A list of 100Mbps+ AC Dual Band Wifi adapters

[vishvas]

Hi!

I've been regretting buying EDUP EP-AC1617, since it isn't recognized. So I am considering getting myself another easy "working" alternative. Could someone suggest good 100Mbps+ AC Dual Band Wifi adapters that I can buy? I shouldn't have to recompile the driver with every kernel update etc..

PS: The manufacturer driver page is here http://www.szedup.com/support/driver-do ... 17-driver/ - if there is a simple way (preferably persistent across distribution ugrades) I could just use the windows driver, please point me to the steps.

(PS: https://community.linuxmint.com/hardware/search is badly out of date and not narrow enough.)

[AZgl1800]

This link points to an A/C wall powered WiFi adapter with good marks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VE ... 8b651547b9


This link alludes to pointing us to the "top ten", at least in their estimation.

http://www.wirelesshack.org/top-linux-c ... pters.html

This guy has a list, I have the Panda PAU06 and it seems to work pretty good, although he doesn't give a good rating.
https://willhaley.com/blog/linux-usb-wifi/

Best Buy has a list too, surprised me to see a retailer having a list.
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/wirel ... -for-linux

I picked up these link with this shopping list:
https://www.google.com/search?newwindow ... XYg0u7f5h8

[JeremyB]

If the EDUP is a USB device, plug it in and post results from terminal for lsusb

[vishvas]

If the EDUP is a USB device, plug it in and post results from terminal for lsusb

$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0e8d:761b MediaTek Inc.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52e Logitech, Inc. MK260 Wireless Combo Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 058f:9410 Alcor Micro Corp. Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[JeremyB]

I made a modification to an existing github source code to add the device based on info found online, to try

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sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/mt7610u.git
make
sudo make installfw
sudo cp mt7610u.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo depmod -a

Reboot

[vishvas]

I made a modification to an existing github source code to add the device based on info found online, to try

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sudo apt-get install build-essential git dkms
git clone https://github.com/jeremyb31/mt7610u.git
make
sudo make installfw
sudo cp mt7610u.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless
sudo depmod -a

Reboot

Done. All command executed successfully. I don't see any wireless device when I try the Network Connections dialog..

[JeremyB]

See the wireless script link in my signature and do the following rather than pasting it here

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cat wireless-info.txt | nc termbin.com 9999

Post URL

[vishvas]

See the wireless script link in my signature and do the following rather than pasting it here

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cat wireless-info.txt | nc termbin.com 9999

Post URL

http://termbin.com/r2gg has the results.
Also, other detailed info I generated yesterday - https://gist.github.com/anonymous/fe452 ... 3010b9bc45

[JeremyB]

Lets see what

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dmesg | grep mt7610u | nc termbin.com 9999

Shows

[vishvas]

Lets see what

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dmesg | grep mt7610u | nc termbin.com 9999

Shows

Empty output.. (Checked dmesg | grep mt7610u as well)

[JeremyB]

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modinfo mt7610u

See if something else went wrong

[vishvas]

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modinfo mt7610u

See if something else went wrong

http://termbin.com/sfr0 - seems to be fine..

[JeremyB]

I would start searching for compatible devices. There are not many AC Dual Band USB devices that are just plug and play. There are plenty of PCI adapters

[vishvas]

I would start searching for compatible devices. There are not many AC Dual Band USB devices that are just plug and play. There are plenty of PCI adapters

Ok, thanks for trying!

Is there a list of mint-linux-ready AC Dual Band PCI adapters?

[JeremyB]

If there was a list, there would be plenty of Intel devices on it

[vishvas]

If there was a list, there would be plenty of Intel devices on it

Upon seeing http://www.szedup.com/product-item/802- ... /#tab-id-2 , I deduced that we should have used https://github.com/ulli-kroll/mt7612u instead of mt7610. I tried to follow the instructions in the repo README. But, the last step fails:

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$ sudo insmod mt7612u.ko
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module mt7612u.ko: Unknown symbol in module

[vishvas]

Edit note: Fixed wrong URL in the prior post.

[JeremyB]

Your wifi is a PCI? The link took me to a page about a PCI card

[vishvas]

no - it's USB - I fixed the url - please see http://www.szedup.com/product-item/802- ... /#tab-id-2

[JeremyB]

It builds perfect in the 4.4 kernel, you might want to install one in Update Manager/View/linux kernels. Then use Grub menu/Advanced options to boot into 4.4 then enter the mt7612u directory, do

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make clean
make

See if your results are better