morrownr / USB-WiFi

USB WiFi Adapter Information for Linux
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(info) News: Added a "Recent Changes" listing at the top of the In-Kernel Adapter list #211

Open morrownr opened 1 year ago

morrownr commented 1 year ago

Here is what it looks like right now. It should give you a quick idea of things that have changed since you last looked.

Recent changes:

2023-02-15 - added Panda Wireless® PAU0B (AC600) to the mt7610u chipset section. 2023-02-14 - added ALFA AWUS036ACU (AC1200) to rtl8812bu chipset section. 2023-02-14 - added EDUP EP-AC1635 (AC600) to rtl8811cu chipset section. 2023-02-01 - added ALFA AWUS036AXML (AXE3000) to mt7921au chipset section. 2023-02-01 - added Netgear A8000 (AXE3000) to mt7921au chipset section. 2023-02-01 - decided to only add single-state, single-function adapters going forward.

mendel5 commented 1 year ago

Hi @morrownr , I wanted to give some feedback regarding this sentence:

2023-02-01 - decided to only add single-state, single-function adapters going forward

I understand the thought behind this change but I would like to highlight why it might still be useful to include multi-state or multi-function adapters.

One of the reasons why people come to this repository is to find information about USB WiFi adapters that work well. But another reason is that they might be interested in knowing which USB WiFi adapters to avoid because they don't work well. By implementing the change mentioned above this second reason would not be satisfied anymore.

For example, a person might be interested in buying a specific USB WiFi adapter. In the next step, this person would like to learn more about the functions of this specific adapter so he/she comes to this repository. Then it would be beneficial to include information and reviews of as many USB WiFi adapters as possible.

If you would like to have a list with only single-state, single-function adapters then maybe another list could be created that includes all other USB WiFi adapters that don't meet these criteria?