The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 12, 2015 13:08 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router by dlang
Parent article: The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Is there a list of viable -ac cards that ship in laptops?

The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 12, 2015 13:32 UTC (Mon) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link] (4 responses)

I think part of the question is what you define as "viable" :-)

I have seen a couple recommendations, but I'd have to dig for them . The reality is that most people don't pick one, they get whatever's in the device they buy.

The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 12, 2015 16:51 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (3 responses)

Agreed. But it could be the differentiator between two alternatives. For example the Dell XPS 13 works great…except for the fact you need deal with the Broadcom wireless driver. It works fine once you get it, but you need to tiptoe around kernel updates.

As for "viable" I mean "works without external modules and crashes". Even staging would be fine since that has a better hope of getting cleaned up.

The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 13, 2015 10:46 UTC (Tue) by tajyrink (subscriber, #2750) [Link] (2 responses)

As a sidenote, Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu edition is available with Intel wifi in at least certain countries/configurations. Mine has Intel 7265.

The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 13, 2015 20:36 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

That's hopeful. Unfortunately, all of the ones I've seen are "preconfigured" where you don't actually get to change much of anything, so if the model you want is on a Broadcom line, all you can do is wait for a different line to make it that week :( .

The new Linksys WRT1900ACS router

Posted Oct 13, 2015 20:38 UTC (Tue) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

Dell has a reputation of switching out the components without changing the model number.