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Post time 2023-07-20 06:01:23 | Show all posts |Read mode
Edited by water at 2023-07-20 05:58

Hi, as you know, U59 series comes with intel AX101 wifi+bt card,
that is so cheap (6 usd), no driver other than ms windows series,
(probably for win 10 and 11 only), in near future i dont see any other
os's will support that card which is also bad in range and not
compatible with old routers (bad in g,n ...  average in ac,ax ?).
it maybe okay for this card; running in windows, 5ghz connect to an ac router :)

The trial/error im making is because my main system is not windows.
its ubuntu and intel 1xx series have no ubuntu driver, (in near future probably they wont have.)
for ubuntu support we need 2xx/4xx intel wifi cards.
i know that AX210 (15 usd) have ubuntu kernel support (driver). including the bt.

But our U59 mb wifi slot support which wifi cards?
AX101 is a CNVio2 card, its okay, original one. so any CNVio2 card fits us.
AX210 is M.2 ngff card with Wi-Fi(PCIe), BT(USB), key A and key E, here key E works for us, i tried this card. ok.
AX411, CNVio2, 2.4ghz-5ghz-6ghz, bt 5.3

ac products;
ac-3165ngw with A-E key,
ac-92xx series
ac-72xx series with bt 4.0

but the older ones; mini pcie wont fit our mb slot, such as; intel 7260ac.

look to key A-E or CNVio2, they may work if mb slot accepts the card.

some problem may occur here; we may need to change the 2 anttennas with a longer and suitable
one for ax router connections,

as a result; i did not try ax capacity, i have no ax, 6 ghz router, but ac and n were ok for me. average - above average.
also bt quality was ok too.

windows 11; ubuntu 22.04 lts (gnome) and opensuse 15.5 leap (kde);

win11_ax210.jpg

ubuntu.jpg

ubun_wifi.jpg

suse.jpg

suse_wifi.jpg


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Post time 2023-07-21 21:51:25 | Show all posts
Hello there,

Sorry, U59 PRO with AX101 doesn't have available WIFI driver if you install Ubuntu.
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Post time 2023-08-11 04:18:07 | Show all posts
hi there

wifi drivers are included in kernel 6.4

I just installed ubuntu server 22.04.2, made a kernel upgrade to 6.4 and wifi is working
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Post time 2023-08-11 16:28:18 | Show all posts
cavalon replied at 2023-08-11 04:18
hi there

wifi drivers are included in kernel 6.4

We got it, thanks for trying, glad your computer works fine,wish you have a nice day
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Post time 2023-12-02 03:50:20 | Show all posts
Just setup U59 Pro with Win11 and Ubuntu on separate SSD. Would like to use wifi with the Linux install. Any progress on getting driver for this? I see someone installed a server version and updated the kernel and I wish that made more sense to me. I like to mess with Linux from time to time but not seriously. Can you use a server version for a desktop and how to update a kernel? If this all too much for a basic noob that's OK.
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