My illustrious List Members and our Problem Solvers, Debian.org, This issue arose because of my need to bypass the non-accessible WiFi network through the native card on my HP laptop. The network strength is raed by network manager applet, but data can't be exchanged.
Could you please suggest me an USB WiFi dongle that is recommended by Debian and available in India? https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#USB_Devices and https://wiki.debian.org/DeviceDatabase/USB Problem with Amazon is that the chipsets are not available with the product. How could I find a product that would have the listed chipset? I ordered these two products without any possibility for comparison with the said Debian Pages: (1) TP-Link USB WiFi Adapter for PC(TL-WN725N), N150 Wireless Network Adapter for Desktop - Nano Size WiFi Dongle Compatible with Windows 10/7/8/8.1/XP/ Mac OS 10.9-10.15 Linux Kernel 2.6.18-4.4.3 This one identifies itself on the USB port as: 0bda:8179 The full lsusb output: Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0bda:8179 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8188EUS 802.11n Wireless Network Adapter (2) D-Link DWA-131 Wireless N Nano USB Adapter (Black) This one doesn't even register itself properly using lsusb. Says: Bus 001 Device 012: ID 2001:3319 D-Link Corp. This one was supposed to have been compatible by the seller (Amazon.in could with be searched with "B008IFXQFU" for the Product Id.) So could anyone inform me about a product based on his personal experience please? I find from the Debian page that the safest chipsets are as follows: carl9170 Atheros Communications AR9170 chipset prism2_usb Intersil Prism 2/2.5/3 chipsets rndis_wlan Broadcom BCM4320 chipset rt2500usb Ralink RT2500USB/RT2571 chipset rtl8187 Realtek chipsets (RTL8187, RTL8187B) Regards, Rajib
