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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by linuxlizard on Thursday April 19, 2018 @08:58AM (#16875483)
I wonder what wifi chipset it has. Supports 802.11ac which I need. I should investigate this board, see if it allows monitor mode (low level wifi packet access). The RasPiB+ supports 802.11ac but the Broadcom based wifi doesn't allow monitor mode.
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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by linuxlizard on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:07AM (#16875570)
"The wifi/bt module used on ROCK960s is AP6356s from AMPAK Technology." https://www.96boards.org/documentation/consumer/rock960/hard...

"AMPAK combines Broadcom Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips in single modules." https://wikidevi.com/wiki/AMPAK

Broadcom + Linux is a very mixed bag. Would require more investigation.

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Re:The ASUS Tinker Board is a compelling upgrade from a Rasp... by my123 on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:45AM (#16882905)
The Raspberry Pi uses Broadcom WiFi and Bluetooth chips too. You need to install the linux-firmware package though.
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