Re:Dell Launches XPS 15 7590: OLED Display, CPU Up to 5 GHz
by rstuart4133 on Sunday June 09, 2019 @05:44AM
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I've got a bunch of fanless mini-pc's (fit-pc4's). They come with Intel WiFi modules. I intended to turn them info WiFi hot spots, so I tested them out at a company conference. It was a mess - PC's kept dropping off the WiFi network left right and centre. In the end I tracked it down to the Intel modules not supporting more than 13 clients. And they had a bunch of other limitations as well, all of which like the 13 clients weren't documented.
In the end I ordered a bunch (10 or so) different WiFi AC modules off EBay (including newer Intel modules), PXE booted 100 laptops with an image that created a suitable amount of traffic, and powered them on one by one until something failed.
The Intel modules were both the worst and most expensive. They best by far were the atheros wifi modules - and they were also the cheapest.
Now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing an Intel WiFi module in a router, so that outcome was not as surprising now as it was then. And of course now I've seen Intel fail to deliver the 5G modems Apple was waiting on.
Re:Dell Launches XPS 15 7590: OLED Display, CPU Up to 5 GHz
by jononor on Sunday June 09, 2019 @07:53AM
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The reason you don't see Intel chipsets in routers is because they don't have as cheap and plentiful integrated offerings like Broadcom and Atheros (ARM based SoCs).
In the end I ordered a bunch (10 or so) different WiFi AC modules off EBay (including newer Intel modules), PXE booted 100 laptops with an image that created a suitable amount of traffic, and powered them on one by one until something failed.
The Intel modules were both the worst and most expensive. They best by far were the atheros wifi modules - and they were also the cheapest.
Now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing an Intel WiFi module in a router, so that outcome was not as surprising now as it was then. And of course now I've seen Intel fail to deliver the 5G modems Apple was waiting on.