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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Hardware => Topic started by: Neil Waldhauer on October 01, 2024, 05:44:19 pm

Title: Is this WiFi supported?
Post by: Neil Waldhauer on October 01, 2024, 05:44:19 pm
I have a USB Wifi dongle.

ID 0bda:c820 Realtek Semiconductor Corp.  (lsusb output attached)

(https://tecdale.com/cdn/shop/files/Tecdale_banner_wifi_adapter_2_rmmoxr_1500x.jpg)

How can I tell if it has a driver under ArcaOS?
Title: Re: Is this WiFi supported?
Post by: Roderick Klein on October 01, 2024, 09:21:06 pm
In 2 words, sadly game over. (well 3). Currently no USB wifi dongles are supported.

Roderick
Title: Re: Is this WiFi supported?
Post by: Roderick Klein on October 01, 2024, 09:33:28 pm
I have been looking around on Google to find a USB to serial adapter. Then with a high speed serial port.
http://www.tronicore.com/en/serial-wifi-adapter
This gets SOMEWHAT closer. But is also FAR from ideal. The baudrate is to low and you would need a serial to USB converter.
Now if I could find an all in one USB device, that would be handy.
Roderick
Title: Re: Is this WiFi supported?
Post by: Olafur Gunnlaugsson on October 05, 2024, 01:57:57 pm
I have been looking around on Google to find a USB to serial adapter. Then with a high speed serial port.
http://www.tronicore.com/en/serial-wifi-adapter
This gets SOMEWHAT closer. But is also FAR from ideal. The baudrate is to low and you would need a serial to USB converter.
Now if I could find an all in one USB device, that would be handy.
Roderick
If you have a Ethernet port you can use a multimedia adapter, intended for HDR boxes and so on, most of them are N600 Dual Band, so not AX5400 speeds but quite usable, there are a few faster ones but more difficult to get hold of.