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The mission of this site is to provide reviews of USB WiFi adapters, links to specific adapters that are known to perform well with Linux ( see The Plug and Play List ), technical support and educational information.
Site maintained by: @morrownr
Site maintained by: @Lucid-Duck
For companies, organizations or individuals seeking an engineer to do professional contract work:
Contract work in Linux kernel driver development, reverse
engineering, binary analysis, and wireless security research.
Email: [email protected]
github: @Lucid-DuckNote: Please use Issues to post problems, ask questions and read news.
Note: The home directory above contains documents that are linked below but it also contains some out of date documents and some documents that are used for testing so I recommend that you limit your use to the documents that are linked below.
Note: Please start by reading the first menu item, USB WiFi adapter information for Linux.
1. USB WiFi adapter information for Linux
2. The Plug and Play List - :rocket: :rocket: :rocket: :rocket: :rocket: USB WiFi adapters that are supported with Linux in-kernel drivers
* Recommended Adapters for Kali Linux
* Recommended Bluetooth Adapters for Linux
3. USB WiFi Chipset information for Linux
4. USB WiFi adapters and Realtek out-of-kernel drivers
6. Official Linux Wireless documentation
* wireless-next repo
7. Firmware - How to install or update firmware for Mediatek and RTW88 based USB WiFi adapters
8. AP Mode - How to build a bridged wireless access point
* Example WiFi 4 hostapd.conf for mt76 and rtw88 chipset based adapters and cards
* Example WiFi 6 hostapd.conf for mt7921 and mt7922 chipset based adapters and cards
* Example WiFi 7 hostapd.conf for mt7925 chipset based adapters and cards
* Update hostapd to the latest git
9. Monitor Mode - Help with starting and using monitor mode
* Using a USB Adapter in VirtualBox
10. How to install multiple gcc compiler versions
11. Compiling the Linux Mainline Kernel
12. Frequently Asked Questions
* USB Ports can be a source of problems with USB WiFi adapters
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Please report broken links or inaccurate information in any of the documents.
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Note: While this site is maintained by Linux users for Linux users, Windows users are welcome also. No, we don't intend to add support for
USB WiFi adapter use on Windows but the list of adapters shown in menu item 2 contains information and links to a lot of good quality
adapters that also work well in Windows...this will prove beneficial to you Windows users when you try Linux...and we know you will.
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Any information and links you can provide are welcome. Submit the information and links by clicking on Issues.
Regards,
@morrownr
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