Standard Driver or Manufacturer's?

Amedee Van Gasse (ub) amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be
Thu Feb 11 10:11:13 UTC 2010


On Thu, February 11, 2010 10:05, Knapp wrote:
> I have this TL-WN321G wireless USB dongle. Their website has a linux
> driver. Should I use it? What would be the advantages? It works now
> without their driver but might I get more speed or function or
> reliability?
>
> http://www.tp-link.com/support/download.asp?a=1&m=TL-WN321G

If it works, don't break it.

Read the documentation of the manufacturer's driver. If there is no
documentation, don't use the driver. If the documentation is too
complicated, don't use the driver.
Also check if the driver is compatible with your kernel (uname -r)

-- 
Amedee





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