Thursday, January 29, 2026

Recommendation for Wifi M.2 card that supports AC and hostap mode

Hi,

i've used a qotom 8x lan fanless mini computer as my openbsd homerouter
a while ago, but exchanged it for some other hardware.
As my homerouter it did not had a need for a wifi card (using Ubiquiti
APs) so i ordered at that time without one.

A few years later i'm still using it to fiddle around with some stuff
and occasionally the need for a wifi-card arises.

The card should work well with modern wifi-networks as a client and
should be able to setup its own network using hostap mode. (Hostap must
not be fast, its only meant for a few hours testing stuff with one or
two clients.)

The Mainboard offers a M.2 slot keyed "e" for this purpose.

As its mainly for some fiddling i would really appreciate if someone
could recommend such a card that is not too expensive and easily
available on the european market, ordering ali express or so would also
be okay.

Best Regards

Jan

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