Available mt76 based miniPCIe cards?

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Hello community,

is there any available miniPCIe wireless card which is supported by the great mt76 driver?

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I bought two from China a few years ago. They don't work. Bad EEPROM or something.

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I bought my router U7621-06 and miniPCIe cards from UniElec a year ago and they work flawlessly.

root@OpenWrt:~# lspci
00:00.0 PCI bridge: Device 0e8d:0801 (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Device 0e8d:0801 (rev 01)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Device 0e8d:0801 (rev 01)
01:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01)
02:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7612
03:00.0 Network controller: MEDIATEK Corp. Device 7602

But there is a warning from the vendor. Full miniPCIe cards have external amplifiers and they need 5V voltage support from miniPCIe slot. You need to check your router before you buy miniPCIe cards.

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Many thanks for your inputs.

I think the one from UniElec are the only available as i found no other cards.

@bahtsiz_bedevi I´ll try the cards from UniElec, but i don´t mark your answer as solution as there will probably be more cards in the future.

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Don't forget to check 5V PIN requirement. This is needed for FULL size miniPCIe cards from UniElec as they have External PA/LNA

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Thanks for pointing this out.
Pin 47 and 49 are by miniPCIe definitions marked as reserved, so i think this cards won´t work on standard miniPCIe slots.
I´m using the apu2c4 x86 board and this pins aren´t connected. :frowning:
That´s bad for me because the half sized ones have a lower output power.

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Yes, many people do this mistake by not reading the item description properly.
Full size cards from UniElec have External PA/LNA, therefore they have higher power output. But they require 5V/1A power from miniPCIe slot.

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Do they work correctly on a different board than the original one you got them with? :slight_smile:

@juppin AsiaRF and ALFA Network have something with MT7612E and MT7615D/N (might not be available on their websites, ask sales). Also, SparkLAN has half-size MT7610E based one AFAIR.

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If I remember correctly, I've seen feedbacks from buyers who use them on different routers. But one buyer was complaining about not working properly.
I asked the vendor about his problem, they said he didn't check his router specifications before buying cards.