Looking for a wireles card

jmx1270 · 01-28-2016, 06:22 PM

My laptop is Alienware 15R2. It comes with a killer wireless 1535 card. It is the new M.2 format. Can anyone recommend a wireless card in the M.2 format that is compatible with Linux.

Emerson · 01-28-2016, 06:38 PM

How about getting your card working. Instructions.

jmx1270 · 01-28-2016, 06:49 PM

I did find that thread and made the attempt, but I found that i could not create a folder in the directory. It was Linux mint. I've only been playing with Linux for the past few months trying to break free from Windows. I have a lot more experience taking apart laptops and computers, so I thought it would just be easier to take replace card. That thread was the only one I could find on the subject. Couldn't even find a you tube video.

Emerson · 01-28-2016, 07:33 PM

Linux follows POSIX standard - default denied. Which means regular user has no rights to tinker with the system. To configure system you need to become root.

Code:

sudo -i

Now you can create this directory.

Code:

mkdir -p /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/

As soon as you are finished copying the firmware over drop elevated rights by pressing Ctrl+D.

jmx1270 · 01-28-2016, 09:48 PM

Thanks, I will definitely give it a try in the near future. I still want to keep an eye out for a new wireless card though. I could only get about 3 distros loaded out of the dozen that I tried, and I think it might be the wireless card. The rest of the Linux distro's that I've tried all seem to freeze up on installation.

Emerson · 01-28-2016, 10:05 PM

I do not think so. Linux will not freeze because of a missing driver, graphics driver being an exception. Most likely the distros you tried had too old kernel version for your hardware.

MrTux · 01-28-2016, 10:23 PM

I recently got the WN-822

Works on Ubuntu with a patch using dkms, havent tested other distros

http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-WN8...dp/B00416Q5KI/

Emerson · 01-28-2016, 10:57 PM

Actually there may be some repo for Mint which has the firmware, maybe somebody with Ubuntu/Mint experience can shed some light on this.

jmx1270 · 01-29-2016, 01:17 AM

As I have the Nvida graphics card that's probably the issue. I was able to load Ubuntu, Mint, and 1 other I forget the name of. I was able to load drivers from those, and just ended up disabling the graphics card and using the built in Intel. With the info you sent me I'll try and that wireless card working again. Probably won't happen for about a week, until my next day off. Thanks for the info?

Emerson · 01-29-2016, 08:05 AM

You have Intel and nVidia, sounds like a laptop with Optimus graphics. FYI, Optimus is a graphics system with one and half graphics cards. Intel is fully functional, nVidia can do some heavy lifting, but has no output to the screen, it must pass data over to Intel to have it displayed.