I am trying to turn an old laptop into a wireless router/repeater. The laptop's built in card is not working correctly so I can't use it. What I am looking for is a USB WiFi card that supports simultaneous AP and normal mode so I can both connect to WiFi and provide it. I currently have a card that supports only one of those modes at a time so if the performance is much better with two separate cards than I can do that but I would prefer to use only one card.Edit:The laptop also has a full length mini pci-e slot so I can also use a mpci-e wifi card.
Linux software ap card
usb;linux;wifi
OK, so the better answer for you is the Atheros AR9287 mPCI-E card. It is:Atheros, so well-supported in LinuxCan run two modes simultaneously via MIMOmPCI-E, so it has the faster interface and the location in the laptop less likely to incur damageCosts way lessIt is only B/G/N, does this matter?One final caveat - sometimes laptop makers put in whitelists in their BIOS to prevent people from changing the mPCI-E card in their machine. You should find out if your model has such a whitelist and either circumvent it by flashing a non-proprietary BIOS or else get the USB stick option.