Re: PCI express card that does AP mode? (abit wlp-01?)

[Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk>]

"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@gmail.com>
writes:

> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Jon
> Fairbairn<jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> A machine I want to set up as an AP has only PCI express slots free...
>
> I'd recommend ath9k.

> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k

Thanks, but I've seen that page and "products with supported ath9k
cards" points to a page that lists "Laptops with ath9k cards" (I'm
looking for PCIe, not mini-PCIe) and "APs with ath9k cards", not "ath9k
cards". Before I can buy a card, I need to know what it is called in the
shops (on-line or otherwise), not what chipset it has.

I realise this is the manufacturer's fault, but this is a perennial
problem for Linux users who want to buy an new card for something: "OK,
I want something with such-and-such a chipset, but the on-line shops
just don't say what the chipset is.

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Jón Fairbairn                                 Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk
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