Wifi card through a mSATA adapter?

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Is it possible to make a wifi card work through mSATA-USB adapter?
If yes then how? I haven't had any luck, the OS recognizes the adapter's controller but nothing more.

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I doubt it. That mSATA to USB adapter is likely built specifically for mSATA only and doesn't handle mPCIe signalling at all.

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I think it may be technically possible but it probably comes down to driver & BIOS support. I recently tried swapping between Wifi cards in an mSATA slot on a SFF PC and only the wifi card shipped with the system was recognised.

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That might be a case of BIOS whitelisting. Laptop and SFF pc manufacturers do it a lot.

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