[GTALUG] Did I buy the wrong network card? (RTL8812AE)

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 07:40:21AM -0400, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote:
> Hi -
> For the new computer I just built, I bought a D-Link DWA-582 802.11ac
> PCIe adapter. It's based on the Realtek RTL8812AE chipset. Does anyone
> know the particular magic to get these going, please?
> 
> From the start on Ubuntu Gnome, the card would work for about 15
> minutes, then disassociate itself from the router. It might occasionally
> spring back to life for a few minutes, but there didn't seem to be
> anything special I was doing to get it reconnected.
> 
> I've updated the firmware blob(s) from the Realtek linux maintainer's
> site. Older posts about this chipset say it's a power management
> problem, but the newest firmware supposedly fixes this.
> 
> Should I have bought a different card? What 802.11ac cards work for
> people here? I'm not super keen on drilling holes in the floor to snake
> an ethernet cable up from the basement.

You get this one:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth-desktop.html

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Len Sorensen