[Discuss] Linux Friendly USB Wireless Dongles?

[brendan]

before he goes out and gets a dongle, check the output of "lspci -v" for
the wifi chip that's in there. there are a few wifi chipsets that you
can set up to automatically build drivers for (that just aren't included
in the kernel). i had a broadcom chipset in my last laptop i had to do
that for (using DKMS, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DKMS).

if he's running ubuntu, sometimes Software & Updates -> Additional
Drivers can automatically do it for you, too. he'd probably need to use
an ethernet cable to get things bootstrapped for that though.



On 2020-03-21 9:03 a.m., Craig Miller wrote:
> Thanks Ray,
>
> I too have done this solution. And as you say, not as convenient, but
> works.
>
> thanks,
>
> Craig...
>
> On 3/21/20 8:54 AM, Ray Bon wrote:
>> Years ago (maybe 10+) I used to carry around an ethernet cable and
>> wireless router with openWRT. Not quite as portable as a dongle, but
>> it did the job.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>> On 2020-03-20 23:51, Craig Miller wrote:
>>> Thanks Darren,
>>>
>>> This is not a new computer, and for some reason the wifi that is
>>> included isn't supported under Linux, which is why my friend is
>>> looking for a dongle.
>>>
>>> Craig...
>>>
>>> On 3/20/20 8:53 PM, Darren Duncan wrote:
>>>> This is the second time I've seen mention of wireless dongles in a
>>>> couple days. Did not every computer released in the last decade
>>>> plus have wifi and bluetooth built-in? -- Darren Duncan
>>>>
>>>> On 2020-03-20 8:44 p.m., Craig Miller wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a friend who is looking for a Linux friendly Wireless
>>>>> Dongle to allow him to connect up his Linux machine to his
>>>>> wireless network.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have any recommendations? And where to buy such
>>>>> recommendation?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA,
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig...
>>>>
>>>>
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