How do I get a realtek wifi dongle to work

[Bret Busby]

On 27/10/22 09:08, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 27/10/22 08:47, Aaron Rainbolt wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 7:37 PM Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I have a computer with a wifi dongle.
>>>
>>> It shows as being a Realtek 802.11ac.
>>>
>>> I have searched on the World Wide Web, and have consequently, installed
>>> multiple Realtek drivers, from the 22.04 repository, and, from the kali
>>> linux repository, that are supposed to get the dongle working, but, none
>>> of them have. I have had to download then to a USB thumb drive on one
>>> computer, transfer the drive to the target computer, and, install the
>>> driver from that, in each attempt.
>>>
>>> Because the installation iso's do not include needed networking drivers,
>>> I cannot use the computer upon which, I am attempting installation, to
>>> connect to the Internet, to find applicable drivers, and, whilst lsusb
>>> finds the device, it is unusable, because I cannot install a driver for
>>> it, from the iso, or, from the searches that I have done.
>>>
>>> So, how do I get this USB wifi dongle working, to connect to the
>>> Internet, so I can find and download its driver?
>>>
>>> It is unfortunate that the iso's contain applications software, but, not
>>> the network device drivers needed to complete an installation.
>>>
>>> ..
>>> Bret Busby
>>> Armadale
>>> West Australia
>>> (UTC+0800)
>>> ..............
>>
>> Is Secure Boot enabled on your system? That might be causing the
>> drivers to not work. That would be my first guess, otherwise I guess
>> keep trying drivers until one works. Please be careful and only
>> download drivers from trusted sources.
>>
> 
> No, secure boot is not enabled.
> 
> One of the how-to's included the commands for detecting that. But, also, 
> in rearranging the boot order, to boot from the iso, it showed that 
> secure boot was not enabled, at the BIOS/UEFI level.
> 
>> If there's any additional info you can give about the particular WiFi
>> dongle you are using, that might help us to find the right driver. If
>> all else fails, this page has a ton of info on WiFi drivers that
>> should work with Linux (which likely includes Ubuntu) out of the box:
>> https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi You might be able to buy a WiFi
>> dongle recommended here.
>>
> 
> "
> Device: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type:  USB driver: N/A bus-id: 3-7:4 
> chip-ID: odba:c911
> "

Correction - The last line above, should instead be

  "
Device: Realtek 802.11ac NIC type:  USB driver: N/A bus-id: 3-7:4 
chip-ID: odba:c811
"

As the computer cannot connect to the Internet, the line was read on the 
affected computer, and typoed into another computer.

I believe that the third-last character, being wrongly entered as a '9', 
when it should have been an '8', is the only error in the typing of that 
line of text.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
..............