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Comment by octoberfranklin

4 years ago

It does not.

The latency is also massively better -- I surgically implanted an "ancient" ath9k into my laptop and 5ghz wifi latencies dropped 6x compared to the "modern" broadcom chip on the laptop's motherboard. Still getting 300mbit/sec.

All it cost me was the left speaker, removed to make space for the superior wifi card with open-source firmware.

Kinda makes you go "hrm."

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pabs3  4 years ago

Which ath9k card did you get?

  • octoberfranklin  4 years ago

    A very obscure module used inside of smart TVs, for a number of reasons -- one of them being the fact that it has exposed serial console pins.

    If you're just starting out, stick to something easier like the Sony UWA-BR100:

    https://h-node.org/wifi/view/en/1283/Sony-UWA-BR100-802-11ab...

    There are a bunch of these 5ghz ath9k USB sticks, all of which are basically the same ar7010/ar9280 reference design from atheros with different plastic housings around them.