Wifi Dongles

Amichai Rotman amichai at iglu.org.il
Sun Feb 21 06:28:21 UTC 2016


On Feb 21, 2016 4:01 AM, "Robert Heller" <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>
> At Sat, 20 Feb 2016 19:00:29 -0500 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not
for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Why use a dongle on a desktop system?  Personally, I'd scour the couch
> > cushions to get a PCI-Express Wifi card.  It'll work better than a
dongle.
> > I just built a new desktop and the D-Link card I have just flies in
Windows
> > and Linux (mine's Fedora, but I think that's not particularly relevant).
>

+1

I use a TP-Link TL-WN721N 150Mbps dongle. It starts working as soon as I
plug it in.....

> And no WiFi *anything* will beat a hard-wired connection...
>
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 6:44 PM, agents4jesus at gmail.com <
> > agents4jesus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > As you may know, I am adding the finishing touches to my desktop
computer
> > > that I have built. Now I'm looking for a wifi dongle, but I can't
seem to
> > > find any that definitely work with Ubuntu. I know that the RPi
official
> > > wifi dongle works, but it is above my price point ($20).
> > >
> > > Have any of you found any dongles that work well with Ubuntu?
> > > I'm trying to keep the price under $20.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated,
> > > Tony
> > >
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