On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 07:40:21AM -0400, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Hi - > For the new computer I just built, I bought a D-Link DWA-582 802.11ac > PCIe adapter. It's based on the Realtek RTL8812AE chipset. Does anyone > know the particular magic to get these going, please? > > From the start on Ubuntu Gnome, the card would work for about 15 > minutes, then disassociate itself from the router. It might occasionally > spring back to life for a few minutes, but there didn't seem to be > anything special I was doing to get it reconnected. > > I've updated the firmware blob(s) from the Realtek linux maintainer's > site. Older posts about this chipset say it's a power management > problem, but the newest firmware supposedly fixes this. > > Should I have bought a different card? What 802.11ac cards work for > people here? I'm not super keen on drilling holes in the floor to snake > an ethernet cable up from the basement.
You get this one: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth-desktop.html -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk