Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-05 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 23:20:26 -0400 Robert Moskowitz wrote: So is there a USB 11n dongle that IS supported and can be had for $20? Actually an external antenna is a plus as it will be on a server that at times will be a client and times an AP. Even if it works as a client, there is no way

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Tim
On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 23:59 -0400, bruce wrote: if i plug in a usb wifi.. and NM comes up, and I can access a network via the dongle.. then yeah, I'd argue that you can determine if the dongle is supported by linux fedora by plugging it in! Ordinarily, I'd agree with that. However, if USB

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/03/2014 11:38 PM, JD wrote: On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 04:43 AM, Tim wrote: On Sun, 2014-08-03 at 23:59 -0400, bruce wrote: if i plug in a usb wifi.. and NM comes up, and I can access a network via the dongle.. then yeah, I'd argue that you can determine if the dongle is supported by linux fedora by plugging it in! Ordinarily, I'd

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Patrick Oltmann
On Sunday 03 August 2014 23:20:26 Robert Moskowitz wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with the unopen items and found the Asus claiming Linux

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Jens Neu
On 08/04/2014 05:20 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with the unopen items and found the Asus claiming Linux support. So

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 07:32 AM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 05:20 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with the unopen items and

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Jens Neu
On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is something needed to install? I have one in unopened box in stock at home, will plug it

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Jens Neu
On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is something needed to install? just a quick thinking, you do have

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 11:09 AM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is something needed to install? just a quick

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 10:57 AM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is something needed to install? I have one in

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Tim
Tim: if USB dongles are anything like dial-up modems used to be (external or internal), the chipsets used in particular models were not consistent. e.g. Out of a specific model number modem, some of them could be Lucent chipsets, the rest something else. Robert Moskowitz: D-link use to be

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Tethys
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: So is there a USB 11n dongle that IS supported and can be had for $20? I use a TP-Link TL-WN725N v2. It works, but not out of the box. The in-kernel driver didn't work for me, although that could have been a bad

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 01:25 PM, Tethys wrote: On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: So is there a USB 11n dongle that IS supported and can be had for $20? I use a TP-Link TL-WN725N v2. It works, but not out of the box. The in-kernel driver didn't work for me,

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Tethys
On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Since the primary use of this dongle will be on a F21 test system, compiling driver might be a all too often process. And it is for an armv7 box at that! The raspberry pi people have a precompiled ARM driver for it,

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Jens Neu
On 08/04/2014 04:57 PM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is something needed to install? I have one in

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 02:25 PM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 04:57 PM, Jens Neu wrote: On 08/04/2014 04:49 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am pretty sure this is one that I found in the returned bin and tested and it was not working. So it is possible I was doing something wrong or there is

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/04/2014 02:08 PM, Tethys wrote: On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 6:37 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: Since the primary use of this dongle will be on a F21 test system, compiling driver might be a all too often process. And it is for an armv7 box at that! The raspberry pi

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my notebook, trying to see if any came up as supported. None did. I went to the section with the unopen items and found the Asus

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread bruce
umm.. if i plug in a usb wifi.. and NM comes up, and I can access a network via the dongle.. then yeah, I'd argue that you can determine if the dongle is supported by linux fedora by plugging it in! On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:38 PM, JD jd1...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM,

Re: Affordable 802.11n USB dongle that IS supported in Fedora

2014-08-03 Thread JD
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:59 PM, bruce badoug...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 11:38 PM, JD jd1...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Robert Moskowitz r...@htt-consult.com wrote: I spent 30 min going through all the 'clearance' open boxes at MicroCenter today with my