questions with WLE900VX 7AA

[Ben Greear]

On 2/2/21 8:02 AM, Boris wrote:
> Am 02.02.21 um 16:25 schrieb Ben Greear:
>> On 2/2/21 7:20 AM, Boris wrote:
>>> Am 02.02.21 um 15:50 schrieb Ben Greear:
>>>> On 2/2/21 6:26 AM, Boris wrote:
>>>>> Hej hostapd-list,
>>>>> hej Jouni,
>>>>>
>>>>> first let me thank you all for your nonprofit work! Great soaftware that many use since long time with great self-evidence. Thanks so much!!
>>>>>
>>>>> This message contains a help request following:
>>>>>
>>>>> For the use as a router-box, I run LEAF (http://leaf.zetam.org/bering-uclibc/), a dedicated small linux on a APU board (www.apu-board.de) equipped with a 
>>>>> WLAN adapter Compex WLE900VX 7AA.
>>>>
>>>> That radio is dual band, but not dual concurrent, so it can be on only a single channel at a time.
>>>>
>>>> It should work fine in apu2, we use it in the same chassis often.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hej Ben,
>>>
>>> thank you for your statement!
>>>
>>> Yes, it works fine - in either the one or the other mode.
>>>
>>> OK. So after all, I seem to have chosen not the right hardware for my plan.
>>> Is there a suggestion what PCI-E adapter to use that supports 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz radio at the same time (perhaps even Wifi 6) ??
>>
>> None that I know about.  Just put two wle900vx in your APU2 and then you can run two bands concurrently.
>>
>> There are no commercially available pcie 6E nics available that can do AP mode as far as I know.
>>
>> The Intel ax210 can do 6E station mode with 5.11+ kernels.
> 
> Thank you again! I also had the idea with two adapters but the APU-manual describes the two other slots (J13 and J14) explicitely as _not_ suitable for wifi 
> adapters (if I understand correst):
> 
> J13 mSATA miniPCI express
> / This slot can be used for mSATA SSD, or 3G/LTE modem (USB based).
> No PCI express = no wifi. Connects to SIM J2.
> 
> J14 miniPCI express
> / This slot can be used for 3G/LTE modems (USB based). No PCI express
> = no wifi. Connects to SIM J1.
> 
> J15 miniPCI express
> / This slot includes PCI express, and is intended for wifi modules. No SIM connected.
> 
> Did you try with two adapters although?

We use the apu2 board that has 2 mini-pcie slots plus an msata.  Your model may only support
a single pcie nic.

Thanks,
Ben

> 
> Boris
> 


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