What WiFi dongle do you use?

Hey all. Taking @thetechnobear advice and getting a WiFi dongle. Can anyone here recommend one that’s extremely solid? I don’t really Care about speed more so stability and works.

ok, first a caveat, I don’t use wifi, I use an ethernet dongle…
but I did test it for you… to make sure its working still, and it is!

anyway a cheap unbranded one :laughing:

[   66.356704] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[   66.619602] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[   66.642275] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[   66.651414] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[   66.662463] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[   66.856706] usb 2-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[   67.077281] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rt: Info - RT chipset 5390, rev 0502 detected
[   67.115406] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00_set_rf: Info - RF chipset 5370 detected
[   67.124547] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[   67.125910] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2800usb
[   67.186380] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Loading firmware file 'rt2870.bin'
[   67.198239] ieee80211 phy0: rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Info - Firmware detected - version: 0.36

the chipset is more important that the brand, as the kernel only has certain chipsets included (Im not sure which!, unlike a full desktop distro which has a LOT :wink:

I detailed how to setup here

note: you need to follow this exactly, its not plug n’ play, as there is no AP support.

EDIT: oh, I see my doc detailed the wifi dongle to get and chipset… I was on the ball that day !

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Thank you so much!!!

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