[GLLUG] Wireless USB Devices & Linux

Robar Philip philip.robar at gmail.com
Mon Jan 21 01:11:31 EST 2013


On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m thinking of getting one of those USB dongles that are wireless adapters. Are they difficult to configure to use with Linux? Do they just show up like PCMCIA and CardBus wireless cards do?

I guessing you’re asking about a cellular device, but If you’re referring to WiFi then they just work—assuming your distribution has the needed driver. Even an old D-Link Broadcom based one that kernels warm about having to upgrade its firmware to work with Linux works without me having to do anything special.


Phil



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