<div dir="ltr">Good day folks,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the replies. I finally got the wifi dongle to work, but it's quite flaky; the signal up here in my office isn't great, so it's time for the hammer and staples, but that's a project for next weekend....</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again,</div><div>Mark</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 9 June 2018 at 13:44, Bill T <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bturner02.sa@gmail.com" target="_blank">bturner02.sa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr">On 09/06/2018 13:13, Søren Aalto wrote:<br>
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<div>- But I have been fairly successful with plugging in cheap
WiFI dongles</div>
<div>- under Ubuntu and they "Just Work". What shocked me...was
that </div>
<div>- I expected the same under OS/X and...*nothing*. It doesn't
recognise</div>
<div>- the USB device at all. Pity...cause I have one of those USB
WiFi devices</div>
<div>- with an detachable antenna that provides better range /
sensitivity.<br>
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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.<br>
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See - <a class="m_-3652026533450977593moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2304522" target="_blank">https://ubuntuforums.org/<wbr>showthread.php?t=2304522</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 at 11:34, Mark
Widdicombe <<a href="mailto:markwiddicombe@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">markwiddicombe@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Good day all,
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Can anyone recommend a 'plug & play'
alternative? I'm gatvol of having to jump through
hoops every time I buy new hardware.</div>
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<div>Oh, I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div>Mark</div>
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