Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:59662 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756310Ab3C2Py1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:54:27 -0400 Message-ID: <5155B931.7080001@candelatech.com> (sfid-20130329_165431_077898_276DFA39) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:54:25 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brandt Deakin CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Any suggestions for laptops with ath9k NIC? References: <51548501.8010400@candelatech.com> <5155AF21.3010007@cardaccess-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <5155AF21.3010007@cardaccess-inc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 03/29/2013 08:11 AM, Brandt Deakin wrote: > Ben, > > It may not be an ideal solution, but I've used a Expresscard to PCI-E Mini adapter that basically plugs into the common express card slot and provides a > pci-express slot so you can use your choice of AR9xxx radio. That way the BIOS of the Lenovos or HPs of the world don't stop you up. > > Admittedly, it's less than elegant having a 10 cm card hanging out of your machine, but it does allow great flexibility in testing different radios. > > If you have any difficulty finding an adapter PM me and tell you the one I use. I'd like to have something I could potentially sell to a customer, so probably that would not work for me. I ordered a Samsung x86 chromebook on another person's suggestion. I understand it comes standard with ath9k NIC, so hopefully even if I need a different variety of ath9k, it will function OK in the system. Thanks, Ben > > Brandt > > On 3/28/2013 11:59 AM, 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.. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben >> -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com