[lubuntu-users] usb tethering not working?

[Aere Greenway]

On 09/02/2016 06:27 AM, Marlon Ng wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com 
> <mailto:lproven at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On 2 September 2016 at 14:11, Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com
>     <mailto:guikaye at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I understand what you're saying, but based on my experience, I
>     have to
>     > disagree with you that the purpose of USB tethering is for the
>     PC to use the
>     > phone's mobile data connection.  I very seldom use mobile data
>     connection as
>     > that would be expensive.  I assure you that I always use the
>     phone's wifi so
>     > my desktop can connect to the internet.
>
>     I honestly see no point in having a $300-$600 self-powered wifi
>     adaptor which requires an app and manual setup when they are so cheap.
>
>     https://www.google.com/search?output=search&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi+dongle&oq=usb+wifi+dongle&gs_l=products-cc.3..0l5.675.675.0.1000.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0....0...1ac.2.64.products-cc..0.1.73.sQFpBRti1RI#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,cat:290,pdtr0:734889%7C734890,pdtr1:709607%7C709608,price:1,ppr_max:15&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi
>     <https://www.google.com/search?output=search&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi+dongle&oq=usb+wifi+dongle&gs_l=products-cc.3..0l5.675.675.0.1000.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0....0...1ac.2.64.products-cc..0.1.73.sQFpBRti1RI#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,cat:290,pdtr0:734889%7C734890,pdtr1:709607%7C709608,price:1,ppr_max:15&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi>
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> Correct me if I'm wrong, but most wifi adapters  don't work in linux, 
> right?  Or at least where I'm from, it's very rare if at all that I 
> see wifi adapters that work in linux, and I HAVE been looking around.  
> I'm also hesitant to order online. Also, you might say I can use 
> ndiswrapper, but ndiswrapper can be very unstable sometimes.
>
>
In my test-bed, I have been using wireless adapters for years, 
successfully, as well as the wireless cards in my various laptops.

Only one of my machines is directly connected to the DSL/wireless router.

You can tell if a wireless dongle works 'out of the box', if after 
signing into your OS, and right-clicking on the wireless icon in the 
task-bar, you see wireless networks available.

You need to configure them manually - the push-button config doesn't (to 
my knowledge) work.

On the laptops that the wireless didn't work out-of-the-box, installing 
the firmware-b43-installer package (or in some cases, the 
firmware-b43legacy-installer package), was all that I needed to get 
wireless working (after a reboot).

I also use a few wireless cards in desktop computers.

The following USB wireless dongles work for me out-of-the-box:

Netgear G54 wireless USB adapter: WG111
Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter: WNA1100
Linksys  wireless G USB adapter: WUSB54GC

There's three other wireless adapters I use successfully out-of-the box, 
but I don't have the box handy to write down the model number.

My impression is that most wireless adapters work on Linux, but you 
might have to first install the b43 packages mentioned above before 
using them.

Beware of the 'latest-and-greatest' wireless adapters.  It often takes 
awhile before new hardware is supported on Linux.

-- 

Sincerely,
Aere

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