The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi • Hacker News Board

Re: The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi

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Post by feld » Fri, Jul 25, 2014, 11:07 PM UTC

roscoebeezie wrote: post #97

And this is why I am getting a Macbook.

the OSX wifi stack and drivers especially for the 802.11ac chip is garbage

Re: The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi

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Post by stevenhuang » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 8:11 AM UTC

jaseemabid wrote: post #244

rasz_pl wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>I disagree. It's possible to get advanced output from various command line tools in Linux dont worry, Lennart Poettering (systemD/pulseaudio) is working to solve this problem

Sarcasm?

Oh man, the audio problems I sometimes had with pulseaudio...

Re: The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 26, 2014, 9:10 PM UTC

cerberusss wrote: post #215

plg wrote: post #104

Not much better on OS X ... my brand new laptop with the most current OS X is totally unreliable about connecting to wi-fi on wake from sleep. Even on reboot half the time it fails. Maybe different cause from that highlighted by the OP's article ... but in the end not much better situation.

Try a different router. This helped me a great deal.

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Re: The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi

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Post by elementai » Sun, Jul 27, 2014, 11:34 AM UTC

dnr wrote: post #142

ghostwords wrote: post #70

I ended up blacklisting the built-in card on my ThinkPad X220 because it was too flaky to rely on: $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local.conf blacklist rtl8192ce I use a USB adapter instead (SMCWUSB-N2), which, besides providing wireless internet, is a fine reminder to just get a MacBook next time.

Yeah, the default card in my X220 was a piece of crap. I got one of these for $15 and replaced it myself (took 10 minutes) and it's been muuuuch better. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Advanced-N-6205-wifi-card-Thin... (I remember this was actually a customization option when I bought it and I stupidly didn't pick it. So you don't have to get a macbook, just read carefully when you get another thinkpad.)

It truly was an option. Patting myself on the back now for taking half an hour to research it two years ago. Although one can disassemble X200 with (relative) ease.