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Qualcomm/Atheros Killer BigFoot LAN drivers 1.1.52.1438 WHQL. - New version drivers for network cards Bigfoot Networks Killer E2200, Killer E2201, Killer E2205, Killer Wireless-N 1102, Killer Wireless-N 1103, Killer Wireless-N 1202, Killer Wireless-AC 1525 and Killer Wireless-AC 1535.
Is Killer -n/a/ac 1535 and E2400 Gigabit ethernet now supported out of the box? Killer's website says 'latest Kernel updates are supported natively'!
Can someone please confirm?
3 Answers
Here is a link from Killer's website: http://www.killernetworking.com/support/knowledge-base/17-linux/20-killer-wireless-ac-in-linux-ubuntu-debian It says, in part:
Killer 1525 and 1535 use the ath10k driver which is included in the latest kernel updates.
It then gives instructions to download and install the board-specific firmware. There are many questions and accepted answers on this site about ath10k_pci and firmware. Although I haven't the device myself, I expect that the process is trivial.
The ethernet has a page as well: http://www.killernetworking.com/support/knowledge-base/17-linux/21-killer-e2400-in-linux-ubuntu-debian It shows how to amend the source code to add the device ID of 1969:e0a1. The device ID is covered by default in 16.04 and should work with no additional effort.
This answer applies to kernel version 4.4.xx and later.
I'm running 4.4.0.36 kernel, Ethernet interface product: Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, Wireless interface product: QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter. The last is Killer 1535. Both ran out of the box. Hope that helps.
Long story short, even with Kernel 4.10.0.x you still need to get the Killer 1525/1535 firmware by yourself, and then compile and modprob them before your wireless is up and running. For this, since you need to be connected to the internet, I recommend getting a small USB wifi dongle. Either temporarily, or keep one handy for re-installation scenarios. Because if you have Killer ethernet as well, plugging in a fiber connection won't help.
Good news, however, is that the above is the hardest part of the process. Once you have a running internet connection, just run the following codes one by one, and your wifi will be up and running before you can say 'contemporaneities' !
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The Killer E2205 NIC Ethernet
As stated the BigFoot Killer NPU has been embedded as well. The Bigfoot Killer E2205 network processing unit (NPU) is a dedicated network co-processor that runs at 400Mhz and uses a PCI-E x1 lane. The Killer E2205 embedded game NIC uses dedicated core logic and Bigfoot Networks Game Networking DNA software to classify and accelerate online game traffic on embedded solutions. This expensive NIC will allow you to game online with less lag. Now the Killer E2200 gets traffic from the network, to the game, and back out to the network faster than any other PC network card. But I've always been a bit skeptical about the NIC as we say that lag is created outside your home network, e.g. in-between the router and the destination. The NIC can do very little about that, especially with the excellent Intel and Realtek NICs available these days. The hardware design and next to it the software is really good though; offering you a wide variety of settings and monitoring options.
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In an earlier review we did perform some manual tests. Upload performance on our 150/15 MBit/s internet connection for example:
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- Upload 14.45 Mbit/s over Intel NIC
- Upload 14.97 Mbit/s over Killer NIC
- Download 147.09 Mbit/s over Intel NIC
- Download 147.12 Mbit/s over Killer NIC
Ping times then, from the Netherlands towards the USA we are pinging comcast
- ~100ms on the Intel NIC
- ~100ms on the Killer NIC
So we can't see the performance benefit on our end but it really is one of the best NICs available on the market, and here you got it integrated into the motherboard, that is a huge plus. So yes admittedly, it is a lovely solution and the software suite is just grand AND you can shape network traffic on your PC and monitor it which is just great stuff. Below a couple of screenshots from the software suite.
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The screenshots are an indication of what you may expect software suite wise: