Saturday, March 30, 2019

Replacing the problematic Broadcom Wi‐Fi module with an Intel model

Intel’s more permissive distribution license makes their Wi‐Fi drivers and firmware much more widely accessible and is included with virtually all Linux distributions. For my Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro’s Broadcom BCM94352Z Wi‐Fi module, a Intel 7260NGW M.2 NGFF module is a good replacement for the default module. Intel’s M.2 NGFF connector differs slightly from Broadcom’s, but both fit in the same standard M.2 socket.The M.2 NGFF factor sockets is a standard socket that you’ll find in many popular Linux laptops; including the Dell XPS line of developer laptops.
Swapping out the module in my laptop was a simple matter of removing a few screws, loosening the antenna wire, removing the old and sliding the new back into the socket. If you’re interested in replacing the Wi‐Fi module on your own laptop, start by opening up the laptop’s back, locate and identify the Wi‐Fi module, and estimate how confident you are that you’re actually looking at the Wi‐Fi module and could manage to replace it.
I don't feel certain adage anything about things like battery or information exchange execution of the Broadcom and Intel modules. What I can say for certain is that the system has been substantially more steady and dependable since introducing the Intel module! I can now unreservedly hop among disseminations and Live‐demo framework pictures ("LiveCDs") without uncovering a USB‐Ethernet connector and physically recovering drivers and firmware for my Wi‐Fi. Moving from one piece of the house and into scope of an auxiliary Wi‐Fi repeater instead of the primary passageway never again dismisses me from the system. It has opened increasingly potential for my PC and expelled a normally happening purpose of disappointment from my life. By and large it was an extremely shoddy move up to my workstation and I wish I'd done it before.
I considered a completely open‐source elective in the ThinkPenguin WiFi+Bluetooth M.2 NGFF module. It offers an open‐source firmware instead of the restrictive puzzle mass offered by Intel. It's likewise bolstered by the Linux bit and will work out‐of‐the‐box in any advanced Linux appropriation. Indeed, even with it's closed‐source firmware, Intel's chip can brag about nearly a similar driver accessibility however ought to be increasingly dependable as it's substantially more broadly conveyed and subsequently better tried. ThinkPenguin's alternative is additionally more than double the cost of Intel's module, and all the more critically I previously had an extra 7260NGW laying around the house. I'll truly consider running with a ThinkPenguin item next time if this kind of thing ever turns into an issue again.
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