On 04/20/2016 08:28 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > We received a second-hand desktop PC (I know, right!?) that > we've set up for my older son to use. We recently moved it > far, far away from our home office, and I don't want to even > contemplate wiring up Ethernet across the house for it. > > It's a Small Form Factor (SFF) Dell Optiplex 745, and IIRC has one > low-profile PCI Express slot available right now. > (Specs for the thing are here, if you're curious: > https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/en/opti_745techspecs.pdf) > > But, it also has a bunch of unused USB ports, too. > Now, I've heard that USB WiFi on Linux is: "do not want", > because the drivers are crap, but it also seems like the > easiest plug-and-play solution, if it'd work. > > So I was wondering if anyone has recommendations for > Linux-friendly (*Ubuntu) WiFi devices in either of > these form-factors... (low-profile PCI, or USB)? > > Thanks in advance! > >
Whatever dongle they commonly ship with Raspberry Pi seems to work well. Maybe start in a Pi accessory store. I'll try to remember where I put mine, and plug it in to find out what vendor make it was. I'll I recall was it was tiny and have wifi n. Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech