On 09/02/2016 06:27 AM, Marlon Ng wrote:
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com
<mailto:lpro...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On 2 September 2016 at 14:11, Marlon Ng <guik...@gmail.com
<mailto:guik...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I understand what you're saying, but based on my experience, I
have to
> disagree with you that the purpose of USB tethering is for the
PC to use the
> phone's mobile data connection. I very seldom use mobile data
connection as
> that would be expensive. I assure you that I always use the
phone's wifi so
> my desktop can connect to the internet.
I honestly see no point in having a $300-$600 self-powered wifi
adaptor which requires an app and manual setup when they are so cheap.
https://www.google.com/search?output=search&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi+dongle&oq=usb+wifi+dongle&gs_l=products-cc.3..0l5.675.675.0.1000.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0....0...1ac.2.64.products-cc..0.1.73.sQFpBRti1RI#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,cat:290,pdtr0:734889%7C734890,pdtr1:709607%7C709608,price:1,ppr_max:15&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi
<https://www.google.com/search?output=search&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi+dongle&oq=usb+wifi+dongle&gs_l=products-cc.3..0l5.675.675.0.1000.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0....0...1ac.2.64.products-cc..0.1.73.sQFpBRti1RI#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,cat:290,pdtr0:734889%7C734890,pdtr1:709607%7C709608,price:1,ppr_max:15&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but most wifi adapters don't work in linux,
right? Or at least where I'm from, it's very rare if at all that I
see wifi adapters that work in linux, and I HAVE been looking around.
I'm also hesitant to order online. Also, you might say I can use
ndiswrapper, but ndiswrapper can be very unstable sometimes.
In my test-bed, I have been using wireless adapters for years,
successfully, as well as the wireless cards in my various laptops.
Only one of my machines is directly connected to the DSL/wireless router.
You can tell if a wireless dongle works 'out of the box', if after
signing into your OS, and right-clicking on the wireless icon in the
task-bar, you see wireless networks available.
You need to configure them manually - the push-button config doesn't (to
my knowledge) work.
On the laptops that the wireless didn't work out-of-the-box, installing
the firmware-b43-installer package (or in some cases, the
firmware-b43legacy-installer package), was all that I needed to get
wireless working (after a reboot).
I also use a few wireless cards in desktop computers.
The following USB wireless dongles work for me out-of-the-box:
Netgear G54 wireless USB adapter: WG111
Netgear N150 wireless USB adapter: WNA1100
Linksys wireless G USB adapter: WUSB54GC
There's three other wireless adapters I use successfully out-of-the box,
but I don't have the box handy to write down the model number.
My impression is that most wireless adapters work on Linux, but you
might have to first install the b43 packages mentioned above before
using them.
Beware of the 'latest-and-greatest' wireless adapters. It often takes
awhile before new hardware is supported on Linux.
--
Sincerely,
Aere
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