How do I get a realtek wifi dongle to work

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

On 27/10/2022 08:07, Colin Law wrote:
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> On Thu, 27 Oct 2022, 01:37 Bret Busby, <bret at busby.net> wrote:
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>     Hello.
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>     I have a computer with a wifi dongle.
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>     It shows as being a Realtek 802.11ac.
>
(...)
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>     So, how do I get this USB wifi dongle working, to connect to the
>     Internet, so I can find and download its driver?
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> Plug the dongle into the computer that is connected to the internet 
> and get it working there first. Then you will know what driver you need.
>
> Colin
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There's a very good chance that your dongle will work directly in Ubuntu.

Open a terminal, and type "sudo dmesg -w" and enter a few blank lines 
(hitting the ENTER key) to make sure you see exactly what will get 
displayed.

Then plug in your WiFi dongle.

Then check the display of dmesg... You should see things like "Product: 
RTLxxxx WLAN Adapter"

If you see that... you're done. You just need to configure your 
network... Voila...

Gilles



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