urtwn driver for Edimax EW-7811U WLAN nano USB Adapter

Tom Evans tevans.uk at googlemail.com
Thu Dec 19 13:08:42 UTC 2013


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Thomas Mueller
<mueller6724 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Better would be if manufacturers' and online vendors' websites would say what chipset their Ethernet, Bluetooth adapter, USB wi-fi adapter, etc use.
>

I think manufacturers don't consider this relevant info, they sell
features, not the underlying spec. This allows them to chop and change
what chip is actually in a device depending on the vagaries of their
supply chain. Eg, Rev A, Rev B might be precisely the same packaging
but different chips underneath.

Suck for non Windows users, I agree.

Cheers

Tom


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