Posted: 3/17/2026 7:58:28 PM EDT
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Looking for a known quantity that works. Something with a cable to allow me to get it positioned would be ideal. Dual band would be preferred. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Originally Posted By MMcCall: I think anything with a common chipset like Realtek would be fine. I was hoping that would be the case but it doesnt look like the integrated unit in my MB is supported and the USB unit I have now is not supported either. I am hoping to find something that others are using. |
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Originally Posted By JTX23: I was hoping that would be the case but it doesnt look like the integrated unit in my MB is supported and the USB unit I have now is not supported either. I am hoping to find something that others are using. Are you set on 24.04? I have a 25.10 server running right now I can test a couple adapters on, but that may include kernel updates you don't have. |
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| Did you check with a liveUSB? I have had the case where my wifi worked during the install booted from the liveUSB, but then didn't work after the OS was installed and booted up. Reason being, the liveUSB has way more wifi drivers installed by default so it will work out of the box. If this is the case, then it signifies that there is a functional driver available and all you need to do is apt install that mofo to get your on-board wifi working. |
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You might need to install a package to make your existing hardware work. You can find out which wifi chipset you're using by typing lspci, or lsusb if it's a usb wifi dongle. A few years ago I bought a TP-link AC600, which uses a Realtek RTL8811AU chipset. I had to install the rtl8812au-dkms package to make it work. |
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Panda Wireless emphasizes linux support, every adapter I've had from them has been GTG out of the box. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=panda+wireless |
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Originally Posted By giantpune: Did you check with a liveUSB? I have had the case where my wifi worked during the install booted from the liveUSB, but then didn't work after the OS was installed and booted up. Reason being, the liveUSB has way more wifi drivers installed by default so it will work out of the box. If this is the case, then it signifies that there is a functional driver available and all you need to do is apt install that mofo to get your on-board wifi working. I tried the integrated and my USB adapter during the live run and neither worked. |