Ubuntu WiFi USB Dongle?

Ice Tea · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:14

Anybody using one with Ubuntu and are Nano dongles as bad as i would imagine?

Hades · 28 Jul 2019 at 12:39

A whole range of them work nowadays. Just find a few you like and Google whether they work on Linux. Be aware chipsets sometimes change so Google for the exact model.

Ice Tea · 29 Jul 2019 at 08:30

Already been there and done that , Plenty of support for 2.4 GHz but 5 GHz seems a bit flaky so i was hoping for personal experiences...

Hades · 29 Jul 2019 at 20:34

Ice Tea said:
Already been there and done that , Plenty of support for 2.4 GHz but 5 GHz seems a bit flaky so i was hoping for personal experiences...

It's probably a little larger than you want, but last year I bought a "CSL - USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Wireless AC1200 Dual Band network adapter with 2 x 5 dBi detachable antenna " which has a Realtek RTL8812AU chipset. I just installed it again to check whether it works at 5gz. It does. But it wasn't plug and play and I had to install the drivers using these instructions:

https://itsfoss.community/t/how-to-install-realtek-wifi-drivers-in-ubuntu-tutorial/2808

I am on Kubuntu 18.04. It's quite a large USB Wifi adapter with two big aerials and a stand. But if you look for something based on that chipset then at least it should work.

Ice Tea · 30 Jul 2019 at 00:03

Cheers for going to all that trouble and checking it works on 5G, Never heard of CSL before and seems pretty cheap considering it has Ariel's .

It's bit of a beast but at least i know it works or have a chipset as a starting point.

Thanks