Good explanation, thanks! I had some wifi driver issue in the past, but now I understand why 😉

My ASUS WIFI wireless card started to give me connection problems with the newer kernels. I ordered the TP-LINK TL-WN722N card you suggested on Monday from and received it on Thurs. morning. Removed the older ASUS card & Plug & Play with TP-LINK & it started to work immediately with LinuxMint 19.3. No more connection problems. I am an Arch fan going several years & about two years went to LinuxMint which is no hassle & works great for my needs. Your advice saved me since I do a lot of online research work and writing. I am happy. :)

Good content. This is the kind of video that prevents headaches. Thanks!

Wow everything I look for in a how to you have a video for! Great work informing us of this stuff!! Keep up the great videos!

Great video! I had to learn this the hard way...

OH Thank you thank you thank you so much. For so long i have tried for this video and you have no idea how grateful i am. Yes this wifi issue has existed for years and noobs such as myself were unable to use their wifi chips. And massive props for the Broadcom issue mention.And yes i am the person who email you about the wifi lols. Again much appreciated will share the vid with my other friends who ran into these issues. Also would appreciate a tutorial for getting the wifi firmware / driver for a broadcom for unofficial support etc.

Wow! Super helpful video. Take care of yourself, big guy. The Community needs you!

Great videos with loads of clear info for total noobs like me! Thanks for the concise info.

Ohhh snap that's why... I recently installed Linux on pc got rid of windows and my USB WiFi wasn't working at all but went online and managed to install the proper drivers and everything works great now But I never knew this was a real issue with linux just thought it was mine USB that wasn't well supported but great to know. Keep up the vids Chris!

@odiverso4407

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, what's your wifi adaptor model?

Thanks for the explanation and recommendations. I've never experienced issues with USB wifi but I have seen issues with different printer manufacturers. It used to be I could only get Lexmark working with Linux but now that whole scene is better. I'm sure wifi will be the same soon

@robertfletcher3421

5 жыл бұрын

I think there have been improvements with printers. I have an Epson on WiFi don't do much printing. Mint 19 seemed to sniff it out and installed it. I never had to do a thing. That's what I like.

@teddraper1746

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertfletcher3421 I agree with you Robert, I was just making an example of how printers used to be. I'm sure wifi manufacturers will catch up soon

The only thing that's killing gnu/linux-libre

@starttherebellion9146

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zellonous - I have multiple devices, almost a dozen, ranging in ages from 5 years to 3 months, and *none* of them has ever had *any* wifi issue at all. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - How exactly is wifi "a bitch on *any* system"?

@rickytorres9089

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zellonous That's really goes for laptops however for PCs you can probably search for a card that's rated for good Linux support and go from there.

@fuseteam

5 жыл бұрын

this explains why the wifi doesn't work with my minipc hmmmm

The TL-WN822N has been running on all distributions for several years. In addition, the signal is without momentary interruption, as on D-LINK's CWA-160CA.

Wow i was surprised when you mentioned the TL-WN722N. I have this one and it isn't the best one but it works good on my Linux Mint 18.3 64-bit system, except there's still an issue, sometimes the internet stops working even though i'm connected to network/router, it just doesn't load anything from the internet or the network anymore, i have to unplug and plug it again on the usb port in order to make it work again.

The prices for your first two picks have gotten out of hand. Whatever the market will bear i guess. Thanks for the much needed video.A sub from me!

Checking hardware compatibility THEN make a choice for your laptop/pc build it was always a headache with Linux. Nice vid, i’ve got almost all of them.. 😂

Only ever had a REAL "non-working wifi" issue with a customer's laptop once. I just gave them a tiny usb adapter (TP-Link I think it was), and they were and still is happy with it. Other than that, the only thing that I've encountered not working out of the box, are Broadcom wireless adapters ...which work once the drivers in the repos are installed. Thanks for the info though. Never thought of updating to or compiling a newer kernel. Will file that info away in my head for if/when needed. :)

Very informative!

It was great hanging out with you last night on Twitch Chris. I still haven't tried that USB passthrough yet because I just got home from work LOL. This is one of the reasons I love Ubuntu, is because they have the ability to install proprietary drivers from the ppa repositories and usually can do so with a press of a button in the "software and updates" section of you operating system. So even if a driver is not available in the Kernel it is usually pretty easy to find a driver that will work (I ran into this in a macbook that I had converted to Linux for a friend). I also had to do this for a USB to SATA bridge as well. Even if it a driver isn't included in the kernel then I would still check with the manufacturer to see if there is a driver (if you get it from the manufacture there is a high probability that you will have to build from source, however some manufactures provide you with specific instructions on how to do this).

@ChrisTitusTech

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining us. I've been thinkering more with passing USB through wine. Still no dice. Only a matter of time though.

@mrmasterofdiabloplay

5 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisTitusTech I'll have to join in again sometime, If I figure it out I'll let you know. There has to be a way because you can use controllers in proton. maybe I'll try running a copy of proton to see how proton does it so we can do in vanilla wine. just an idea.

I've had some experience with an ASUS 802.11ac PCE-AC56 wireless card that needed a Broadcom driver. There are workarounds using terminal commands to install the driver for this particular card, no need to upgrade the Kernel and pray. However, I needed to plug in my good old TP-Link wireless adapter first to get the Broadcom driver installed from the terminal. After doing that I now have 5G and it's been working great.

i just check that my laptop is officially supported or that it uses intel based wifi adapter. I recently bought a new dell G3 after checking ubuntu support it.

Currently running into an issue with my EdimaxA600 "realtek" USB wifi adapter. in Ubuntu 19.04 (Apparently Ubuntu other version have had this but I'm running 19.04) has a problem with some autobuild DKMS modules So I have to reinstall the wifi's *.deb for DKMS to build the drivers agian! it's a total pain!

Thank you, Chris. I have never had any Wifi or ethernet problems with any distro since 2007.

@javabeanz8549

5 жыл бұрын

hmm, I found issues when going from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 or newer with some USB WiFi dongles, while internal Intel cards in laptops have just worked

@AnzanHoshinRoshi

5 жыл бұрын

@@javabeanz8549 , granted I've rarely used a dongle and that was on a System76 Sable I was too cheap to pay for a Wifi card because I had ethernet but then found I needed Wifi for a LAN. But Ubuntu was terrible during those years so I used Gentoo, Debian, or Mint.

@lavishjaat

4 жыл бұрын

@@AnzanHoshinRoshi How much time did it take to compile the kernel in Gentoo?

I have an Alpha ACH... as per your video. It used to work exceptionally well on Mint. Now as I return to Linux I find it won't work on either Mint, or Manjaro. I have spent hours trying to get the OS to even see that it is there :( I will say it is a superb device, very fast, on windows. So I came here looking for an alternative LOL. As always great video. Cheers

Chris, What I want to know is if any of these cards have open-source Linux drivers. That's the only way that any wifi-adapter will work in Secure Boot Mode. If only proprietary drivers are available, you'll have to manually self-sign the dkms-compiled driver with *every* kernel-update before it will load. The only alternative to this would be to disable SBM, which is not recommended, obviously for security reasons.

Is it compatible with all Linux. I mean I have Parrot Os dual booted in my hp laptop and the inbuilt wifi card is RTL8723DE and I have tried so many times to install the wifi driver from GitHub but it always throws some kind of error in the terminal. What to do for Parrot Os? Plz Help✌️

:) THANKS MUCH! I ran into the EXACT Problem with new HP Laptop Aero - NO WIFI for Linux :( Have had to use external dongle for wifi :( it is hard to get the right Dongle... ALL the BEST and Cheers! WELL DONE!

I've bought the 2nd wireless adapter that you recommended (the tp link tl-wn722n -v.3) and although it works in wifi in Ubuntu it doesn't work in monitor mode -even when I successfully upgraded to the latest LTS kernel. The only success I've had is to run a live DVD of Kali linux where I successfully got it to work in monitor mode in Kali's failsafe mode boot. Do you have any ideas?

If all else fails, I just pull out the wifi adapter that came with my raspberry pi. Hasn't failed me yet!

Agreed the PAU05 can't let you down unless your gaming. Otherwise your better off going for a card solution for a good performance to price ratio. However I personally went with the Ethernet Over Power instead. For $70/pair+cables it's not too shaddy for a TRUE plug and play hook up. So that's great say for your main PC if you don't wanna bother with a card until say your next build.

I have the Alfa. I was going to use it as an Access Point from a Linux server. I did the drivers working on ProxMox, but I need to learn how the AP software works so I didn't finish setting it up.

WiFi, the never ending story...My Acer Laptop came with a Broadcom BCM43xx. I changed it after weeks of update issues with Antergos to a Realtek RTL8168. After changing the Distro I had to blacklist the openSUSE (Thumbleweed with KDE) driver and have to build the Realtek driver after any Kernel upgrade. Since Kernel 5.0 all issues are gone. The next one is an Intel card.

whats the best realtek wifi and bluetooth combo on linux? preferably one that does not need drivers

Recently moved a shared home laptop (Dell, originally shipped w. Vista) to Xubuntu. WiFi didn't work so I plugged in an old Edimax USB Wireless adapter for the week and a half it took me to locate the linux drivers for the WiFi card on the web. Initially figured the age of the machine would have had the drivers available in the kernel, so it's not only on new devices that this issue happens.

I've been trying to get a TP-link to work, it might just be dead (I'll try on other system). My laptop has built in-wife, but the antennae are broken/removed. Should I disable the onboard modem first? I'll also upgrade the kernal.

im a old school linux user i remember the bad days of linux... i still come across a few devices "hardware" that are considered legacy HW (my ati theater 200 "TV-AM/FM" tuner card" this legacy HW never got a 64bit driver for windows, and Linux kernel never supported this device ... i cant get the 32bit driver to work and any Windows past "Windows-xp/vista" so in the linux community we make Windows driver emulators ... for your topic of WIFI cards ,, i still have afew old laptops / USBwifi cars that still are not supported by linux kernel "broadcom -bcmwl5" the driver emulator converts windows drivers to linux ... wiki.debian.org/NdisWrapper

I haven't found any good USB fingerprint scanners. Are there any supported other than ancient or built in laptop ones?

Hi, the laptop that I am installing Linux in it, is a Toshiba satellite 2410 (already 19 year old). Of course, the USB ports on this laptop are USB V1.1. I am wondering if the PANDA PAU05 wireless USB adaptor would work with such an old USB port. Your advice is welcome. I'm just learning as you can see. Thank you. Jean

Hi, I want to buy an alfa adapter. Is AWUS036ACH the best or the best AWUS1900? I want the strongest in network capture and the strongest hacker in the Linux kernel Or you advise me in another kind

Hi, my issue with Linux and WiFi is more about how it is implemented I decided to make the leap from Windows to Linux - total noob in this regard. Tried the top 5 distros on Distro Watch and end up with the same result with all of them. When I ran the Live version of each distro, WiFi was id'd and connected perfectly - when I do the permanent install from the same image - no WiFi id, no connection. This happened on every distro I tried - just gave up and staying with Windows for now Why can't the Live session WiFi behaviour not be copied into the permanent install ?

Very usefull i have a NetDyn 1200 and is a rocket, but i have to compile the driver every damn time when i change kernel version.

I have this HP thats pretty old now but I still like using it because it runs Linux great, and it has hardware kill switches for all of the radios. I've noticed that the trackpad a lot of the times will work to move the cursor/pointer but as far as tapping the trackpad it doesn't pick that up. I am forced to use the physical buttons which very much annoys me because I really do not use a mouse in Linux unless I absolutely have to. What is the name of the package for the trackpad to respond to tapping instead of clicking the button? I could google this but why not participate right 👍

I need help I have a linx 12x64 tablet/keyboard , it's got a Atom processor but these broadcom WiFi chip, even Windows 10 have to install the WiFi driver, can't get any Linux distro to work as cannot get WiFi. Couldn't understand what was going on till looked a bit deeper into it and see that this is a big problem with atom and broadcom , even tried a respun one that's supposed to be for atom processors and even that didn't pick up the WiFi on this, so looks like have to stick with the windows 10 😟

I have Broadcom wireless card and it works fine on my core2duo. Some distros don't include the driver or they install other drivers or it conflicts with the kernel. I've had some issues most were with the wrong drivers being installed by the distros out of the box. I've since learned what works and what does not. Some distros I need three drivers and others it's only 2. I still wouldn't choose windows over Linux. Windows has just been garbage since it was created. It always gets released before it is stable and then they update and cause more trouble than they fix it has been like this for over 30 years. Penguin power for life.

I have a TP-Link TL-WN722N and it works like a charm. A bit on the large side but it's plug n' play. I also recently bought a Ourlink AC600 Nano USB adapter and it doesn't work at all and there's only instructions for getting drivers for it for Windows and Mac, nothing for Linux even though it says it'll work with Linux. Basically I wasted $13 bucks on it. On a similar note I use to see folks complain all the time about how their Broadcom cards weren't working and they'd ask advice on what to do. My very simple answer to them was to order a $5 intel card from EBay and install it and throw the Broadcom card in the trash, problem solved, LOL.

WiFi Nation adapters work nicely wit almost any Linux Distro. You can find them on Amazon.

Is there anyway to fix the Netgear A6100 Driver to work?

I've been lucky over the years, I just saw an update of 66 mb. ( linux-firmware (1.173.2) bionic) for such headaches as Broadcom. I remember years ago we installed the correct firmware by knowing the part number from the Windows install. Having a dual boot was a great advantage and most firmware was available but not on the Kernel because there was proprietary litigation you had to agree to. It would install over the internet just like it did on Windows. The companies were afraid of pirated hardware and thought they could control the pirates with limited software. Just like we copy software we can also copy hardware - buying the parts and soldering it together; A big fear for many companies. .... Oh how do I miss my PCI TV tuner!

Some WiFi issues are in the individual distributions. I have an Asus motherboard with built in Broadcom WiFi. Debian and Debian based distributions I have tested (Linux Mint, MX Linux, Zorin, Elementary and Ubuntu) all work well with it. Solus, however, completely freezes after login if I have a static IP set. Manjaro and Arch do not freeze, but I have to manually initiate the WiFi connection each time I log in if I am connecting to a hidden network using Network Manager. In Arch I stopped and disabled Network Manager and switched to Netctl, which works flawlessly. For some reason Netctl does not work with my WiFi in Manjaro - authentication fails. This is strange since Manjaro is an Arch based distribution.

Hello Chris, Panda Wireless stuff works great me on my Dell Optiplex. As you have said, plug and play. No issues for me. I do not recommend Linksys

I often encounter problems running the Atheros chipset on CentOs / Fedora systems. Tplink devices often have it and the manufacturer does not support linux.

Hmm will a Netgear A6210 adapter work with pop os out of the box? Thx

You mentioned the really world problem of end user. Could be make a video of solving the Wifi issues ? It would be highly appreciated.

will the TP-LINK TL-WN722N work in the arch linux liveusb?

I have a Panda dongle on mine now-- has been PERFECT for a long time-- just the last few days - my wifi comes and goes... maybe the dongle going bad?? i've been distro hopping with USB drive to see which I'd like to run in place of mine now-- maybe that's done something to it??? Any suggesions will be greatly appreciated. I'm working from home- 65, not able to go out much.. and NEED this to work. With my crappy county system--I need it to work... if it does- I'll get more than one in case..

HI Great video Best wifi chipsets that I found works linux mint and other distros I use both these (Ralink RT3070 chipset) or (Atheros AR9271 chipset) internal built in Broadcom Sucks or the following external Adaptors I use the following with good results plug in and go alfa awsu036h alfa awsu036nh alfa awsu036nha alfa awsu051nh version 2

I have mediatek wifi card. I had issues with it. Now it works fine.

What I do is find the chipset, card brand is little use because of chipset differences. Do a 'lspci' I get 'Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 03)" I have never had kernel support this as I think there are some proprietary issues. My kernel is 4.15. Find out what driver is needed, the Arch Wiki is great for this. The driver is either in the repository or download from the manufacturer and install. I am running Linux Mint 19, they make it easy, just install a proprietary driver. I can't remember which distros it is but some will load the driver on the live cd but will not install it during installation. Chris, I don't think you have to wait for support to come in the kernel.

I wrote below and forgot to tell you-- if I UNPLUG the panda unit and plug it back in- it picks it up just fine... is that indicaton of bad usb port maybe???

Unfortunately I found out that my wifi pci-e card supports only 1 antenna out of 3 in linux which performs so much worse when on Windows works perfectly (I have 1 gig connection and no Ethernet) so sad..

Top notch video! Team-Titus.FTW! :D

my laptop needs a solution Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4359] i went and downloaded firmware-b43-installer and wifi works but it disconnects and is very slow and also i want a video of in-built wifi cards

Which wifi router should I buy? So many are getting zombied by botnets, I don't know which ones are safe to buy.

l have a tplink wifi card that works in my intel with mint 19 but not in my amd with mint 19. l found the edup wifi have the best range and compatibility with windows and linux but l cant get the 150 mps they claim but 72mps seems to be max and they only stick out about 5mm so handy for laptops and they were under $5

I bought the Alfa AWUS036ACH for my Linux Ubuntu 18.04 laptop. I can't get it to work. It works on my Windows10 laptop no problem. I see it when I enter lsusb in the terminal but that's it. If I go to "software and updates" and look at drivers tab it says the realtek device isn't working... Try and find a solution on Google and i'm having no luck. It even came with an install CD but I have no clue how to install and configure a .tar file. I'm kinda new to Linux but have been using it daily for several months. My weakness is installing programs using the terminal. HELP!

@astus2175

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I used the Brostrend linux wifi adapter instead, they do work with Ubuntu including 20.04, 19.04, 180.4...they claimed to support most of Debian based Linux OS, I think you can take a look. PS. I bought it from amazon

Do the same goes for puppy Linux,??

The TPL-WN722N is working fine on my ubuntu 20 box

What about PCIe A/C desktop cards? I've purchased three in the last few months and, depending on the distro, it's a PITA to get them working as they are all Broadcom chips. I have yet to find one that wasn't Broadcom based.

@mindblast3901

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to say good luck with Broadcom really hit and miss

The video begins at 5:12

Just tried to switch my old Toshiba laptop to Linux yesterday and spent 4h trying to understand how to make my wifi dongle (Netgear A6100) to work (because the antenna of my internal wifi is broken). Can’t say that it was a pleasant experience for a first time (and it still don’t work yet)

Wish Ubuntu posted what chipsets are supported in a specific kernel. Then the consumer would have a starting point.

I confim. I use TP-Link WN-722N.

@XAUCADTrader

5 жыл бұрын

Atheros 9271 chipset. Good for hacking, definitely compatible with Linux. I try to use an RTL8812AU (AC - fast) and it's so problematic, I use my cheap 10 dollar Atheros 9271 to debug it but it's too slow (not capable of 5 GHz).

@Shaxlxsh

4 жыл бұрын

What about TP-Link Archer T2UH AC600... Pls help... Filed this model support MONITOR MORE AND PACKET INJECTION?

plz device to use sim card on linux

how to use my wifi/Bluetooth dongle in linux if you don't have Ethernet connection

I've done a Fresh install on Linux but for some reason the Wifi Drivers just wouldnt work and i have no Ethernet Port on my Laptop so I have to get a Wifi Adapter for my laptop to actually use linux, and the Adapter I'm looking at is a couple dollars cause im not wanting to go crazy im just wanting something that can do what I need which is give me Wifi so I can do what I need on Linux

The only issue with Wifi on Linux, is a bunch of manufacturers make thier drivers proprietary, so some hardware has drivers that are inaccessible, literally exclusive to Windows

Can TP link TL-WN722N use in kali linux 2019??and is there any way to use tp link tl-wn822n in kali linux 2019????

@lavishjaat

4 жыл бұрын

Try it yourself.

This was giving me a huge issue when I was trying to dual boot my desktop so I could force myself to learn Linux. None of the distros liked my PCIE wifi card.

@waynesweet8275

4 жыл бұрын

I have dual booted several linux distros on my Dell Latitude E6420 and ALL of them did not connect to wifi. BUT..... booting into Windows 10 first THEN restarting (DON"T shutdown) into either of my current distros (MX linux, Ubuntu) wifi is active and works immediately. Go figure??!!

@sycophantic0

3 жыл бұрын

@@waynesweet8275 ima try this

Can you install alfa on kali on android

When I buy wifi dongles I got to Thinkpenguin.com they are guaranteed and they show which distros they work with.

@rickytorres9089

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting I should probably give them a shot when I need to go out again.

TP Link is good for the 2,4 Ghz,but not for 5 Ghz. I bought a Panda PAU09 from Amazon ,i hope it will work,and i have an Asus dual band n53,and it is (kind of) working (uses the Broadcom driver).

@nychaze927

4 жыл бұрын

is this working good ?

On my PC and RasPi the WiFi works fine but the Problem was Bluetooth (when I connected any bt-Audio-device it was making a really bad and loud sound)

@xasmaniusvolk8416

5 жыл бұрын

Zellonous it is starting without me playing any Audio. I dont remember it that good cuz I switched off my bt-headphones immediately.

@xasmaniusvolk8416

5 жыл бұрын

Unless I see a distro where Bt works as good as in xp I wont use it on Linux

@xasmaniusvolk8416

5 жыл бұрын

Tho I'm not too sad about bt not being as good on Linux cuz I have 7 other OSes on my Drive so when something doesnt work I just switch OS.

@xasmaniusvolk8416

5 жыл бұрын

Zellonous had 12 good years with some weird rare Version of xp, had badluck with Linux (Ubuntu 10.12 I will never forget that you've killed my Laptop), I hate Windows 7 (I will never forget that the update in Windows 7 enterprise killed my PC s Mainboard and CPU) I hate Vista (killed one PC, killed 2 Laptops of a relative and the other obvious reasons everyone else hates it for) and of course I hate the Versions that include spytana (tho earlier builds had different spyware so it's no difference except that de-spying takes a minute longer for every update installed). tho I dont like pre-2006-xp

Well i have TP-LINK wifi dongle and it works fine!

@Freakazoid12345

5 жыл бұрын

Ha, that's what I use and I constantly have problems with it in Windows 10 but it seemed to work ok in Mint so far, even though when I tried to dual boot it over wrote my Mac/Windows 7/Windows 10. God damn you Linux.

@srdjan3057

5 жыл бұрын

@@Freakazoid12345 Windows 10 does not like it much, i agree on that, but on Linux it works without any problems,it can work for a whole day without having to reset the dongle or anything!

@prasadgandrothu460

4 жыл бұрын

It support packet injection & monitor mode

@Shaxlxsh

4 жыл бұрын

Does TP-Link Archer T2UH AC600 support MONITOR MODE AND PACKET INJECTION? PLS HELP

The best one is to tether from an android phone. No driver needed, easy to setup and basically plug & play

@PJBrunet

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it's rate limited and overpriced.

I use ralink 5370. There cheap and always works

I've found several Wifi adapters that support Wifi 6 and Linux kernel 5.1 and above. Things are looking up.

@astus2175

3 жыл бұрын

My BrosTrend Linux wifi adapter can even works with my Ubuntu 21.04 , supports kernel 5.11 now

Yeah so true, I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 (dual boot). Does not recognise my wifi/BT combo dongkey, whch windows does out. Of the box. Strangely however the BT works, had to use a wired connection to get online with Ubuntu

Tplink wn722n is very very bad - i can connect to wifi with it but it's raise many many issues - kern.log and syslog size growth very very quickly to about 35 giga for each - and then i delete them and after a while they came back

@Chris, sound drivers are also very very crappy on Linux. I am using tinyurl.com/y5lhc2uq bluetooth headphones and they sound very very crappy. I run Manjaro and update regularly. I have dual boot Mac, and these pair and work fantastic with Mac. Are Linux bluetooth to sound converters really that bad?

AC600 and AC1200 works on Linux , basically because use chipset rtl8821 or 8822 , just download drivers from Github , compile and install, most of the time is just run an script

@nivbom6455

3 жыл бұрын

does that also work with tails?

So now you should do one for BSDs even fewer works

Can you make a video on how monitor mode and package injection work in tp-link v3

@lavishjaat

4 жыл бұрын

sudo airmon-ng start

I only have a Netgear WNDA3100v2 and Edimax wifi adapters both of which don't work in Linux.... >_

Does this mean the windows driver model is far superior to Linux? To use a new driver you have to recompile the kernel?

@fuseteam

5 жыл бұрын

well if you don't want to recompile you can always update yer kernel

has anyone got slax to work with visible phones...I been getting pissed off at linux for 30 years.....everytime I load a new version.

I have just purchased a Ubit PCI-E Wireless WiFi card and yipeeeeeeeeeeeee, I can now install Debian 10. Debian found it instantly. I also have a Lenovo E570 ThinkPad and Debian again installed flawlessly. Lenovo is the ultimate Linux friendly company.

Three years later (October 2022), and the Panda no longer seems to work -- at least in Linux Mint.

Hi, the laptop that I am installing Linux in it, is a Toshiba

TP-LINK 722n USB v1(atheros) and v2 (Realtek 81xx ) working without firmware download in *buntu 18.04 and up, Arch,Suse,Fedora 28, . In Debian, Centos 7.6, Slackware 8 firmware download is required. UPDATE! If you have inserted it in 2.0+ USB port everything is ok. With USB 1.1 there many faults! read all my post! Minimum kernel 2.6.32. tested by myself ;) remember that 150mbit is whole max. Download is 75 and upload 75mbit max. That dongle have removable antenna ;) If have problems with firmware download, connect your Android phone by USB cable and enable USB tethering ;) that's work for me in many distros. I don't test it on iPhone. One more thing.. If you have old system, with only 1.1 (OHCI) USB 722n USB has issues (logs flood, dmesg errors flood, read/write 64 errors or can't connect fault) with kernel version higher than 3.20, proably that with normal pendrives too exist. This is bug with kernel OHCI and USB 2.0 sticks. On my old rig 4.xx and 5.xx kernel make journal/logs errors flood, high cpu usage etc. 3.20 working normal( firmware I tested from 0.64, 2016 and 2019 x2 versions). Few discussion can be found at devs BBS/mail list - search Google for details TP-LINK 722n v2 (Realtek 81xxx) works without problems on USB 1.1 OHCI.

I think is good to say that some distros dont distribute non free firmware. Or they put in a different package. packages.debian.org/source/stretch/firmware-nonfree Sometimes the Kernel module is there but the distro is too much free. xD I had problems with a friend with atheros module, non free firmware and uefi secureboot in Fedora. We finally disabled secureboot. Fedora forgot to sign the binary blob and the Kernel rejected to load that module downloaded from official repository.

I never had any issues with WiFi on Linux, guess I was lucky