Aquinus
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- Jan 28, 2012
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System Name | Apollo |
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Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
Hello,
Recently I've shed away the restrictions of the firmware on the E4200 and decided that a full blown linux gateway would be faster and give me better control. So I've done that. I have a box serving up DHCP, DNS, and iptables.
It's fast and it's running great and it's everything I could hope for. Now i want to start eliminating the E4200 from the mix. It's now only serving up wireless on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. What I would like to do is find a (maybe two?) good dual band PCI-E wi-fi adapter that runs well on Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS so I can turn the E4200 into a wireless network bridge.
It would be ideal if the card has an antenna that can be moved elsewhere. The back of my gateway is a very bad place to broadcast wifi and I would like to put it somewhere that gives my apartment the best exposure (It wouldn't go too far, I can't imagine more than 5-10ft (~1.0-1.25m)).
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good wireless adapter that will fit my criteria or at least most of it? Natively working on Linux is a must, I don't plan on relying on ndiswrapper.
Thanks ahead of time.
Recently I've shed away the restrictions of the firmware on the E4200 and decided that a full blown linux gateway would be faster and give me better control. So I've done that. I have a box serving up DHCP, DNS, and iptables.
It's fast and it's running great and it's everything I could hope for. Now i want to start eliminating the E4200 from the mix. It's now only serving up wireless on both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. What I would like to do is find a (maybe two?) good dual band PCI-E wi-fi adapter that runs well on Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 LTS so I can turn the E4200 into a wireless network bridge.
It would be ideal if the card has an antenna that can be moved elsewhere. The back of my gateway is a very bad place to broadcast wifi and I would like to put it somewhere that gives my apartment the best exposure (It wouldn't go too far, I can't imagine more than 5-10ft (~1.0-1.25m)).
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good wireless adapter that will fit my criteria or at least most of it? Natively working on Linux is a must, I don't plan on relying on ndiswrapper.
Thanks ahead of time.
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