It does have the same chipset, I'm just being pedantic/paranoid. I can
confirm that I purchased that card from the eBay listing. It works like a
charm and is 5GHz compatible. Thanks for pointing me to ath9k page.
Bought this card:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atheros-Dual-Band-Mini-PCIE-Full-Size-Wireless-WiFi-Card-AR5BXB112-AR9380-W040/302024942290?epid=6004057245=item465216e2d2:g:RksAAOSwDrNZUCRg
Confirmed working with Trisquel and Parabola and it does work with 5GHz.
I have personally tested these cards to have 5GHz
AR5BXB92this is listed by lspci as atheros AR928X
it has 2.4GHz and 5GHz
AR5B22 this has 2.4 and 5GHz
lspci listed as: Qualcomm Atheros AR9462 Wireless Network
Adapter (rev 01)
> antenna connection points are labelled 0, 1, 2 not 1, 2, 3.
For programmers is 0, 1, 2 not the same as 1, 2, 3?
If seller says, the libre software wifi card is not
for this or that notebook, it does not involve
a libreboot notebook?
Are there 5ghz libre software usb wifi cards?
"Would this do?"
Rather than just giving you the answer I'm trying to teach you to find it on
your own: What chipset does it use? Do you see any of the numbers matching
with the ath9k page at
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k ???
Would this do? It has the AR9380:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Atheros-Dual-Band-Mini-PCIE-Full-Size-Wireless-WiFi-Card-AR5BXB112-AR9380-W040/302024942290?epid=6004057245=item465216e2d2:g:RksAAOSwDrNZUCRg
Though, it has three antenna connectors which is unusual.
If you must stick to 5GHz that leaves you with 802.11a and/or 802.11n.
And there are lots of things in the free world that support that.
Look at the ath9k kernel module for your answer:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/ath9k
Make a note of supported chipsets, including the
My local area has had a recent flood of new 2.4GHz wireless access points.
All of the channels are completely crowded, some of our home laptops don't
detect the Wi-Fi at all.
However, no one is using any of the 5GHz channels, so I'm wanting to try and
migrate to 5GHz to try and stabilise
