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

Lennart Sorensen lsorense at csclub.uwaterloo.ca
Mon May 15 10:57:20 EDT 2017


On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:06:53AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote:
> I wish we'd covered wifi when building out your machine. It somehow just got
> missed/assumed by me you would be wired.
> 
> I've got a Intel 7260 mPCIe card sitting spare. It came off a mini-itx board
> that wasn't going to need it (I substituted in a mPCIe 4-port USB3 card
> instead).
> 
> This one specifically.
> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Intel_Dual_Band_Wireless-AC_7260_(7260HMW)
> 
> Just needs an adapter like this for your purposes. I have the Antenna it
> came with.
> https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9UP3HC0702
> 
> Or if you want to buy a complete set outright:
> https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA7RD2WW7170
> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Intel_Dual_Band_Wireless-AC_7260_(7260HMWDTX1)

Yes you absolutely get that set.

-- 
Len Sorensen


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