[closed] Re: questions with WLE900VX 7AA

[Boris]

Am 02.02.21 um 17:04 schrieb 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.
> 

OK. I'll see...

Thanks, over and out!

Boris