How many Wifi Cards do you need for H721 V5? and What WiFi cards do you recommend?

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How many Wifi Cards do you need for H721 V5? and What WiFi cards do you recommend?

Post by Saw-mon_and_Natalie »

Hi all,

We just purchased our H721 V5. We are wondering on how many WiFi cards do we need to install on this router? Also what WiFi cards do you recommend?
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If you get a dual mode card, then just one. But most people do one 5Ghz card and one legacy 2.4Ghz card. The firmware cannot handle cards with bluetooth if I recall correctly, and intel wifi cards are PCI and do not seem to work in rooter firmware.

Basically I've only seen some Compex cards.

Try here: https://thewirelesshaven.com/product-category/wifi-adapters/
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Do you need any wifi cards? Can you run H721 without wifi?
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kevinsteil wrote: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:10 am Do you need any wifi cards? Can you run H721 without wifi?
None needed. Can run without
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Correct, tested with Intel cards and couldn't get it to work. Eventually will wrestle with it some more.
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Intel cards wont work on any non-customized openWRT systems. The Linux kernel requirements are too high.

Gotta use Atheros and Mediatek
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