Mediatek Wi-Fi Category - CNX Software

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 12 Comments

Wavkong V2700 Wi-Fi 6 router offers long-range and greater coverage with radio processing unit (RPU) for cleaner signals (Crowdfunding)

Installing a multi-node mesh network is one way to extend the range of your WiFi network, but the Wavkong V2700 Wi-Fi 6 router is said to remove that need, with the ability to provide 15,000 sq ft (about 1400 m2) of coverage from a single device. WavKong claims it’s possible thanks to the company’s Radio Processing Unit (RPU), a dedicated digital RF processing chip that continuously corrects signal distortion in real time using base-station-class Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) technology found in cellular infrastructure and satellite systems. WavKong V2700 specifications: SoC – MediaTek Filogic 820 (MT7981) dual-core Cortex-A53 processor @ 1.3 GHz System Memory – 256 MB RAM Storage – 128 MB flash Networking 4x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports (1x WAN, 3x LAN) IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax WiFi 6 @ 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz; AX3000 router Channel bandwidth – 20/40/80/160 MHz WiFi security – WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA/WPA2, WPA3 Antennas – 2x 2.4 GHz […]

April 21, 2026April 21, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Ezurio Tungsten 510/700 SMARC SoM features MediaTek Genio 510/700 AIoT SoC, dual GbE, WiFi 6

Ezurio Tungsten 700 Mediatek Genio 700 SMARC system-on-module

Ezurio Tungsten 510 and Tungsten 700 SMARC 2.1 compliant system-on-module powered by MediaTek Genio 510 hexa-core and Genio 700 octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 AIoT SoCs with an up to 4 TOPS NPU. The SMARC modules feature 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 memory and 16GB flash by default (upgradeable up to 128GB), offer dual Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, and various interfaces exposed through a standard 314-pin MXM connector, including HDMI, DisplayPort, eDP, and MIPI DSI display interfaces, two MIPI CSI camera interfaces, two I2S audio interface, PCIe Gen2 x1, and more. Ezurio Tungsten 510/700 specifications: SoC (one or the other) MediaTek Genio 510 (MT8370) CPU – Hexa-core processor with 2x Arm Cortex-A78 core up to 2.2 GHz, 4x Cortex-A55 cores up to 2 GHz GPU – Arm Mali-G57 MC2 GPU VPU – 4Kp60 H.265, AV1, VP9, H.264 video decoding, 4Kp30 H.265 and H.264 video encoding Accelerators – Up to 3.2 […]

March 20, 2026May 18, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 15 Comments

Enabling MediaTek M7902 WiFi and Bluetooth drivers on Ubuntu 24.04 the easy way

Last month, we noted that Mediatek MT7902 WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.x chipset finally got drivers in mainline Linux, and should be part of the Linux 7.0 release. MT7902 wireless modules are used in many Windows laptops, but users have been asking for the Linux drivers for almost two years now. One method is to wait for the drivers to find their way into your distribution, but “hmtheyboy154” didn’t feel like waiting and backported the drivers to Linux 6.6 to 6.19. Since I own one of those laptops, namely the ASUS Vivobook 16, I gave it a try on Ubuntu 24.04, but it should work on other Linux distributions as well. Note that this method only works with the PCIe driver, so if you own an SDIO module, you’d need to work out another solution. My Ubuntu 24.04 laptop is indeed using an MT7902 PCIe module (AW-XB552NF):

jaufranc@CNX-LAPTOP-5:~$ lspci | grep 7902
0000:02:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7902

1 2	jaufranc@CNX-LAPTOP-5:~$ lspci \| grep 7902 0000:02:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7902

I could […]

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 8 Comments

MediaTek MT7902 wireless chipset finally gets a Linux driver

MediaTek MT7902 wireless modules are used in many Windows laptops, but so far, a Linux driver has been missing. This is about to change, as Mediatek has finally committed a patchset for MT7902 to the mainline Linux mailing list. This is personal. I bought an ASUS Vivobook 16 in August 2023, and Ubuntu 22.04 worked pretty well out of the box, except for support for the Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth module, detected as “Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7902” with lscpi but without working drivers. Since then, I’ve been using the laptop connected to the USB dock with Ethernet support when at home, or using USB tethering with my phone when on the road. I initially thought it might just be a matter of time before the driver is ported to Linux, but it took well over two years. I was far from being alone in my ordeal, and you […]

February 9, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 2 Comments

Linux 6.19 Release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 6.19 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML): No big surprises anywhere last week, so 6.19 is out as expected – just as the US prepares to come to a complete standstill later today watching the latest batch of televised commercials. The betting man would expect them all to be AI-generated, but maybe some enterprising company decides to buck the trend? Doubtful, but there’s always a slight chance. But for anybody outside the US, maybe taking the newest kernel out for a spin instead is an option? I have more than three dozen pull requests for when the merge window opens tomorrow – thank you to all the early maintainers. And as people have mostly figured out, I’m getting to the point where I’m being confused by large numbers (almost running out of fingers and toes again), so the next kernel is going to […]

January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - No Comments

HalowLink 2 Wi-Fi HaLow access point and extender offers up to 1 km range, supports up to 1,000 IoT end devices

GL.iNet HaLowLink 2 WiFi HaLow access point extender

Designed in collaboration with Morse Micro, GL.iNet’s HalowLink 2 is a Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) access point and extender that offers up to 1 km range and supports up to 1,000 IoT end devices. It’s an update to the earlier HaLowLink 1 Wi-Fi HaLow gateway with the exact same functionality, except it replaces a Morse Micro MM6108-based module with an MM8108-based module that offers a higher max link rate (43.3 Mbps vs 32.5 Mbps), broader region support, higher device capacity, and potentially better /performance range with up to 26 dBm Tx power (vs 23dBm in the first generation model). HalowLink 2 specifications: SoC – Mediatek MT7621 dual-core, quad-thread MIPS1004K processor @ up to 880MHz System Memory – 256MB DDR3 Storage – 32MB NAND Flash Connectivity Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) AzureWave AW-HM677 module with Morse Micro MM8108 HaLow chipset supporting Wi-Fi HaLow, IEEE 802.11ah, Sub-GHz, 43.3 Mbps, ultra-low power, WPA3 Sub-GHz frequency range […]

August 1, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 12 Comments

Raspberry Pi CM5-powered SPR “Secure Programmable Router” offers dual Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6 3×3 MIMO

Supernetworks’ “Secure Programmable Router” (SPR) is a Raspberry Pi CM5-based router featuring 2.5GbE, Gigabit Ethernet, and Wi-Fi 6 3×3 MIMO, advertised as an open-source, secure, user-friendly WiFi router for home users. The router ships with a Compute Module 5 equipped with 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, and WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 5.0 by default, but adds WiFi 6 through a MediaTek MT7916 chipset. It also comes with two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, and supports either USB PD or PoE+ power input. SPR router specifications: Supported SoM – Raspberry Pi CM5; ships with CM5104032 (4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, WiFi) Storage – MicroSD card slot for Compute Module 5 Lite only Networking Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 port 2.5Gbps Ethernet RJ45 port with PoE support WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 on CM5 MediaTek MT7916 for 802.11AX WiFi 6 3×3 MIMO PCIe Switch supporting WiFi & 2.5Gbps Ethernet FlexMIMO Antennas from Laird […]

July 28, 2025 by Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) - 5 Comments

Linux 6.16 Release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures

Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.16 on LKML: It’s Sunday afternoon, and the release cycle has come to an end. Last week was nice and calm, and there were no big show-stopper surprises to keep us from the regular schedule, so I’ve tagged and pushed out 6.16 as planned. It’s worth noting that the upcoming merge window for 6.17 is going to be slightly chaotic for me: I have multiple family events this August (a wedding and a big birthday), and with said family being spread not only across the US, but in Finland too, I’m spending about half the month traveling. That means that I will try very hard to get most of the merge window done the first week before my travels start, and I already ended upgiving a heads-up on that to the people who tend to send me the most pull requests. […]