Ron HulduNet - GM:
> On 2/19/19, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>> Ron HulduNet - GM:
>>> sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>>>> Last year when I looked for *any* Wi-Fi adapter that was easily
>>>> available and worked fine on Tails it happened to be much harder than I
>>>> expected. From the first approximately 10 I bought, none worked.
>>>
>>> Do you have any info on what brand, model and revision you tried?
>>
>> Yes! The ones that I have but don't work are listed on this page:
>>
>> https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/wi-fi_adapters/
>>
>> (You have to scroll a bit to see the table...)
>
> I see them.
> If I could know what Hardware Version they are, I can tell
> you what chipset they have.,
I could identify better each of them searching for their USB ID on
WikiDevi. I added links to their WikiDevi pages on the blueprint.
There you have information about the chipset.
>>>> Since then we were more lucky and we now have on the website a solid
>>>> list of adapters that work fine, are super small, and easily available
>>>> online.
>>>
>>> I've been looking on tails-boum-org for listing over cards known to be
>>> working, but I haven't found it. Can you link to it?
>>
>> Oops, sorry about that! I thought you got in touch with us after seeing
>> the list. It's here:
>
> No, I got in touch after being on this mailing-list a bit and seeing
> a few things I could assist with.
Ah, ok! :)
>> https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/networkmanager/#wi-fi-adapters
>
> I see the Edimax is listed with is its max network capability
> (N150/N300/N600/N750/N900)
> not by its model#.
I fixed that now.
> As mentioned before, wikidevi has a -lot- of good info on
> wireless adapters:
>
> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Edimax
>
> On Tails website, there's a "N150" listed. Could it possible be a
> EW-7811Un ?
Yes.
> If so, it uses Realtek RTL8188CUS and this chipset is also used
> by many other adapters.
> In Linux, the important part is to find/know what chipset is has, and
> then what driver it needs under Linux (and therefor Tails)
>
> If the "N150" adapter is the EW-7811Un, it is identical with:
>
> Edimax EW-7811GLn, EW-7811Un, EW-7811UWn, GWU-H811GLn
>
> Airlink101 AWLL5088
>
> Sitecom WL-365
>
> GETNET GN-521U
I like the trick of going from one adapter to another search for their
chipset. Thanks for the tip!
Unfortunately, I don't think that any of these brands are easy to find
in offline stores; which is what I would be really interested in :(
Someday we'll find one...
--
sajolida
