Op 16-04-15 om 21:21 schreef Nico Rikken:
To add to the discussion:
the upgraded (with freedom) X200 by GluGlu uses the AR5B95, AR9285 wireless chipset and received the 'respects your freedom' certification: http://shop.gluglug.org.uk/product/libreboot-x200/
I know. I first thought this card uses the open source ath9k firmware [1]. Then I thought it uses build-in closed source firmware, what makes the laptop FSF-free, but I prefer a really open source wifi firmware.
Now I am confused. At the github site I see that the AR9280 and AR9287 are supported! So maybe the other cards of the AR928x family too.
I have personal experience with the USB-dongle as I bought it from TechnoEthic (Tiberiu C. Turbureanu) at T-Dose last year. Eventually I came to the conclusion that my mobile habits required a more powerful dongle as my connection was sloppy if I was far removed from the wifi router. My built-in wifi-card had further reach, so I returned to that, even though it lacks the FSF-approval. https://tehnoetic.com/tehnoetic-wireless-adapter-gnu-linux-libre-tet-n150
I've ordered it from Romania and did tests with it. I had problems with playing HTML5 video. Sometimes there was no sound, sometimes there was no video. No problems when using flash, but I don't like flash. I also saw some other problems, SSH was not really good responsive. I wrote with somebody who said the stick has "high latencies", but I did not test that myself. The problems where both with the open source firmware and with the closed source firmware.
You say "my built-in wifi-card had further reach". You can replace such a build-in wifi card [2]. That's what I am trying to do, but I have to find a good replacement. For that reason I started this discussion.
With regards, Paul van der Vlis.
[1] https://github.com/qca/open-ath9k-htc-firmware [2] look at 1:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-85SSvVxhWw