6TvfPqyoYq1xHNiaeg0+if+iPCQRPOo5KroDOS28qpQ+5 C5p0+ogdg1hHpPSTlzmF4UKWYfBc7bXmKJTKlqFfyVldy8GpDlkumKP5eu7+Vha7SyvvF5h/ zgqkSlT4/r/UUiAotKucttgvb8WyvXqxME2w1x2S/Frv5KGG5GxO8rbmwL2iksab9tHVvJnf teVD+KxP5Dg3Njb3ekd2xdFs9rrgwFrn5HMUoTT5vg7qFsdEpvOEbuVX5TKFWePiU5Zsi59z x8lOkBQ2XmShvfEcTmR8csP79/eEvij20L5rEpD4b40FhvgMNUw2S8v7LCobIylLdp6JoR5u /MPivkhPVYIcmzl+OUPTfiYiz8wnl25oSloFktf42yQU9nNqUgwCJ6yyRF2gMBEMV+xnNKfQ WQHRTvsXagxgw2hc6RdLLTE16v99c6+luY+q+FP/u6uuGn32FiHYxaz6UuSl6KmkMdkfJSmp 7DFk4s7reGWV8AM/cB5ItFOm+cIlUTowi3kAQ3Fq52svzm3bf/wOqg1lzAo0AAAAAAAA --------------ms060501060406020509020104--