[ubuntu-za] Wi-Fi

[Bill T]

On 09/06/2018 13:13, Søren Aalto wrote:

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- But I have been fairly successful with plugging in cheap WiFI dongles
- under Ubuntu and they "Just Work".  What shocked me...was that
- I expected the same under OS/X and...*nothing*.  It doesn't recognise
- the USB device at all. Pity...cause I have one of those USB WiFi devices
- with an detachable antenna that provides better range / sensitivity.

I have 3 wifi dongles - a ZIXA model number unknown, ZyZEL model G-202 
both of which are quite old and a TP-Link model TL-WN725N which is quite 
new. All of them worked out of the box on a number of operating systems. 
My main desktop runs LinuxMint 18.3 but I have used all of them on 
Windows 7,8 and 10, MX17, Debian Jessie, Ubuntu 16.04, Voyager 16.04 
(Xubuntu really) and more. I don't understand why you are having 
problems but a bit of Googling indicates that the model you have is not 
well supported in 16.04. Look for replacing it with the one above.

See - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2304522

Bill Turner

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>         On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 at 11:34, Mark Widdicombe
>         <markwiddicombe at gmail.com <mailto:markwiddicombe at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             Good day all,
>
>             My desktop needs wifi on account of the flakes from
>             Vodacom installing my new router downstairs in my house,
>             and I am reluctant to run ethernet from there to my office
>             upstairs. I bought a tp-link wifi dongle (AC600) and have
>             spent most of the morning on Google trying to get drivers
>             to get it to work, but without any luck.  I'm not prepared
>             to waste any more time on it, so I'm going to return it on
>             Monday.
>
>             Can anyone recommend a 'plug & play' alternative? I'm
>             gatvol of having to jump through hoops every time I buy
>             new hardware.
>
>             Oh, I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.
>
>             Thanks in advance,
>             Mark
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