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Re:From OS X to Ubuntu by SkyMarshal on Monday January 09, 2017 @08:45PM (#13361825)
Agreed, just get a laptop with any of Intel's wifi chips and you're almost guaranteed Linux won't have a problem with it.
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Re:From OS X to Ubuntu by gleb on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:18PM (#13361989)
For Intel cards default setup works, but is not optimal, i.e. it is slow. In particular transmit aggregation is turned off by default.

`sudo modprobe iwlwifi 11n_disable=8`

http://support.system76.com/articles/wireless/

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Re:From OS X to Ubuntu by peller on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:20PM (#13361999)
Yep. Atheros chipsets also tend to be quite reliable. Broadcom used to be bit of a red flag, dunno if they've gotten better.

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers

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Re:From OS X to Ubuntu by rhodysurf on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:33PM (#13362057)
Broadcom still sucks. 50% of the time i boot my mbp in Arch the wireless interface just straight doesnt load even though the drivers are loaded and it is recognized with lspci
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Re:From OS X to Ubuntu by nextos on Monday January 09, 2017 @10:11PM (#13362238)
Some Atheros are not only reliable but ubercool. They support a gazillion options, including promiscuous mode, power saving, higher power transmission, etc.

In fact, Alfa Atheros antennas are the preferred option of those doing pentesting. Besides, I have great experiences with some models connecting to super low SNR networks where Broadcom would never ever connect.

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