ps. In some of my research/youtube, HP (others??) might have a blacklist, preventing other 3rd party wifi chipsets to run. Some of the information appears to be a few years old. Is this still a potential issue?
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 9:07 AM Roger Heflin <rogerhef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Years ago the only ones I found with drivers in linux were N300 (even > slot at the time) usb devices. > > You would have to check the state of usb wireless now and guess if > they are reliable or not. > > Overall replacing the card takes 10-15 minutes. There is one screw, > the card in the slot and up to 2 tiny antenna connectors, at most if > your laptop has only one antenna connected you would need to get a 2nd > antenna and put it someplace inside the laptop. > > I have done the usb wifi, and after having done it the card > replacement is MUCH faster and much more reliable and the Intel AX200 > cards are widely available for $20. > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 7:49 AM bruce <badoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Roger! > > > > It occurred to me that years ago, I had to experiment with getting > > centos+wireless to work on some Dell servers. Had to get a bunch of > > Usb wifi modules to work. I'm wondering if these modules would still > > work? > > > > thoughts? > > > > thanks > > > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 8:37 AM Roger Heflin <rogerhef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The usb wifi adaptors typically have worse driver and reliability > > > issues that the original crappy internal ones. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM bruce <badoug...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > hmmm.. I would have thought most parts would have been soldered.. on > > > > the mobo!!! > > > > > > > > I'll check with hp tech support. > > > > > > > > or at the least I could try a usb wifi adapter. or would that > > > > potentially conflict? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024, 10:04 PM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> On 2024-11-16 18:35, bruce wrote: > > > >> > Hi Roger. If I understand your reply. You're saying you purchased a > > > >> > wifi adapter and I guess got a USB wifi adapter?? Am I missing > > > >> > something? > > > >> > > > >> No, you open it up and replace the internal wifi module. Probably > > > >> pcie, > > > >> but you need to see what kind of socket it is. > > > >> > > > >> > I'm looking at the HP 17t-cn300 17.3" 370$ > > > >> > > > >> The specs say "Realtek Wi-Fi 6 (2x2) and Bluetooth® 5.3 wireless card". > > > >> Maybe you can ask them for more specific chipset info if you're > > > >> concerned. > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > >> Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > >> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > >> List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > >> List Archives: > > > >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > >> Do not reply to spam, report it: > > > >> https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > List Archives: > > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > > > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > List Archives: > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Do not reply to spam, report it: > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
