[Discuss] Linux Friendly USB Wireless Dongles?

[Craig Miller]

Thanks Jean,

That looks like a good list.

Craig...

On 3/23/20 1:28 PM, Jean Taggart wrote:
> What about the dongles typically used by kali for wifi pentest?
>
> https://www.wirelesshack.org/best-kali-linux-compatible-usb-adapter-dongles.html
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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 
>> <mailto: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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