I don’t think they exist. The drivers that don’t load firmware blobs into the WiFi device just come pre-packaged with (probably outdated) firmware blobs. Very few devices work without firmware.
You can add a layer of isolation but hooking your device up to a random access point over ethernet, though the experience certainly won’t be as nice.
I think there are also (incomplete) attempts to write fully open-source firmware for WiFi chips like the ESP32, but I don’t know if anyone ever wrote a fast interconnect for the standard dev boards for that. You may need to set up your own PCB to turn those into a fully open source WiFi chip. Performance will be very limited, of course (10-20mbps) because these IoT oriented boards lack hardware processing.
I personally don’t recommend the ath9k cards. There are a handful of routers they do not work with. You’ll have to disable QoS to stop the packet drops.
N is not modern in any sense of the word. I think 6 is more used then you would think. All ISP I know are giving out 6 access points and have for awhile.
I install residential and business internet for a living and I have yet to encounter a single AX AP operating in the wild (yes I check every time, and yes my devices support it). And our own routers only do N.
I don’t think they exist. The drivers that don’t load firmware blobs into the WiFi device just come pre-packaged with (probably outdated) firmware blobs. Very few devices work without firmware.
You can add a layer of isolation but hooking your device up to a random access point over ethernet, though the experience certainly won’t be as nice.
I think there are also (incomplete) attempts to write fully open-source firmware for WiFi chips like the ESP32, but I don’t know if anyone ever wrote a fast interconnect for the standard dev boards for that. You may need to set up your own PCB to turn those into a fully open source WiFi chip. Performance will be very limited, of course (10-20mbps) because these IoT oriented boards lack hardware processing.
Atheros ath9k (and previously ath5k) has been 100% FOSS for many years.
I personally don’t recommend the ath9k cards. There are a handful of routers they do not work with. You’ll have to disable QoS to stop the packet drops.
that’s funny because my (wired) ISP router already has this problem, I can’t use ssh without setting IPQoS=0
My isp router is like that too, but on wifi. QCA9377 on an Actiontec mi424 rev I.
Yes, but does that still count as “modern”?
ath9k supports N, so I’d consider it modern at least, since I think the vast majority of the population still use it.
N is not modern in any sense of the word. I think 6 is more used then you would think. All ISP I know are giving out 6 access points and have for awhile.
I install residential and business internet for a living and I have yet to encounter a single AX AP operating in the wild (yes I check every time, and yes my devices support it). And our own routers only do N.
We are already having wifi 6 routers being replaced with 6e capable ones.
Just don’t ask about how few of the devices used actually support 6ghz.