[mythtv-users] OT: Recommended Wi-Fi NIC for Linux

[Will Dormann]

On 1/30/24 2:00 PM, faginbagin wrote:
> Have you considered using an older router to create a wireless bridge. 
> I've used dd-wrt firmware and ASUS WRT Merlin firmware so that I can 
> connect a computer via ethernet to the wireless router which the 
> communicates via WiFi to the main router.


Yeah, I've considered this.  But then part of my brain jumped in to say 
"well, actually... a router is basically a Linux device with working 
NICs, so why not just put a wireless NIC in the Linux box you already 
have?"   :-/

I suppose the advantage of an OpenWRT-compatible router is that it sort 
of guarantees a Linux-compatible hardware list.


So far my iwlwifi options for disabling sleep and bluetooth seem to have 
resulted in a stable connection.  But it's still too early to tell.  If 
that fails, I've already got an AWUS036AXML on order, and I hear that 
the MediaTek chipset it uses is very Linux friendly.


-WD