Return-path: Received: from mo2.mail-out.ovh.net ([178.32.228.2]:41246 "EHLO mo2.mail-out.ovh.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754308Ab3C2Bkg (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:40:36 -0400 Received: from mail626.ha.ovh.net (gw6.ovh.net [213.251.189.206]) by mo2.mail-out.ovh.net (Postfix) with SMTP id ADFA7DC2416 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:16:18 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:02:58 +0100 From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli To: Ben Greear Cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Any suggestions for laptops with ath9k NIC? Message-ID: <20130328230258.6c996dd7@m4a785t-m.gnutoo.workgroup> (sfid-20130329_024041_192348_F114EDEE) In-Reply-To: <51548501.8010400@candelatech.com> References: <51548501.8010400@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:59:29 -0700 Ben Greear wrote: > Someone stole my previous laptop I was using for ath9k testing... > > > Any suggestions for a new mid-range laptop that comes standard with > ath9k NICs, or is known to work with ath9k NICs w/out having to > hack the NIC eeprom or laptop BIOS? > > I'd prefer a 3x3, but not sure they exist, so a 2x2 a/b/g/n would be > OK as well.. In the free software community ath9k are quite common, because many other cards require non-free firmware and so are not supported by 100% free software GNU/Linux distributions. http://h-node.org/ is a website that reference laptops that work with 100% free software distributions. So there are a high number of laptops that have ath9k in that list, however the number of users is quite low. There is also the website https://www.thinkpenguin.com/ which sells laptops(and wifi cards). Since many electronic devices are changed without changing the product name, double check the hardware before buying... Denis.