Timeline for Do USB wifi adapters exist that work as 802.11ac (5 GHz) access points?
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | jaskij | It works out-of-the-box with Manjaro, but I only used it as a client. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | jaskij | This question is about USB anyways. The mention of PCIe makes me think this is for a notebook anyways. I'll probably test it out of sheer curiosity over the weekend. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:34 | comment | added | K7AAY | @Jan Dorniak Found WikiDevi now at deviwiki.com and the device at deviwiki.com/w/… but I can't in good faith make a purchasing recommendation on a device I don't have which is not tested in Linux. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:25 | comment | added | jaskij | You might want to hit wikidevi to find the Asus card. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:24 | comment | added | jaskij | @K7AAY I don't remember which exactly, but the story is they both use same BCM internally without bothering to change VID&PID. My Archer T6E cost roughly 60% of the Asus card but TP-Link's drivers at the time were commonly bashed online. Lo and behold, Asus' drivers did work perfectly, I'm able to max my landline 300 Mbit through it with low pings and a stable connection. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:22 | history | edited | K7AAY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:21 | comment | added | jaskij | @K7AAY yeah, but it sounds kind of odd stated like this, like maybe you wanted to add something more but forgot. Out of sheer curiosity I'll try that, although mine is a PCIe model. Fun fact: it's running in Windows with an Asus driver. | |
| Apr 20, 2020 at 15:18 | history | edited | K7AAY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 20, 2020 at 8:29 | comment | added | jaskij | Why rule out TP-Link? You might be missing a part of your answer | |
| Apr 17, 2020 at 15:58 | history | edited | K7AAY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 17, 2020 at 15:17 | comment | added | K7AAY | A) Which makes and models have you tried so those, and the chipsets they use, can be ruled out? B) Did you use the hostapd package as suggested in my answer below, or another package? URL to detail very welcome. | |
| Apr 17, 2020 at 1:05 | comment | added | Chris Clawson | But which ones actually work as access points on the 5 GHz band? Every one I've tried only works as an AP on 2.4 GHz. Just because an adapter works as a 5 GHz client does not mean it will work as a 5 GHz AP. | |
| Apr 17, 2020 at 0:00 | history | answered | K7AAY | CC BY-SA 4.0 |