[PLUG] Wireless access point failing?

[King Beowulf]

On 6/9/19 12:43 AM, Russell Senior wrote:
...

>  802.11n has some
> advantages over 802.11ac, namely the drivers are completely open source.
> All 802.11ac radios have firmware blobs that can limit functionality and
> disrupt the ability for end users to fix bugs. Whether that is something
> you care about is a separate question, but it matters to me and how I use
> them.
> 

That's a red herring, and indeed not true.  802.11n has no advantages
over ac, especially at 5GHz. Numerous real-world tests have been posted
in the reliable tech trades.

Your computer is full of proprietary firmware blobs (BIOS, chipset, GPU,
CPU...). You just don't notice them since these are not usually updated
at boot. The 802.11ac f/w blobs are already in the mainline kernel, and
if its good enough for Linus, it's good enough for me...

-Ed

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