for testing and developing I need new WiFi 5 (802.11ac) adapters for Raspberry Pi and other SBCs. Does someone know good ones? I was checking some online shops but its hard to get reliable recommendations. For WiFi 4 some time ago this was pretty easy, but I need to test WiFi 5 explicitly, implement toggles for our WiFi and hotspot implementations, and of course benefit from the additional speed when testing other things on SBCs where plugging around Ethernet cables becomes complicated .
If someone can recommend a specific dongle or chip, this would be highly appreciated .
WiFi 5/802.11ac is required, for WiFi 4/802.11n I have already long-term proven nano adapters.
Much preferred, actually required for practical reasons is a nano version without dedicated antenna. Distance to AP is not a problem, I mainly need to test WiFi 5/802.11ac on SBCs.
The EDUP nano adapter actually looks good on first glace, I didn’t find it as it doesn’t mention any of WiFi 5/Wi-Fi 5/802.11ac in the title, how to loose sells by not mentioning a major info (supported WiFi standard) at a major place…
Chip is RTL8811CU-CG, lets see whether this works OOTB on RPi and mainline Linux without needing to compile a driver first.
An alternative seems to be TP-Link Archer T2U Nano. Chip seems to be RTL8811AU.
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