[Discuss] Linux Friendly USB Wireless Dongles?

[Jean Taggart]

What about the dongles typically used by kali for wifi pentest?

https://www.wirelesshack.org/best-kali-linux-compatible-usb-adapter-dongles.html


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> On Mar 21, 2020, at 12:57 PM, Craig Miller <cvmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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