I have a desktop computer in one room that runs Linux Mint 18 "Sarah", and the room is usually a 2.4GHz Wifi dead zone; I occasionally get dropouts. I plugged in a cheapo Chinese Wifi adapter, it was able to find my home's 2.4GHz Wifi network (I have a dual-band router) with decent strength, but it never connects to it, NEVER. Next, I connected my D-Link wireless ethernet bridge and now it is working well.
But, I wanted to use a USB Wifi adapter to reduce the power consumption. The D-Link is on 24/7, and no other ethernet-connected device is plugged into it, which is why I want to use a Wifi adapter powered directly by the computer instead. I bought a dual-band Wifi adapter for this PC, expecting it to work out of the box, but it did not work that way; no detecting Wifi networks. I tried to install the Linux drivers for the dongle and it failed; just returned with errors. I just wasted my money.
Any USB Wifi adapters you'd recommend that is plug-and-play compatible with Linux? Dual-band (compatibility with 5GHz) would be appreciated.
But, I wanted to use a USB Wifi adapter to reduce the power consumption. The D-Link is on 24/7, and no other ethernet-connected device is plugged into it, which is why I want to use a Wifi adapter powered directly by the computer instead. I bought a dual-band Wifi adapter for this PC, expecting it to work out of the box, but it did not work that way; no detecting Wifi networks. I tried to install the Linux drivers for the dongle and it failed; just returned with errors. I just wasted my money.
Any USB Wifi adapters you'd recommend that is plug-and-play compatible with Linux? Dual-band (compatibility with 5GHz) would be appreciated.
