USB-powered Ethernet to Wireless adapter
Hi all, I want to reanimate an old HP netbook (my other laptop died) but the wireless does not seem to work. (I will try again tonight after FreeBSD upgrade from 10 to 11, but I failed with 10 a while ago. Some firmware issue I could not figure out. In theory it should work but..It seems to be tricky with Linux too, according to some forum questions I found on the Web) Anyway, the Ethernet is working but it does not help me when travelling. Usually I am using my phone as a hotspot so I need a USB-powered Ethernet to Wireless adapter. (I do not want straight USB to Wireless because then I have the problem of supported/unsupported etc. again). Browsing yesterday I found a few devices (e.g. TL-WR802N, http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-9_TL-WR802N.html) Do you use this or other devices and can recommend it? Local availability would be a bonus, so I can just walk into a shop, e.g. JayCar, and pick it up today. Thanks Peter
On 15/11/16 09:33, Peter Ross via luv-main wrote:
Browsing yesterday I found a few devices (e.g. TL-WR802N, http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-9_TL-WR802N.html)
I've used the TL-WR702N (the previous model) for a couple of different people as access points a year ago, and haven't had to touch them since the initial setup. Glenn -- pgp: 833A 67F6 1966 EF5F 7AF1 DFF6 75B7 5621 6D65 6D65
I've used Netgear WNCE2001 in the past, but they seem to fail after time. I've used the TP-Link unit as well (not sure of the exact model). Cheers A.
On 15/11/16 09:33, Peter Ross via luv-main wrote:
Hi all,
I want to reanimate an old HP netbook (my other laptop died) but the wireless does not seem to work.
(I will try again tonight after FreeBSD upgrade from 10 to 11, but I failed with 10 a while ago. Some firmware issue I could not figure out. In theory it should work but..It seems to be tricky with Linux too, according to some forum questions I found on the Web)
Anyway, the Ethernet is working but it does not help me when travelling. Usually I am using my phone as a hotspot so I need a USB-powered Ethernet to Wireless adapter.
(I do not want straight USB to Wireless because then I have the problem of supported/unsupported etc. again).
Surelly most usb sticks have been around long enough by now. I just stuck a D-Link DWA-132 into this box and ran lsmod. It brought up rtlwifi and rtlusb, which are pretty generic for RTL stuff. And it cost me about $!0 a year or two back. This was on a Fedora install, but I have also used the stick on a Pi, so Debian should be a goer as well.
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