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Today's Topics:

1. Re: USB wireless card recommendation (James Womack)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:26:30 +0000
From: James Womack <5inowsy1maiq@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] USB wireless card recommendation
Message-ID: <53009256.6090508@gmail.com>
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Good point. I have just reviewed it.

With these adapters listing support for Linux on the product page
doesn't always seem to be a great indication of whether it will work
well -- I usually check the reviews and do a Google search for more
specific information. For example, a number of Edimax adapters are
listed as supporting "Linux", but my research revealed that sometimes
additional driver installation is required (via a supplied CD) and that
these drivers do not necessarily play well with the latest kernel versions.


On 16/02/14 10:15, Stuart Ward wrote:
> So if this is well supported under Linux why does TP-Link and Amazon
> not mention the fact. How can this detract from sales?
> At least add a comment to the Amazon site that it works well under
> Linux....
>
> -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143
>
>
> On 16 February 2014 10:03, James Womack <5inowsy1maiq@gmail.com
> <mailto:5inowsy1maiq@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just bought an excellent USB wireless card and wanted to share.
>
> My laptop's internal wireless is quite flaky and I needed a quick fix
> before heading out on a study visit to the US (where a wifi network
> disagreeing with my laptop's internal adapter would be a major
> pain), so
> decided to go down the USB adapter route, rather than installing a new
> internal card.
>
> I did some research and found that actually picking a USB adapter that
> is well supported in the Linux kernel can be a pain, particularly as
> manufacturers don't always divulge the chipset they have used.
>
> Anyway, I bought a TP-Link TL-WN722N USB adapter:
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SZEOLG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> It has a AR9271 chipset and this is supported by the ath9k_htc driver.
>
> It works "out of the box" with my Ubuntu 12.04 installation (kernel
> version 3.11.0-15) and seems to have much better reception than my
> internal adapter ever did!
>
> During my research, I found the wireless.kernel.org
> <http://wireless.kernel.org> website to be very
> useful (http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers).
>
> Anyway, just thought I would share this in case anybody else is
> looking
> for a good USB wireless adapter.
>
> James
>
>
>
>
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