On 22/06/2021 18:03, W Pulaska wrote:
> On 6/21/21 11:43 PM, Henry Crun wrote:
>> On 22/06/2021 4:37, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>> On 6/21/21 2:10 PM, smith jon wrote:
>>>> On 21/06/2021 19:20, W Pulaska wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a couple of Netgear WNA3100's that I used with Win, but they
>>>>> don't seem to have proper drivers for Ubuntu. So, what similar USB
>>>>> adapter could I use to enable Wifi? Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> You are in a real pickle here. No hardware makers will waste time making
>>>> things specifically for Linux systems. There is simply no money to be
>>>> made in Linux. Everybody in this world is using that thing called
>>>> "Windows". Either you start using Windows (which has Linux built into
>>>> it!!) or simply be content with what you get for your beloved system.
>>>> Don't expect anybody to make anything for your system. Even Chinese have
>>>> stopped wasting time making things for Linux. So you can see how
>>>> uneconomical it must be to make anything for Linux.
>>>
>>
>> Seen on ebay:
>>   https://www.ebay.com/itm/154287331271?hash=item23ec3dd7c7:g:pCAAAOSwvMBeDbGT
>> and several equivalents -- I don't recall which I chose, about a year ago.
>> Assuming a 50% success/failure rate I ordered two items. Took a while to arrive,
>> found a Linux driver online (google rtl8188) and both work on Ubuntu 20.04
>> *Not* extremely sensitive, but good enough for home/local networking (outside on the porch...)
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for this info, one of the things I was looking for here.  I took a chance and ordered one from a US seller since
> my last Chinese order never arrived and I have another taking forever to get here.  There is a 30 day free return, so if
> it doesn't work, I'll send it back.
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/193811397997?hash=item2d200f3d6d:g:PSAAAOSwl5Bf3UKG
>
> Any advice for driver installation once it arrives would be welcome. Thanks in advance!
>
Works for me:
defined the PPA as shown in https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu

n.b. Driver must be re-installed after any kernel upgrade

HTH.

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On 6/22/21 7:37 PM, Henry Crun wrote:
> On 22/06/2021 18:03, W Pulaska wrote:
>> On 6/21/21 11:43 PM, Henry Crun wrote:
>>> On 22/06/2021 4:37, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>> On 6/21/21 2:10 PM, smith jon wrote:
>>>>> On 21/06/2021 19:20, W Pulaska wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a couple of Netgear WNA3100's that I used with Win, but they
>>>>>> don't seem to have proper drivers for Ubuntu. So, what similar USB
>>>>>> adapter could I use to enable Wifi? Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> You are in a real pickle here. No hardware makers will waste time
>>>>> making
>>>>> things specifically for Linux systems. There is simply no money to be
>>>>> made in Linux. Everybody in this world is using that thing called
>>>>> "Windows". Either you start using Windows (which has Linux built into
>>>>> it!!) or simply be content with what you get for your beloved system.
>>>>> Don't expect anybody to make anything for your system. Even Chinese
>>>>> have
>>>>> stopped wasting time making things for Linux. So you can see how
>>>>> uneconomical it must be to make anything for Linux.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Seen on ebay:
>>>   https://www.ebay.com/itm/154287331271?hash=item23ec3dd7c7:g:pCAAAOSwvMBeDbGT
>>>
>>> and several equivalents -- I don't recall which I chose, about a year
>>> ago.
>>> Assuming a 50% success/failure rate I ordered two items. Took a while
>>> to arrive,
>>> found a Linux driver online (google rtl8188) and both work on Ubuntu
>>> 20.04
>>> *Not* extremely sensitive, but good enough for home/local networking
>>> (outside on the porch...)
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for this info, one of the things I was looking for here.  I
>> took a chance and ordered one from a US seller since my last Chinese
>> order never arrived and I have another taking forever to get here.
>> There is a 30 day free return, so if it doesn't work, I'll send it back.
>>
>>
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/193811397997?hash=item2d200f3d6d:g:PSAAAOSwl5Bf3UKG
>>
>>
>> Any advice for driver installation once it arrives would be welcome.
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
> Works for me:
> defined the PPA as shown in https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu
>
> n.b. Driver must be re-installed after any kernel upgrade
>
> HTH.
>

Not working. Arrived today, first tried PPA installation mentioned
above, nothing, uninstalled and then tried installing from the first
answer here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1170202/how-to-install-rtl8188eus-driver-on-ubuntu-18-04

inxi -Nn only shows my wired network card, no USB device

lsusb shows Bus 009 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Don't know if that's the device or not. Before I send back, any more
suggestions? Thanks in advance.

On 6/25/21 5:30 PM, W Pulaska wrote:
> On 6/22/21 7:37 PM, Henry Crun wrote:
>> On 22/06/2021 18:03, W Pulaska wrote:
>>> On 6/21/21 11:43 PM, Henry Crun wrote:
>>>> On 22/06/2021 4:37, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>>> On 6/21/21 2:10 PM, smith jon wrote:
>>>>>> On 21/06/2021 19:20, W Pulaska wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a couple of Netgear WNA3100's that I used with Win, but they
>>>>>>> don't seem to have proper drivers for Ubuntu. So, what similar USB
>>>>>>> adapter could I use to enable Wifi? Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are in a real pickle here. No hardware makers will waste time
>>>>>> making
>>>>>> things specifically for Linux systems. There is simply no money to be
>>>>>> made in Linux. Everybody in this world is using that thing called
>>>>>> "Windows". Either you start using Windows (which has Linux built into
>>>>>> it!!) or simply be content with what you get for your beloved system.
>>>>>> Don't expect anybody to make anything for your system. Even
>>>>>> Chinese have
>>>>>> stopped wasting time making things for Linux. So you can see how
>>>>>> uneconomical it must be to make anything for Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seen on ebay:
>>>>   https://www.ebay.com/itm/154287331271?hash=item23ec3dd7c7:g:pCAAAOSwvMBeDbGT
>>>>
>>>> and several equivalents -- I don't recall which I chose, about a
>>>> year ago.
>>>> Assuming a 50% success/failure rate I ordered two items. Took a
>>>> while to arrive,
>>>> found a Linux driver online (google rtl8188) and both work on Ubuntu
>>>> 20.04
>>>> *Not* extremely sensitive, but good enough for home/local networking
>>>> (outside on the porch...)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for this info, one of the things I was looking for here.  I
>>> took a chance and ordered one from a US seller since my last Chinese
>>> order never arrived and I have another taking forever to get here.
>>> There is a 30 day free return, so if it doesn't work, I'll send it back.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/193811397997?hash=item2d200f3d6d:g:PSAAAOSwl5Bf3UKG
>>>
>>>
>>> Any advice for driver installation once it arrives would be welcome.
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>> Works for me:
>> defined the PPA as shown in https://github.com/kelebek333/rtl8188fu
>>
>> n.b. Driver must be re-installed after any kernel upgrade
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>
> Not working.  Arrived today, first tried PPA installation mentioned
> above, nothing, uninstalled and then tried  installing from the first
> answer here:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1170202/how-to-install-rtl8188eus-driver-on-ubuntu-18-04
>
>
> inxi -Nn only shows my wired network card, no USB device
>
> lsusb shows Bus 009 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
>
> Don't know if that's the device or not.  Before I send back, any more
> suggestions?  Thanks in advance.
>

Ok, the included CD actually has Ubuntu drivers: rtl8821au. So, the
instructions above are installing a different driver. How would I
install this one?

On 6/25/21 4:42 PM, W Pulaska wrote:
> Ok, the included CD actually has Ubuntu drivers: rtl8821au.  So, the
> instructions above are installing a different driver.  How would I
> install this one?
>
All your questions are answered here.

https://github.com/morrownr/8821au

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W Pulaska wrote:
> inxi -Nn only shows my wired network card, no USB device
>
> lsusb shows Bus 009 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

0bda:b812 is RTL8812BU

Seems like inxi ought to see it even if you don't have the driver yet.
Try remove and replug or different USB if there is one.

There are several places that fastoe talks about that driver, here's github

https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU

Here's his site:

https://www.fastoe.com/blog/install-rtl8812bu-usb-wifi-dongle-on-linux

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On 26/06/2021 0:54, Mike Easter wrote:
> W Pulaska wrote:
>> inxi -Nn only shows my wired network card, no USB device
>>
>> lsusb shows Bus 009 Device 002: ID 0bda:b812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
>
> 0bda:b812 is RTL8812BU
>
> Seems like inxi ought to see it even if you don't have the driver yet. Try remove and replug or different USB if there
> is one.
>
> There are several places that fastoe talks about that driver, here's github
>
> https://github.com/fastoe/RTL8812BU
>
> Here's his site:
>
> https://www.fastoe.com/blog/install-rtl8812bu-usb-wifi-dongle-on-linux
>

What worked for me was *rtl8188fu*

to check:
$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 049: ID 0bda:f179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. <-- relevant line
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
....
Then google "0bda:f179" or whatever ID you see, to find the chipset your adapter contains
In my case it was rtl8188fu (0bda would appear to point to "Realtek")

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On 6/22/21 10:48 AM, ray wrote:
> On 6/21/21 12:20 PM, W Pulaska wrote:
>> I have a couple of Netgear WNA3100's that I used with Win, but they
>> don't seem to have proper drivers for Ubuntu.  So, what similar USB
>> adapter could I use to enable Wifi?  Thanks!
>
> I know that after a recent upgrade to Debian Bullseye, I had to add
> non-free repository and install firmware package.
>
Details, please, and whether or not this works for Ubuntu. I may go
this route since the USB Wifi I'm currently trying I am unable to get to
work correctly.

W Pulaska <nsd@nda.net> writes:

> On 6/21/21 7:23 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>> W Pulaska wrote:
>>>             Card-2: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom
>>> BCM43231]
>>>             IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A
>> So, it doesn't have a driver, as opposed to a wrong or bad driver.
>> Sometimes during the boot process, if the system sees that there is
>> an ethernet which is operational, it won't try to do anything w/ the
>> wifi in terms of connecting, but I believe it still tries to assign
>> a driver even if it leaves that network function dormant.
>> There is an extremely long thread about that bcm43231 in the Ub
>> forums. A shorter thread is by a guy who was able to get his working
>> but then it stalled and he said the dongle was hot.
>>  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2264020
>> I don't know that I would worry about the diff between
>> bcmwlhigh6.inf vs the high5 one; that might just be a Win version
>> diff.  Netgear has different drivers for the numerous win v/s.
>>
>
> I know, I was reading that "painful" thread too before posting
> here. Well, I knew this would be a toughie, but I also knew I might
> have to quit asap too. I think I'm going to quit and uninstall the
> wrapper, etc and get everything back to where it was.
>
> Others have posted some USB dongles that are supposed to work. I
> might look into those. There are a bunch on eBay/ Amazon for as
> little as $10, but I don't know if I would trust them to work for
> long. There's so much counterfeiting that goes on these days and it
> makes it really hard to tell what's good versus not. $10-15 would be
> about my price range though.
>
> Someone else posted the ones you install into the desktop. A couple
> of used ones for around $12 but I used up all my PCIe slots so no go
> there.
>
> If all else fails, I don't have to do this. The purpose was more for
> a "luxury" than anything else so if I can't get it going, then I can
> leave it.
>
> Thanks for the help here, from you as well as the others responding.

I've used Odroid USB WiFi adapters on an Odroid SBC, and also on a
PC. Both were running Linux.

https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5a/

https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5b/

On 6/27/21 5:26 PM, Bud Frede wrote:
> W Pulaska <nsd@nda.net> writes:
>
>> On 6/21/21 7:23 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>>> W Pulaska wrote:
>>>>             Card-2: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom
>>>> BCM43231]
>>>>             IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A
>>> So, it doesn't have a driver, as opposed to a wrong or bad driver.
>>> Sometimes during the boot process, if the system sees that there is
>>> an ethernet which is operational, it won't try to do anything w/ the
>>> wifi in terms of connecting, but I believe it still tries to assign
>>> a driver even if it leaves that network function dormant.
>>> There is an extremely long thread about that bcm43231 in the Ub
>>> forums. A shorter thread is by a guy who was able to get his working
>>> but then it stalled and he said the dongle was hot.
>>>  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2264020
>>> I don't know that I would worry about the diff between
>>> bcmwlhigh6.inf vs the high5 one; that might just be a Win version
>>> diff.  Netgear has different drivers for the numerous win v/s.
>>>
>>
>> I know, I was reading that "painful" thread too before posting
>> here. Well, I knew this would be a toughie, but I also knew I might
>> have to quit asap too. I think I'm going to quit and uninstall the
>> wrapper, etc and get everything back to where it was.
>>
>> Others have posted some USB dongles that are supposed to work. I
>> might look into those. There are a bunch on eBay/ Amazon for as
>> little as $10, but I don't know if I would trust them to work for
>> long. There's so much counterfeiting that goes on these days and it
>> makes it really hard to tell what's good versus not. $10-15 would be
>> about my price range though.
>>
>> Someone else posted the ones you install into the desktop. A couple
>> of used ones for around $12 but I used up all my PCIe slots so no go
>> there.
>>
>> If all else fails, I don't have to do this. The purpose was more for
>> a "luxury" than anything else so if I can't get it going, then I can
>> leave it.
>>
>> Thanks for the help here, from you as well as the others responding.
>
> I've used Odroid USB WiFi adapters on an Odroid SBC, and also on a
> PC. Both were running Linux.
>
> https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5a/
>
> https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5b/
>

Looks good on the surface, but there are questions like whether or not
it is plug and play or does it have to be installed, will it work with
18.04? When I check out one of the US distributors, they are not an
easy, free return if it doesn't work out unfortunately.

W Pulaska wrote:
> there are questions like whether or not it is plug and play or does it
> have to be installed, will it work with 18.04?

The morrownr page is full of info and kept up-to-date

https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi
> There are many USB WiFi adapters that work without the need to
> install a driver in Linux. These adapters use drivers that are
> already in the kernel and are maintained in the kernel. The term
> in-kernel is used in this document when referring to drivers that are
> already in the kernel. With adapters that use in-kernel drivers,
> simply plug the adapter in and it will work.

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On 6/28/21 10:38 AM, Mike Easter wrote:
> W Pulaska wrote:
>> there are questions like whether or not it is plug and play or does it
>> have to be installed, will it work with 18.04?
>
> The morrownr page is full of info and kept up-to-date
>
> https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi
>> There are many USB WiFi adapters that work without the need to
>> install a driver in Linux. These adapters use drivers that are
>> already in the kernel and are maintained in the kernel. The term
>> in-kernel is used in this document when referring to drivers that are
>> already in the kernel. With adapters that use in-kernel drivers,
>> simply plug the adapter in and it will work.
>
>

Thanks, well running a check on the chipsets for those USB devices, that
site recommends: "Do not buy adapters based on this chipset. Better
options are available. You will likely be happier in the long run with
an adapter that uses the mt7610u chipset."

Guess that answers the questions.

W Pulaska <nsd@nda.net> writes:

> On 6/27/21 5:26 PM, Bud Frede wrote:
>> W Pulaska <nsd@nda.net> writes:
>>
>>> On 6/21/21 7:23 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>>>> W Pulaska wrote:
>>>>>             Card-2: NetGear WNA3100(v1) Wireless-N 300 [Broadcom
>>>>> BCM43231]
>>>>>             IF: null-if-id state: N/A mac: N/A
>>>> So, it doesn't have a driver, as opposed to a wrong or bad driver.
>>>> Sometimes during the boot process, if the system sees that there is
>>>> an ethernet which is operational, it won't try to do anything w/ the
>>>> wifi in terms of connecting, but I believe it still tries to assign
>>>> a driver even if it leaves that network function dormant.
>>>> There is an extremely long thread about that bcm43231 in the Ub
>>>> forums. A shorter thread is by a guy who was able to get his working
>>>> but then it stalled and he said the dongle was hot.
>>>>  https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2264020
>>>> I don't know that I would worry about the diff between
>>>> bcmwlhigh6.inf vs the high5 one; that might just be a Win version
>>>> diff.  Netgear has different drivers for the numerous win v/s.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know, I was reading that "painful" thread too before posting
>>> here. Well, I knew this would be a toughie, but I also knew I might
>>> have to quit asap too. I think I'm going to quit and uninstall the
>>> wrapper, etc and get everything back to where it was.
>>>
>>> Others have posted some USB dongles that are supposed to work. I
>>> might look into those. There are a bunch on eBay/ Amazon for as
>>> little as $10, but I don't know if I would trust them to work for
>>> long. There's so much counterfeiting that goes on these days and it
>>> makes it really hard to tell what's good versus not. $10-15 would be
>>> about my price range though.
>>>
>>> Someone else posted the ones you install into the desktop. A couple
>>> of used ones for around $12 but I used up all my PCIe slots so no go
>>> there.
>>>
>>> If all else fails, I don't have to do this. The purpose was more for
>>> a "luxury" than anything else so if I can't get it going, then I can
>>> leave it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help here, from you as well as the others responding.
>> I've used Odroid USB WiFi adapters on an Odroid SBC, and also on a
>> PC. Both were running Linux.
>> https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5a/
>> https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/wifi-module-5b/
>>
>
>
> Looks good on the surface, but there are questions like whether or not
> it is plug and play or does it have to be installed, will it work with
> 18.04? When I check out one of the US distributors, they are not an
> easy, free return if it doesn't work out unfortunately.

It was just plug and play. I no longer have an 18.04 box to verify that
on though. It does work just fine with 20.04...

W Pulaska wrote:
> Mike Easter wrote:
>> W Pulaska wrote:
>>> there are questions like whether or not it is plug and play or does
>>> it have to be installed, will it work with 18.04?
>>
>> The morrownr page is full of info and kept up-to-date
>>
>> https://github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi
>>> There are many USB WiFi adapters that work without the need to
>>> install a driver in Linux. These adapters use drivers that are
>>> already in the kernel and are maintained in the kernel. The term
>>> in-kernel is used in this document when referring to drivers that are
>>> already in the kernel. With adapters that use in-kernel drivers,
>>> simply plug the adapter in and it will work.
>
> Thanks, well running a check on the chipsets for those USB devices, that
> site recommends: "Do not buy adapters based on this chipset. Better
> options are available. You will likely be happier in the long run with
> an adapter that uses the mt7610u chipset."
>
> Guess that answers the questions.

Yes, except that I have been maintaining that your chipset is RTL8812BU
which he talks about similarly in the section below the one you cited.

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