// , What USB dongles for 802.11ac don't suck to install?
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// , What USB dongles for 802.11ac don't suck to install?
// , Got any Ubuntu 802.11ac USB dongles?
If your 802.11ac USB Dongle:
1. Worked on Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, Fedora, whatever, without installing anything,
2. Worked with 802.11ac
Brag to us all about your superior choices!
I am installing Ubuntu on a laptop, an XPS L512x, and I want to make sure I can connect to an 802.11ac router without compiling or installing or unzipping or whatever.
As much as I love doing such things, there comes a point...
Anyway, I'm not suuuuure this is the right place to ask this, and if I can get a better response in a different part, I can move it.
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Wireless Adapter
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Last edited by NathanBasanese; 06-07-2016 at 10:49 PM.
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I'm on Slackware PDC (pretty damn current) and I use a belkin surf and share.
$30 bucks at walmart, here's the firmware for linux.... Here's instructions for ubuntunistes
You may have to use a wrapper, which can be a little confusing. If you get stuck post back.
Last edited by dijetlo; 06-08-2016 at 12:14 PM.
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No doubt, I just don't have it jammed in my laptop at the moment. This guy seems to have made a study out of which dongles are natively supported (if you don't want a wrapper, you need native support).
I am installing Ubuntu on a laptop, an XPS L512x, and I want to make sure I can connect to an 802.11ac router without compiling or installing or unzipping or whatever.
Hi...
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I'm not sure if that's possible at this point in time. The only two native Linux drivers that support the "ac" standard right now are the Atheros "ath10k' and the Intel "iwlwifi" driver. Please see here. You would need to find a USB adapter that uses one of those two drivers and I'm not sure if there are any out there or not.
If you want "ac" functionality, you may be stuck with compiling and installing...
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