Ac-wlan pcie-card

Banana Pi BPI-R4/BPI-R3 Mini/BPI-R3/BPI-R64/BPI-R2
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Hi, can anybody recommend a pcie-ac-wlan-card with kernel/hostapd-support? i searched around, best seems atheros-chipsets

regards Frank

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you can buy mt7612 mPCIe card with mt76 open source driver.

internal PA card: https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32817460933.html?spm=a2g0n.search-cache.0.0.7f25570fSzdtmW

external PA card: https://m.aliexpress.com/s/item/32816737559.html?spm=a2g0n.search-cache.0.0.7f25570foJP5j9

Github

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can debian also use this driver? Have you this card. Can you test if debian-kernel and hostapd working ootb or pathes needed?

Edit: it seems its full supported (mt76): https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers

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I’m running the preview2 MATE image through an SD card with an Intel AC-3160 mPCIe installed. However nothing appears in dmesg or lspci output. Is that normal? Does the mPCIe works out of the box with this image?

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I recomment WLE900VX-7AA.

using qca9880(ath10k, open source) chipset, This card has a very good price / performance.

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Seems an excellent choice, thanks!

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we have finished MT7615 pcie card design and layout , sample will ready soon.:slight_smile:

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where can i download the driver and did it have open source release?

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we need sample ready and test at first ,when all ready ,will update drive to github.

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we had test 7615 module success

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because of internal wifi is buggy at the moment, is there a bgn/ac-module for mpcie which creates 2 wifi-devices (to run hostapd for both bands [2.4G/5G]) and mainline-driver-support?

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The same is Sparklan WPEA-352ACN for about half price (24 USD) at Aliexpress

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Can this module run in both bands simultanously? Did not find that on ali…only amazon us without shipping to germany

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I think yes, all spects are the same as Compex WLE900VX-7A (speed up to 1,3GBit - seems simultaneous dual band) You can find one HERE

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I’m afraid I’m not so sure. Simultaneous 2.4G/5G operation requires ‘dual radio’ support and I don’t see that advertised for the QCA9880. I’d love to be wrong though, because it would be great to have a viable dual radio solution…

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Are there any dual-radio cards available?

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Can you use WLE900VX-7AA with BPI-R64 minipcie? I have test WLE900VX-7AA with BPI-R64 minipcie, it seems that wifi module need usb interface in the minipcie, but the CN25 minipcie slot not have usb interface.

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I used WLE900VX-7AA on Bpi-R2. But I do not have BPI-R64, so I don’t know what have happening.

In addition, my boards (espressobin, clearfog, and ventana gw5510) worked fine.

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Could you please tell me which openwrt version do you use on BPI-R2, and with driver do you use? kmod-ath10k or kmod-ath10k-ct? The minipcie port is the same for BPI-R2 and BPI-R64, if it works on BPI-R2, it should work on BPI-R64.

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Does anyone know or tested if this WiFi card Compex WLE600VX Mini PCIe Module QCA9882 802.11AC 867Mbps https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32894440569.html?spm=a2g0o.placeorder.0.0.5395321e1m9xFs&mp=1 can be used on the Banana Pi R2 device ?