Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, online, via Jitsi Meet.

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[Discuss] USB Wifi adapter



On Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:38:21 -0400
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an elderly usb wifi adapter that works fine but it is on the
> slow side and only 2.4GHz. I tried a netgear AC1200, but I was not
> able to get the drivers loaded on fedora and not really worth the
> effort. Since I only have wifi in this house, I would prefer a better
> wifi adapter. Any recommendations.

None of the thumb-drive type USB adapters have 5GHz worth bothering
with (if at all). If you really need 5GHz then you will need something
like the Panda PAU09. But if you just need a reliable 802.11n dongle
then the Panda PAU05 is good.

-- 
Rich Pieri



Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org