[Discuss] Linux Friendly USB Wireless Dongles?

[Craig Miller]

Thanks Brendan,

He is using Linux Lite (ubuntu-based) 32 bit. But it is well worth "seeing"
what his HW reports itself as with lspci.

thanks,

Craig...
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 12:30 PM brendan <brendan at ming.org> wrote:

> 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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